- Engels Nederlands
- a great deal = heel veel
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My grandmother gave me this watch so it means a great deal to me.
heel veel
- attractive = aantrekkelijk
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She's very attractive, with beautiful eyes and long blonde hair.
aantrekkelijk
- background = achtergrond
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The artist painted her sitting in a garden with mountains in the background.
achtergrond
- boatman = schipper
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We asked a boatman to take us up the river in his boat.
schipper
- careless = achteloos / onvoorzichtig
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He was very careless and dropped the picture.
achteloos / onvoorzichtig
- colourful = kleurrijk
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Her dress was very colourful, covered with flowers in red, blue and yellow.
kleurrijk
- colourless = kleurloos
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Water is colourless.
kleurloos
- comic book = stripboek
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Superman and Spider-Man are his favourite comic books.
stripboek
- cry = huilen
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She is holding a handkerchief and you can see that she's been crying.
huilen
- depend = afhangen van
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I don't always watch TV at night. It depends on how much homework I have.
afhangen van
- dog = hond
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Maxim and Rebecca went for a walk on the beach with their dog.
hond
- expression = uitdrukking
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You can see from the expression on her face that something terrible has happened.
uitdrukking
- Expressionism = expressionisme
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Expressionism shows emotions and reactions rather than things as they really appear.
expressionisme
- foreground = voorgrond
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There is a woman in the foreground and behind her you can see mountains.
voorgrond
- Handkerchief = Zakdoek
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She was crying so I gave her my Handkerchief to blow her nose.
Zakdoek
- hopeless = hopeloos
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I feel depressed – everything seems hopeless.
hopeloos
- Impressionism = impressionisme
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Impressionism uses light and colour to create images rather than exact details.
impressionisme
- in particular = vooral / in het bijzonder
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There are lots of pictures I like, but one in particular is my favourite.
vooral / in het bijzonder
- painful = pijnlijk
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My foot hurts a lot – it's painful.
pijnlijk
- painless = pijnloos
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It doesn't hurt at all – it's painless.
pijnloos
- painting = schilderij
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The painting on the wall was of a beautiful woman.
schilderij
- Pop art = popart
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Pop art uses everyday objects and images from advertisements as its subjects.
popart
- Realism = realisme
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Realism shows life and objects as they really are.
realisme
- realistic = realistisch
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The painting was so realistic it looked like a photograph.
realistisch
- relaxed = ontspannen
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The picture is so peaceful that I feel relaxed when I look at it.
ontspannen
- remind = doen denken aan
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The picture reminds me of my holiday in Greece last year.
doen denken aan
- response = reactie / respons
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I gave her some flowers and her response was to cry.
reactie / respons
- river = rivier
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He swam across the river to the other side.
rivier
- straw = stro- / strooien
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The two men were wearing straw hats.
stro- / strooien
- successful = succesvol
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The team win all their matches – they're very successful.
succesvol
- sunset = zonsondergang
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There was a beautiful red and gold sunset every evening.
zonsondergang
- Surrealism = surrealisme
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Surrealism uses objects that are not usually related to create images that are like dreams.
surrealisme
- truthful = waarachtig / oprecht
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You can trust her – she's always truthful.
waarachtig / oprecht
- upset = van streek
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If you are upset, you feel worried and unhappy
van streek
- vest = hemd
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You should wear a vest under your shirt when the weather is cold.
hemd
- War = oorlog
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The Second World War began in 1939.
oorlog
- wonder = zich afvragen
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She's crying – I wonder what has happened to make her so sad.
zich afvragen