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"that’s why" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “that’s why” is daarom.

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she is of Spanish descent, which is why she is so fat zij is van Spaanse afkomst, daarom is zij zo dik
“Besides, it is a drake,“ they said; “and that is why it doesn’t matter that much.“ “Bovendien is het een woerd,” zeide zij; “en daarom doet het er zo veel niet toe.”
Keep your decency and bow to the old duck you see there: that is the most important of all; she is of Spanish descent, which is why she is so fat. Houdt je fatsoen en maak een buiging voor de oude eend, die je daar ziet: dat is de voornaamste van alle; zij is van Spaanse afkomst, daarom is zij zo dik.
The hen had very short legs, so she was called “Miss Shortlegs.” De kip had korte, lage poten, en daarom werd zij juffrouw Kortbeen genoemd
some haste is therefore required enige haast is daarom wel geboden
You have nothing else to do, therefore you have foolish fancies. Je hebt niets uit te voeren, en daarom verzin je allerlei dwaasheden
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
“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.”
Therefore confess your sins to one another. Beken daarom uw zonden aan elkaar.
Towards evening it reached a small, shabby farm hut; it was so dilapidated that it did not know to which side it would fall, and that is why it stayed up Tegen de avond bereikte het een kleine, armoedige boerenhut; deze was zo bouwvallig, dat zij zelf niet wist, naar welke kant zij zou vallen, en daarom bleef zij maar staan.

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but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost,
It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident.,
Keep your decency and bow to the old duck you see there: that is the most important of all; she is of Spanish descent, which is why she is so fat.,
The hen had very short legs, so she was called “Miss Shortlegs.”,
Therefore confess your sins to one another.,
Towards evening it reached a small, shabby farm hut; it was so dilapidated that it did not know to which side it would fall, and that is why it stayed up,
You have nothing else to do, therefore you have foolish fancies.,
“Besides, it is a drake,“ they said; “and that is why it doesn’t matter that much.“,
“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.“,
“It’s too big!” they all said, and the turkey that had come into the world with spurs and therefore thought he was emperor, blew himself up like a ship with full sails and came up to him; then he clucked and his head turned bright red.
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