Dutch-English translations for vrijstaat

free stateYou can, I think, blame the colonial experience there with somewhat more force than in neighbouring countries, without wanting to rehearse the whole tragedy of the Congo Free State. Ik denk dat het koloniale verleden aldaar inderdaad meer opspeelt dan in de naburige landen, maar wil tegelijkertijd niet nog eens de hele ellende van de Kongo-Vrijstaat oprakelen. The steel ring is required by the engineering drawing to have roundness within .25mm TIR while in the free state. Its diameters may be measured in the constrained state while the part is still chucked or fixtured.

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