engelska-holländska översättning av temper

gemoed
humeur
Hij heeft ervoor gezorgd dat ik nog af en toe mijn goede humeur kon blijven behouden. There were times when he enabled me to keep my good temper.

karakter
matigen
Wij hebben hier met een absurd regime te maken, maar toch beweren onze sociaal-democratische vrienden dat wij onze ontwerpresolutie moeten matigen en de regering niet zonder meer mogen veroordelen. We are confronted by an absurd regime, and some people - our socialist friends - claim that we must temper our resolution, that we must not bluntly condemn the government.
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A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting
State of mind; mood
A tendency to become angry
Anger; a fit of anger
Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure
Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy
Middle state or course; mean; medium
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities
The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment
Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar
To moderate or control
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal
To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine
To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use
To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose
To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage
To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate

to have a good, bad, or calm temper
to have a hasty temper
He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople
an outburst of temper
to keep ones temper; to lose ones temper; to recover ones temper
the temper of mortar
the temper of iron or steel
Temper your language around children.
Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature.

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