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"but" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “but” is maar.

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There are 133 examples of the Dutch word for "but" being used:
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Don’t imagine such nonsense, and be grateful for all the good you have received. Heb maar niet zoveel noten op je zang, en wees dankbaar voor al het goede, dat men je bewezen heeft
It doesn’t matter to be hatched by a duck, as long as you came out of a swan’s egg! Het doet er niet toe, door een eend uitgebroed te worden, als men maar uit een zwanenei gekomen is!
but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost maar zij had een slecht gezicht, en daarom dacht zij, dat het eendje een vette eend was, die verdwaald was geraakt
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you. Maar als je erop staat om het jezelf gemakkelijk te maken, zal het leven heel moeilijk voor je zijn.
It ran across fields and pastures; but there was such a violent storm that had trouble standing on its feet. Het liep over veld en weiden; maar er woei zulk een hevige storm, dat het werk had om op zijn poten te blijven staan.
“It stretches far beyond the other side of the trees, until the pastor’s garden; but I have never been there.” “Die strekt zich nog ver aan de andere kant van het geboomte uit, tot aan de tuin van de pastoor; maar daar ben ik nog nooit geweest.”
“It might be true, but it is too big and it looks to strange,“ said the other duck, “that is why it has to have a bite.“ “Dat is wel mogelijk, maar het is te groot en ziet er zo vreemd uit,” zei de andere eend, “en daarom moet het eens een pikje hebben.”
It does not want to open; but look at the others: aren’t those the sweetest ducks that you have ever seen in your life? Het wil maar niet opengaan; maar kijk eens naar de anderen: zijn dat niet de liefste eendjes, die je ooit van je leven gezien hebt?
The duckling expressed as his opinion, that it could be different, but the chicken was not able to do that. Het eendje gaf als zijn mening te kennen, dat het toch ook wel eens anders zou kunnen zijn maar dat kon de kip niet velen.
But to tell all the distress and misery the duckling had to endure in that harsh winter would be too dire. Maar al de nood en de ellende, welke het eendje in die strenge winter moest doorstaan, te vertellen, zou te akelig zijn.

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A single match would do her good, if she would dare to take one from a box, strike it against the wall to warm her fingers.,
all the more,
And now all the little ducks hurried, as much as they could, and they emerged from the eggs and looked everywhere under the green leaves; and the mother let them look, as much as they wanted; because green is good for the eyes.,
And that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other:,
And the mother said, “I wish you went away from here!”,
And the tomcat, whom she called her son, could arch his back and purr; he even gave sparks, but then one had to stroke his hair the wrong direction.,
Ask anybody.,
ask the tomcat about it,
At first the job looked good to him, but later it became tiresome.,
At first, Tom thought French was difficult, but now he thinks it’s easy.,
At such moments I don’t think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains.,
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet.,
but - the light already went out, the stove disappeared and all that was left, was the remains of a half-burnt match in her hand.,
but apparently they lived wrongly,
but few ethical forms of investment,
But good heavens!,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
but how did it help?,
But I fear that there will always be people who will slip through the net.,
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.
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