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"it (abbreviation)" Practice Lesson
"it (abbreviation)" Practice Dutch lesson
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it (abbreviation)
’t
’Tis true.
’t Is waar.
I was a kid and didn’t know any better than that it would never pass
ik was een kind en wist niet beter dan dat ’t nooit voorbij zou gaan
It was happy that the door was open and that it could slip out among the bushes into the newly fallen snow.
’t Was gelukkig, dat de deur openstond en dat het tussen de takken in de vers gevallen sneeuw kon sluipen
It’s better to be killed by them, than being bitten by the ducks, pecked by the chickens, kicked by the maiden who feeds the chickens, or starved with hunger in the winter.
’t Is beter, door hen gedood, dan door de eenden gebeten, door de kippen gepikt, door de meid, die aan de kippen eten geeft, geschopt te worden en in de winter gebrek te lijden!
It’s six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.
’t Is lood om oud ijzer.