- Engels Nederlands
- atmosphere = sfeer
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There was a great atmosphere at the music festival.
sfeer
- ball = bal
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We will dance at the ball.
bal
- carnival = carnaval
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There are parades of dancers at the carnival in Rio.
carnaval
- celebrate = vieren
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Most people celebrate New Year with their family and friends.
vieren
- cheap = goedkoop
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We can get cheap tickets because we're students.
goedkoop
- cold = koud
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The weather is extremely cold in the Arctic.
koud
- colourful = kleurrijk
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I like colourful clothes - red, yellow and blue.
kleurrijk
- cool = cool
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Some people think classical music is rubbish, but I think it's really cool.
cool
- cosmopolitan = kosmopolitisch
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London is very cosmopolitan - people from different cultures live there.
kosmopolitisch
- costume = kostuum
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People wear colourful costumes at the carnival.
kostuum
- dancer = danser
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Some parades have thousands of dancers all in the most amazing costumes.
danser
- drummer = drummer
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The drummer played a big drum.
drummer
- dry = droog
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After many weeks without rain, everything was very dry.
droog
- exciting = opwindend
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At carnival, Rio is the most exciting city in the world.
opwindend
- exotic = exotisch / uitheems
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There are stalls selling exotic food.
exotisch / uitheems
- expensive = duur
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The tickets are very expensive to buy.
duur
- festival = festival
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The music is fantastic at Glastonbury music festival.
festival
- foreign = buitenlands
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Millions of people go to the carnival in Rio, including 3,000 foreign visitors.
buitenlands
- friendly = vriendelijk
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In Europe, it's friendly to smile at strangers.
vriendelijk
- full = vol
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The streets are full of people.
vol
- giant = reusachtig
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Lots of people gathered in the giant stadium.
reusachtig
- hot = heet
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In summer, it gets extremely hot in the middle of the day.
heet
- judge = juryleden
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The judges choose the best samba school.
juryleden
- large = grote
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There was a large crowd of people at the festival.
grote
- last = duren
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In China, New Year celebrations last 15 days.
duren
- loud = hard
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The noise was so loud I couldn't sleep.
hard
- noisy = lawaaierig
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It's very noisy; Leyla can't hear what Alexey is saying.
lawaaierig
- non-stop = non-stop
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There are all-night balls with non-stop samba music.
non-stop
- old = oud
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This building is very old - it was built in 1895.
oud
- parade = optocht
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There was a parade in the street during the carnival.
optocht
- party = feest / feestje
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Did you have fun at my birthday party?
feest / feestje
- popular = populair
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This carnival is very popular. Lots of people enjoy it.
populair
- quiet = rustig
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Notting Hill is a quiet part of London.
rustig
- region = streek
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Lapland is a region north of the Arctic Circle.
streek
- safe = veilig
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It isn't safe to go off on your own at a festival.
veilig
- samba = samba
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They like samba in Brazil.
samba
- show = programma
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I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here! is a very popular reality TV show.
programma
- size = formaat
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A mouse is very small in size.
formaat
- smart = chic / chique
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Notting Hill is a smart part of London - rich people live there.
chic / chique
- sound system = geluidsinstallatie
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You could hear the music really clearly through the sound system.
geluidsinstallatie
- spectacular = spectaculair
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There is a spectacular view from the top of the monument.
spectaculair
- stage = podium
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The band came onto the stage and began to play.
podium
- stall = kraam
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The band is in front of the Mexican food stall.
kraam
- usual = gebruikelijk
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During the Rio carnival, taxis are four times as expensive as usual.
gebruikelijk
- warm = warm
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It was warm so we sat outside.
warm
- well-known = bekend
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Notting Hill Carnival is less well-known than Rio Carnival.
bekend