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sirkus

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circus

naamwoord

A travelling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.

Almal het gehelp om die sirkus af te breek, te vervoer en weer op te rig.
All of the performers shared in the work of dismantling, transporting, and reassembling the circus.

Sirkus

Vertalings in die woordeboek Afrikaans - Engels

circus

naamwoord

commonly a travelling company of performers

Almal het gehelp om die sirkus af te breek, te vervoer en weer op te rig.
All of the performers shared in the work of dismantling, transporting, and reassembling the circus.

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Ek wou graag na die sirkus toe terugkeer, want dit was jare lank my doelwit en droom om as ’n sweefstokarties opgelei te word.
Going back to the circus and learning the trapeze had been my focus and dream for years.

“Nee, ons het lekker sirkus gehad met hom in die hof.
“It was a proper circus in the courtroom.

Hulle is dikwels gemartel . . . , vir die wilde diere in die sirkus gegooi of gekruisig om ander slawe te laat afsien van die idee om hulle voorbeeld te volg.”
They were often tortured . . . , thrown to the beasts in the circus, or crucified to dissuade other slaves from imitating their example.”

Jy het dalk al gesien hoe ’n akrobaat in ’n sirkus oor ’n spandraad loop.
Perhaps you have seen an acrobat in a circus walk across a tightrope.

My ongeluk 40 jaar gelede het my droom verpletter om saam met die sirkus te reis en op te tree en het my aan ’n rolstoel gekluister.
My accident 40 years ago shattered my dream of a life of performance and travel and left me confined to a wheelchair.

Met verloop van tyd is hulle opgelei om in ’n sirkus op te tree en het goed gevaar.
In time they were trained for a circus act and performed well.

By die Romeinse sirkus is toeskouers vermaak deur die lyding van ander.
At the Roman circus, spectators were entertained by viewing the sufferings of others.

Ek het gemeen dat die verandering na vaudeville die regte keuse was, maar ek was teleurgesteld omdat die partytjies, onsedelikheid en oormatige drinkery in vaudeville selfs erger as in die sirkus was.
I felt that changing to vaudeville had been the right choice, but I was disappointed that parties, immorality, and heavy drinking were even worse in vaudeville than in the circus.

Hardy het geskryf: “Tertullianus noem baie dinge wat ’n pligsgetroue Christen nie kon doen nie omdat afgodediens daarby betrokke was: bv., die eed wat gewoonlik tydens kontrakte afgelê word; die verligting van deure tydens feeste, ens.; alle Heidense godsdienseremonies; die spele en die sirkus; die onderrigberoep in sekulêre [heidens-klassieke] literatuur; militêre diens; regeringsposte.”—Christianity and the Roman Government.
Hardy wrote: “Tertullian enumerates many things which were impossible for a conscientious Christian, as involving idolatry: e.g. oath usual at contracts; the illumination of doors at festivals, etc.; all Pagan religious ceremonies; the games and the circus; the profession of teaching secular [heathen classical] literature; military service; public offices.” —Christianity and the Roman Government.

Terwyl ek hierdie veranderinge oorweeg het, is ek ’n goed besoldigde werk by ’n sirkus in die Verenigde State aangebied.
At the same time that I was contemplating these changes, I was offered a high-paying job with a circus in the United States.

Sommige van ons “familie” in die sirkus, en my pa met sy tuba
Some of our circus “family,” and my father with his tuba

‘Ek het laas sulke grimering by die sirkus gesien.’
‘The last time I saw makeup like that was at the circus.’

Toe, in 1946, het ek ’n werkaanbod in ’n sirkus gekry om as ’n sweefstokkunstenaar geleer te word.
Then, in 1946, I was offered a job in a circus to learn to be the flier in a trapeze act.

’n Seun leer waardevolle lesse terwyl hy die eerste tien jaar van sy lewe in die sirkus deurbring.
A boy learns valuable lessons as he spends the first ten years of his life in the circus.

“Advokate is nie houtpoppe nie en slotpleidooie is nie ’n sirkus nie.”
“Advocates aren’t mannequins and closing arguments are not a circus.”

Dit is duidelik dat die Romeinse sirkus nie ’n plek vir Christene was nie.—1 Korintiërs 6:9, 10.
Clearly, the Roman circus was no place for Christians. —1 Corinthians 6:9, 10.

Khama gee vir hom die R180 waarmee hulle sirkus toe wou gaan en heeltyd bid hy: “Here, wat gaan met my gebeur?
Khama gave him the R180 he had for their circus tickets, while he kept praying: “God, what is going to happen to me?

Die lewe in die sirkus het nie met ons gesinslewe ingemeng nie.
Circus life did not interfere with our family life.

My lewe in die sirkus 18
Life Under the Big Top 18

Sou Owalla en Durga, wat vir die sirkus opgelei was, hierdie rol kon vervul?
Would circus-trained Owalla and Durga be able to take on this role?

“Daar is nie geld vir só ’n sirkus nie, kolonel.
‘There’s no money for a circus like that, Colonel.

Ten spyte van my medekunstenaars se negatiewe reaksie, het ek die sirkus verlaat, my in ’n gemeente gevestig, my lang hare afgesny en ander veranderinge in my lewenswyse aangebring sodat ek Jehovah kon dien.
In spite of the incredulous reaction of my fellow performers, I left the circus, got established in a congregation, cut off my long hair, and made other changes in my lifestyle so as to be able to serve Jehovah.

Die sirkus het byna elke aand in ’n ander stad vertonings gehou.
The circus played a different town almost every night.

Diegene wat ons opgelei het, was al jare lank in die sirkus en het gewoonlik van gesinne gekom wat geslagte lank in die sirkusbedryf was.
Those who taught us were longtime circus patriarchs who usually came from generations of circus families.

My ouers, Harry en Beatriz, het by die Clyde Beatty-sirkus aangesluit voordat ek gebore is.
My parents, Harry and Beatriz, joined the Clyde Beatty Circus before I was born.