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Oct 7th, 2010 |
By Heleen |
Category: English
Money… is it indispensable, very important or just nice to have enough of it? The fact that there are many phrases related to money, says a lot about the importance it has in our society. In English and Dutch there are quite a few phrases about money. With the financial crisis just behind us, it´s nice to look forward to a season where we can spend some money.
Tags: Dutch, Expressions, money
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Oct 7th, 2010 |
By Heleen |
Category: Nederlands
Geld… is het onontbeerlijk, heel belangrijk of gewoon fijn om er genoeg van te hebben? Het feit dat er vele uitdrukkingen over geld gaan, zegt veel over de status die geld in onze maatschappij heeft. In het Nederlands en het Engels zijn er een flink aantal uitdrukkingen over geld. Met de financiële net achter de [...]
Tags: Dutch, Expressions, money
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Sep 20th, 2010 |
By Heleen |
Category: Nederlands
Met de herfst voor de deur worden wind en storm weer een dagelijks onderdeel van het leven. In Nederland, net als in vele andere landen, wordt het woord wind in vele uitdrukkingen gebruikt. Sommige van deze hebben niets met het weer te maken. In de onderstaande lijst vindt je interessante spreekwoorden in het Nederlands met [...]
Tags: Dutch, English, Expressions, Wind
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Sep 20th, 2010 |
By Heleen |
Category: English
With the autumn coming, wind und stormy weather become part of everyday life again. In the Netherlands, as well as in other countries, the word wind is used in many expressions. Some of those have nothing to do with weather at all. In the list below you will find interesting phrases in English with Dutch translations, to give you a little help in describing the right kind of wind.
Tags: Dutch, Expressions, Wind
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Sep 13th, 2010 |
By Heleen |
Category: Nederlands
In de meeste talen zijn er vele uitdrukkingen met water. Ook in het Engels zijn er verschillende spreekwoorden waarin het woord water wordt gebruikt. In de onderstaande lijst vindt je een aantal waterige uitdrukkingen met de Engelse vertalingen om jouw dagelijkse woordenschat wat sprankelender te maken. Stille wateren hebben diepe gronden – Still waters run [...]
Tags: Dutch, English, Expressions, Water
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Sep 13th, 2010 |
By Heleen |
Category: English
In most languages there are many expressions with water. Also in Dutch, the word water is used in several phrases. In the list below, you will find some watery expressions with the Dutch translations, to give your everyday vocabulary an aquatic touch.
Tags: Dutch, English, Expressions, Water
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Aug 25th, 2010 |
By Andreas |
Category: English
After part 1 (Arsch) of the German swearwords let’s take a closer look at one of the other frequently used German swearwords: Scheiße.
Tags: Expressions, German, scheisse, Slang, swearwords
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Aug 10th, 2010 |
By Sarah |
Category: English
A few years ago, I went to New Zealand for my studies. I discovered once I was there that it wasn’t just the accent that was different in New Zealand, but also some parts of the language and the intonation, which is quite confusing when you’re not expecting it!!
Tags: Accent, Expressions, intonation, Kiwi, New Zealand, vocabulary
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Aug 10th, 2010 |
By Sarah |
Category: Français
Il y a quelques années, je suis allée en Nouvelle-Zélande pour mes études. Ma mère étant anglaise, je parlais déjà assez bien anglais, mais je ne connaissais que l’anglais britannique et n’avais entendu l’accent néo-zélandais qu’en de rares occasions… J’ai découvert en arrivant là-bas que ce n’était pas que l’accent qui était différent en Nouvelle-Zélande, [...]
Tags: Accent, Expressions, intonation, Kiwi, New Zealand, vocabulary
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Jul 19th, 2010 |
By Andreas |
Category: English
What are the first words everyone secretly wants to know when learning foreign languages? Besides the obvious ‘I love you’ of course. It’s swearwords, admit to it.
Tags: Arsch, arse, ass, Expressions, German slang, German swearwords, Slang, swearwords
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