The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck — Page 6
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A moment afterwards there were most awful noises--barking, baying, growls and howls, squealing and groans.
Een ogenblik later waren er vreselijk akelige geluiden--geblaf, gehuil, gegrom en geloei, gekrijs en gesteun.
And nothing more was ever seen of that foxy-whiskered gentleman.
En die vosachtig-gebaarde heer werd nooit meer gezien.
Presently Kep opened the door of the shed, and let out Jemima Puddle-duck.
Weldra opende Kep de deur van de schuur en liet Jemima Puddle-duck naar buiten.
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Unfortunately the puppies rushed in and gobbled up all the eggs before he could stop them.
Helaas stormden de jonge honden naar binnen en schrokten alle eieren op voordat hij ze kon tegenhouden.
He had a bite on his ear and both the puppies were limping.
Hij had een beet in zijn oor en beide jonge honden hinkte.
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Jemima Puddle-duck was escorted home in tears on account of those eggs.
Jemima Puddle-duck werd huilend naar huis begeleid vanwege die eieren.
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She laid some more in June, and she was permitted to keep them herself: but only four of them hatched.
Ze legde er in juni nog wat bij, en ze mocht ze zelf houden: maar slechts vier ervan kwamen uit.
Jemima Puddle-duck said that it was because of her nerves; but she had always been a bad sitter.
Jemima Puddle-duck zei dat het door haar zenuwen kwam; maar ze was altijd al een slechte broedster geweest.
Vocabulary
- Illustratie
- Visual image accompanying a text or story
- Een
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- ogenblik
- A moment or instant in time
- later
- At a subsequent point in time
- waren
- Past tense plural of 'zijn', meaning 'were'
- er
- There; expletive pronoun used in sentences
- vreselijk
- Terrible or dreadful in nature
- akelige
- Nasty, horrible, or unpleasant
- geluiden
- Sounds or noises of any kind
- geblaf
- Barking sound made by dogs
- gehuil
- Howling or wailing sound
- gegrom
- Growling sound made by an animal
- geloei
- Bellowing or roaring sound
- gekrijs
- Shrieking or screaming noise
- gesteun
- Groaning or moaning sound
- die
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'those'
- vosachtig
- Fox-like in appearance or manner
- gebaarde
- Bearded; having a beard on the face
- heer
- Gentleman or mister; a man
- werd
- Past tense of 'worden', meaning 'became' or 'was'
- nooit
- Never; at no time whatsoever
- meer
- More; or again in this context
- gezien
- Past participle of 'zien', meaning 'seen'
- Weldra
- Soon or before long
- opende
- Opened; past tense of 'openen'
- deur
- A door used to enter or exit
- schuur
- A barn or shed for storage
- liet
- Past tense of 'laten', meaning 'let' or 'allowed'
- naar
- To; in the direction of a place
- buiten
- Outside; beyond the interior of something
- Helaas
- Unfortunately; expressing regret or disappointment
- stormden
- Stormed; rushed in forcefully and suddenly
- jonge
- Young; adjective describing youthful age
- honden
- Dogs; plural of 'hond'
- binnen
- Inside; into the interior of a space
- schrokten
- Gobbled up; ate greedily and quickly
- eieren
- Eggs; plural of 'ei'
- voordat
- Before; prior to a certain event occurring
- tegenhouden
- To stop or prevent someone or something
- beet
- A bite; wound caused by teeth
- oor
- Ear; organ used for hearing
- beide
- Both; referring to two things together
- hinkte
- Limped; walked with difficulty due to injury
- huilend
- Crying or weeping; present participle of 'huilen'
- huis
- House; a building used as a home
- begeleid
- Accompanied or escorted by someone
- vanwege
- Because of; due to a particular reason
- legde
- Laid; past tense of 'leggen'
- mocht
- Was allowed to; past tense of 'mogen'
- zelf
- Self; by oneself without help
- houden
- To keep or hold something
- slechts
- Only; merely; no more than
- vier
- Four; the number 4
- ervan
- Of them; referring to previously mentioned items
- kwamen
- Came; past tense plural of 'komen'
- uit
- Out; emerged from inside something
- zei
- Said; past tense of 'zeggen'
- door
- Because of; through; due to
- zenuwen
- Nerves; feelings of anxiety or nervousness
- kwam
- Came; past tense singular of 'komen'
- altijd
- Always; at all times without exception
- slechte
- Bad or poor; adjective describing low quality
- geweest
- Past participle of 'zijn', meaning 'been'
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