achterstand

achterstand
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[het achterop zijn] arrears
[op afwerking wachtend werk] backlog
[het achterstallige] arrears
voorbeelden:
1   een culturele achterstand cultural deprivation
     〈ook sport〉 een grote achterstand hebben be well down/behind
     de achterstand inlopen make up arrears
     een achterstand oplopen 〈ook sport〉 fall behind
     〈sport〉 de ploeg probeerde de achterstand weg te werken the team tried to draw level
     〈psychologie〉 een achterstand in ontwikkeling vertonen be developmentally retarded
     〈sport〉 de ploeg werd op achterstand gezet the team fell behind/were down (in the game)
2   we proberen de achterstand weg te werken we are trying to eliminate the backlog

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels. 2015.

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