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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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But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens. Maar het arme eendje, dat het laatst uit het ei gekomen was en er zo lelijk uitzag, werd gebeten, gestoten en voor de gek gehouden, en dat zowel door de eenden als door de kippen.
“That’s not possible,“ said the duckling’s mother; “It is not beautiful, but it has a good heart and swims just as good as the others, yes, I must say, even better. “Dat gaat immers niet,” zei de moeder van het eendje; “het is wel niet mooi, maar het heeft een goed hart en zwemt even flink als al de anderen, ja, ik moet zeggen, nog beter.
He is very frugal, but not stingy. Hij is erg zuinig, maar niet gierig.
I wish I’d been born Canadian. Was ik maar als Canadees geboren.
but the Dutch created Holland maar de Hollanders schiepen Holland
but it makes me rather melancholic maar het maakt me wat melancholiek
But now she became colder, but she didn't dare to go home. Maar nu werd zij nog kouder, en naar huis durfde zij niet.
The laws are there, but they are not observed. De wetten zijn er, maar ze worden niet nageleefd.
it was overwhelmed with happiness, and yet not at all proud het was overgelukkig, maar volstrekt niet trots
“I believe I shall go out into the wide world!” said the duckling. «Ik denk, dat ik de wijde wereld maar in zal gaan!» zei het eendje.

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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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