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Betekenis (Engels)

Used to express astonishment or incredulity, as a question or questioning of the situation at hand, without requiring any specific vulgarity as intensifier.

Etymologie (Engels)

From various expressions such as what the sam hill, what the hey, what the heck, what the hell and what the fuck by aposiopesis.

Zinnen

What the flaming .

Wat de vlammende.

But he kept quiet , because he had heard what the alchemist said to the monk .

Maar hij bleef stil, omdat hij had gehoord wat de alchemist tegen de monnik zei.