- Engels Nederlands
- author = schrijver
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Ian Fleming, who wrote the James Bond novels, is my favourite author.
schrijver
- biography = biografie
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This biography tells the story of Ghandi's life and achievements.
biografie
- breathe = maag
- criminal = crimineel
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The police are searching for a criminal who stole a car from the city centre.
crimineel
- detective = detectiveverhaal
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Paolo likes detective stories about policemen solving crimes.
detectiveverhaal
- excitedly = opgewonden
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He talked excitedly about how he solved the mystery.
opgewonden
- explosion = explosie
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There was a loud noise and the sky lit up with a huge explosion.
explosie
- handsome = knap / aantrekkelijk
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He's tall and strong with a big blue eyes – he's very handsome.
knap / aantrekkelijk
- knock = stoten / slaan tegen
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She knocked the chair with her leg and it fell over.
stoten / slaan tegen
- mysterious = mysterieus / raadselachtig
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She's so mysterious – nobody really knows where she comes from or who she is.
mysterieus / raadselachtig
- mystery = mysterie / raadsel
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We may never know what happened – it's a mystery.
mysterie / raadsel
- non-fiction = non-fictie
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Kazuo likes reading non-fiction – he prefers to read about real life.
non-fictie
- pearl = parel
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She was wearing a string of small white pearls around her neck.
parel
- romantic novel = roman
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Jane Austen's 'Persuasion' is my favourite romantic novel.
roman
- speed = hard rijden
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He started driving slowly, but soon he was speeding along the road.
hard rijden
- underworld = onderwereld
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Police are investigation the underworld criminal 'Mr Big'.
onderwereld
- unknown = onbekend
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We'll meet this unknown person and try to find out who he is.
onbekend