tweestrijd
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʋeː.strɛi̯t/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: twee‧strijd
Noun
tweestrijd m (plural tweestrijden, diminutive tweestrijdje n)
- Any contest or struggle between two people or parties, such as a duel, runoff election, game or competition, rivalry, etc.
- Televisiemakers zijn verslaafd aan het model van de tweestrijd; echt alles proberen ze daarin te rammen.
- Television producers are addicted to the two sides format; they try to cram absolutely everything into that frame.
- (figurative) An internal mental conflict; an acute dilemma.
- Zij verkeerde in hevige tweestrijd: haar geliefde verraden, of medeplichtig worden aan een misdaad.
- She faced a fierce dilemma: to betray her beloved, or to become an accomplice to a crime.
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