brook oor Afrikaans

brook

/brʊk/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

beek

A small stream or rivulet, commonly swiftly flowing in rugged terrain, of lesser length and volume than a creek; especially a stream that issues directly from the ground, as from a spring or seep, or that is produced by heavy rainfall or melting snow.

Brook

eienaam

A surname for someone living by a brook.

voorbeelde

The occasional springs, and wells, and brooks, are in accordance with the notices of the ‘waters’ of Marah; the ‘springs’ of . . .
Die fonteine, putte en spruite wat hier en daar voorkom, stem ooreen met die opmerkings oor die ‘waters’ van Mara; die ‘fonteine’ van . . .

At first, you seem to hear a running brook:
Eers dink jy jy hoor'n spruit loop:

What helps our words to be ‘a bubbling torrent of wisdom’ instead of a babbling brook of trivialities?
Wat help ons woorde om “’n fontein van wysheid” te wees en nie ’n dreunende spruit van onbenullighede nie?

I had just sunk my head on this when the bells rung fire, and in hot haste the engines rolled that way, led by a straggling troop of men and boys, and I among the foremost, for I had leaped the brook.
Ek het net my kop op hierdie gesink wanneer die klokke gelui vuur, en in die warm gou enjins het die manier gerol, gelei deur ́n onreëlmatige bende van mans en seuns, en ek een van die voorste, want ek het opgespring die spruit.

“The text is based on that of Brooke F.
“Die teks is gegrond op dié van Brooke F.

No mention was made of Stephen until Hypatia passed the small phone back to Brooks.
Geen melding word gemaak van Stephen totdat Hypatia die selfoon vir Brooks teruggee nie.

Hans and Brook, a pioneer couple in their 30’s, are serving in the United States.
Hans en Brook, ’n pionieregpaar in hulle 30’s, dien in die Verenigde State.

American essayist Brooks Atkinson, recognizing the problem, concluded back in 1951: “We need supermen to rule us —the job is so vast and the need for wise judgment is so urgent.
Die Amerikaanse essayis Brooks Atkinson het die probleem erken en reeds in 1951 tot die gevolgtrekking gekom: “Ons het supermense nodig om ons te regeer—die taak is só omvangryk en die behoefte aan verstandige oordeel só dringend.

There is a babbling brook and plenty of juicy, sweet watermelon for everyone!
Daar is ’n kabbelende stroompie en volop sappige, soet waatlemoen vir almal!

The sounds coming from this “outdoor room” can be a choir of birds singing in the morning or the melody of a gently flowing brook.
Die geluide wat in hierdie “vertrek” gehoor word, is moontlik die koorsang van voëltjies in die oggend of die melodieuse gekabbel van ’n spruit.

She shifted her gaze to Brooks, adding, “I suspect that’s what led to his rib injuries the other night, too.”
Sy kyk na Brooks en voeg by: “Ek vermoed dis ook wat nou die aand sy ribbeserings veroorsaak het.”

“The great patriarchal tales in the book of Genesis are prehistoric, no more historically true than the tales of . . . King Arthur,” wrote clergyman Stopford Brooke in his book The Old Testament and Modern Life.
“Die groot patriargale verhale in die boek Genesis is prehistories, geskiedkundig niks waarder as die verhale van . . . koning Arthur nie”, het geestelike Stopford Brooke in sy boek The Old Testament and Modern Life geskryf.

Forty-Seven Dale Brooke Crescent in Linden, Johannesburg.’
Dale Brooke-singel 47 in Linden, Johannesburg.”

“Well, of course, I am,” Brooks said.
“Natuurlik is ek,” antwoord Brooks.

I first spotted this dipper perched on a large rock in midstream in a fast- flowing brook in the north of England.
Die eerste keer wat ek hierdie waterspreeu raakgesien het, was waar hy op ’n groot klip in die middel van ’n vinnig vloeiende spruit in die noorde van Engeland gesit het.

The background music of a gurgling brook, singing birds, and humming insects?
Die agtergrondmusiek van ’n murmelende stroompie, singende voëls en gonsende insekte?

In his book Royal Sunset, Gordon Brook-Shepherd asks: “How was it that rulers, mostly related by blood or marriage and all dedicated to the preservation of kingship, allowed themselves to slip into a fratricidal bloodbath which wiped several of them out of existence and left all the survivors weakened?”
In sy boek Royal Sunset vra Gordon Brook-Shepherd: “Hoe kon heersers, wat grotendeels deur bloed- of deur huweliksbande verbind was en wat almal toegewy was aan die handhawing van koningskap, dit toegelaat het dat hulle in ’n bloedbad van broedermoord beland wat talle van hulle uitgewis het en al die oorlewendes in ’n verswakte posisie gelaat het?”

After hearing fascinating experiences from their friends who served in other countries, Hans and Brook were motivated to try pioneering abroad.
Nadat Hans en Brook die opwindende ondervindinge gehoor het van hulle vriende wat in ander lande gedien het, wou hulle ook probeer om in ’n ander land te pionier.

A few weeks later, in mid-November, while at the hospital in New Orleans for his monthly treatment, Joshua was invited to be a guest of the popular country-and-western singer Garth Brooks at one of his performances in Monroe, Louisiana.
’n Paar weke later, terwyl Joshua in die middel van November vir sy maandelikse behandeling in die hospitaal in New Orleans was, is hy genooi om die gewilde country-en-western-sanger Garth Brooks se gas te wees by een van sy opvoerings in Monroe, Louisiana.

For 13 days they played the Japanese tune Haru no Ogawa (Brook in Springtime) to 16 cows for three minutes at a time, two to four times a day.
Hulle het 13 dae lank vir 16 koeie die Japannese deuntjie Haroe no Ogawa (Riviertjie in die Lente) gespeel, drie minute op ’n keer, twee tot vier keer per dag.

Brook says: “Despite the obstacles that we pioneers face, we live a satisfying life.
Brook sê: “Ten spyte van die struikelblokke waarmee ons as pioniers te kampe het, lei ons ’n bevredigende lewe.

This generation brooks no restraints on its freedoms, including its freedom to do wrong and suffer the consequences.
Hierdie geslag duld geen beperkings op sy vryhede nie, wat sy vryheid om verkeerd te doen en die gevolge daarvan te dra insluit.

For instance, Brooke Mossman, at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, led a team of scientists in writing a report that appeared in the journal Science.
Brooke Mossman, aan die Universiteit van Vermont se Mediese Skool, het byvoorbeeld ’n span wetenskaplikes gelei om ’n verslag te skryf wat in die tydskrif Science verskyn het.

Commonly I rested an hour or two in the shade at noon, after planting, and ate my lunch, and read a little by a spring which was the source of a swamp and of a brook, oozing from under Brister's Hill, half a mile from my field.
Algemeen het ek op ́n uur of twee gerus in die skaduwee op die middag na plant, en eet my middagete, en lees ́n bietjie deur ́ n lente wat die bron van ́n moeras en van ́ n spruit, druipende van onder Brister's Hill, ́n halwe kilometer van my veld.

About the time of the international convention at Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds in 1958, I saw Lorraine Brookes, whom I had met in 1955 when she was pioneering in Montreal, Canada.
Ongeveer die tyd van die internasionale byeenkoms by die Yankee-stadion en die Polo-terrein in 1958 het ek weer vir Lorraine Brookes raakgeloop, ’n suster wat ek in 1955 ontmoet het toe sy in Montreal, Kanada, gepionier het.