- Engels Nederlands
- bank clerk = bankmedewerker
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Act out a conversation between a bank clerk and a tourist.
bankmedewerker
- booking clerk = baliemedewerker
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Act out a conversation between a booking clerk and a tourist.
baliemedewerker
- Brush up = bijspijkeren
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Brush up your shopping skills by choosing the best answers.
bijspijkeren
- change = wisselen
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Could I change 100 dollars into euros?
wisselen
- change = overstappen
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Do I have to change trains or does the train go direct to my destination?
overstappen
- day return = dagretour
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A day return means you can travel to a place and back in the same day.
dagretour
- double = tweepersoons
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A double room is a room for two people to sleep in.
tweepersoons
- exchange = wisselgeld
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Here's your receipt for the exchange.
wisselgeld
- fit = passen
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Could I try these jeans on to see if they fit?
passen
- fiver = vijfje
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A “fiver” is an informal word meaning £5.
vijfje
- form = formulier
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Would you mind filling in this form, please?
formulier
- knock = (van de prijs)af halen
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That's too expensive. I wonder if you could knock £20 off.
(van de prijs)af halen
- Lime = lime / limoen
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Lime green may be the latest colour but it makes me look ill.
lime / limoen
- match = passen bij
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That white blouse matches the black skirt.
passen bij
- Not at all. = helemaal niet
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“Do you mind if I use your mobile?” “Not at all. Go ahead.”
helemaal niet
- pale = bleek
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Black doesn't really suit you – it makes you look pale.
bleek
- platform = perron
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Which platform does the train leave from?
perron
- possibly = mogelijk
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Could I possibly borrow your pen?
mogelijk
- receipt = bonnetje / nota
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Here's your receipt for the exchange.
bonnetje / nota
- receptionist = receptionist
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Act out a conversation between a hotel receptionist and a tourist.
receptionist
- reservation = reservering
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The restaurant's busy on Saturday evenings – it's a good idea to make a reservation.
reservering
- return = retour
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A return means you can travel to a place and back again.
retour
- single = eenpersoons
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A single room is a room for one person to sleep in.
eenpersoons
- single = enkeltje
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A single means you can travel to a place but not back from it.
enkeltje
- suit = staan
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Black doesn't really suit you – it makes you look pale.
staan
- Tens = tientjes
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“How would you like the money?” “Tens and twenties, please.”
tientjes
- tight = strak
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These jeans are too tight. Do you have a larger size?
strak
- try = aan passen
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Could I try these jeans on to see if they fit?
aan passen
- twenties = twintigjes
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“How would you like the money?” “Tens and twenties, please.”
twintigjes
- Would you mind = vind je het goed als….?
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Would you mind if I shared your book?
vind je het goed als….?