The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher — Page 4
Jeremy bounced up to the surface of the water, like a cork and the bubbles out of a soda water bottle; and he swam with all his might to the edge of the pond.
Jeremy stuiterde omhoog naar de oppervlakte van het water, als een kurk en de bubbels uit een sodawaterfles; en hij zwom uit alle macht naar de rand van de vijver.
He scrambled out on the first bank he came to, and he hopped home across the meadow with his macintosh all in tatters.
Hij klauterde op de eerste oever die hij tegenkwam, en hij huppelde naar huis over de weide met zijn regenjas helemaal aan flarden.
"What a mercy that was not a pike!" said Mr. Jeremy Fisher.
"Wat een geluk dat dat geen snoek was!" zei meneer Jeremy Fisher.
"I have lost my rod and basket; but it does not much matter, for I am sure I should never have dared to go fishing again!"
"Ik heb mijn hengel en mand verloren; maar dat maakt niet veel uit, want ik weet zeker dat ik nooit meer de moed zou hebben gehad om weer te gaan vissen!"
He put some sticking plaster on his fingers, and his friends both came to dinner.
Hij deed wat pleister op zijn vingers, en zijn beide vrienden kwamen op bezoek voor het diner.
He could not offer them fish, but he had something else in his larder.
Hij kon hun geen vis aanbieden, maar hij had nog iets anders in zijn provisiekast.
Sir Isaac Newton wore his black and gold waistcoat,
Sir Isaac Newton droeg zijn zwart-gouden vest,
And Mr. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise brought a salad with him in a string bag.
En meneer Raadslid Ptolemaeus Schildpad bracht een salade mee in een nettas.
And instead of a nice dish of minnows--they had a roasted grasshopper with lady-bird sauce; which frogs consider a beautiful treat; but _I_ think it must have been nasty!
En in plaats van een lekker schoteltje stekelbaarsjes hadden ze een geroosterde sprinkhaan met lieveheersbeestjessaus; wat kikkers een heerlijke lekkernij vinden; maar _ik_ denk dat het vies moet zijn geweest!
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Vocabulary
- stuiterde
- bounced, rebounded off a surface
- omhoog
- upward, in an upward direction
- naar
- to, toward a place or direction
- oppervlakte
- surface, the top layer of something
- van
- of, from, indicating possession or origin
- water
- water, the common liquid substance
- als
- as, like, when; used for comparison or time
- kurk
- cork, a buoyant stopper material
- bubbels
- bubbles, small spheres of air in liquid
- uit
- out of, from inside something
- sodawaterfles
- soda water bottle, a carbonated water container
- zwom
- swam, past tense of swim
- alle
- all, every one of a group
- macht
- power, strength, might or force
- rand
- edge, border, rim of something
- vijver
- pond, a small body of still water
- klauterde
- clambered, climbed awkwardly using hands and feet
- op
- on, up, onto a surface or position
- eerste
- first, coming before all others in order
- oever
- bank, shore, edge of a body of water
- die
- that, those; relative or demonstrative pronoun
- tegenkwam
- came across, encountered something or someone
- huppelde
- skipped, hopped along in a light manner
- huis
- house, a building used as a home
- over
- over, across, about a topic or place
- weide
- meadow, an open grassy field or pasture
- zijn
- his, or to be; possessive pronoun or verb
- regenjas
- raincoat, a waterproof coat worn in rain
- helemaal
- completely, entirely, all the way through
- aan
- on, to, at; preposition indicating connection
- flarden
- tatters, torn shreds of fabric or material
- Wat
- what, used in questions or exclamations
- geluk
- luck, good fortune or happiness
- dat
- that, used as conjunction or demonstrative pronoun
- geen
- no, not any, used for negation
- snoek
- pike, a large predatory freshwater fish
- zei
- said, past tense of the verb to say
- meneer
- mister, sir; polite title for a man
- heb
- have, first person singular present of hebben
- mijn
- my, first person singular possessive pronoun
- hengel
- fishing rod, a pole used for fishing
- mand
- basket, a woven container for carrying things
- verloren
- lost, past participle of to lose something
- maar
- but, however; conjunction showing contrast
- maakt
- makes, matters; third person singular of maken
- niet
- not, used to negate verbs or adjectives
- veel
- much, many, a lot of something
- want
- because, for; conjunction explaining a reason
- weet
- know, first person singular of to know
- zeker
- certain, sure, definitely without doubt
- nooit
- never, at no time, not ever
- meer
- more, or lake; here meaning more or again
- moed
- courage, bravery, the will to face fear
- zou
- would, conditional auxiliary verb form
- hebben
- to have, infinitive form of the verb have
- gehad
- had, past participle of the verb hebben
- om
- to, in order to; used before infinitive verbs
- weer
- again, once more; or weather
- gaan
- to go, infinitive of the movement verb
- vissen
- to fish, or fish (plural); going fishing
- deed
- did, put; past tense of the verb doen
- wat
- what, something; used in questions or as pronoun
- pleister
- plaster, bandage; adhesive strip for a wound
- vingers
- fingers, the digits on a human hand
- beide
- both, referring to two people or things
- vrienden
- friends, people with whom one has friendship
- kwamen
- came, past tense plural of to come
- bezoek
- visit, a trip to see someone or somewhere
- voor
- for, before, in front of something
- diner
- dinner, the main evening meal of the day
- kon
- could, past tense of kunnen, to be able
- hun
- their, third person plural possessive pronoun
- vis
- fish, an aquatic animal or food item
- aanbieden
- to offer, to present something to someone
- had
- had, past tense of hebben, to have
- nog
- still, yet, another; indicating continuation
- iets
- something, an unspecified thing or matter
- anders
- else, different, otherwise; something other
- provisiekast
- pantry, a cupboard for storing food supplies
- droeg
- wore, carried; past tense of dragen
- zwart
- black, the darkest color, absence of light
- gouden
- golden, made of or resembling gold
- vest
- waistcoat, vest; a sleeveless garment worn over shirt
- Raadslid
- councillor, a member of a council or board
- Schildpad
- turtle, tortoise; a shelled reptile animal
- bracht
- brought, past tense of brengen, to bring
- salade
- salad, a dish of mixed raw vegetables
- mee
- along, with; indicating accompaniment or bringing
- nettas
- net bag, a bag made of mesh netting
- plaats
- place, spot, location; or instead of
- lekker
- tasty, nice, pleasant; used for food or comfort
- schoteltje
- small dish, a little plate for food
- stekelbaarsjes
- sticklebacks, small spiny freshwater fish
- hadden
- had, past tense plural of hebben, to have
- ze
- they, she, them; third person pronoun
- geroosterde
- roasted, cooked by dry heat in an oven
- sprinkhaan
- grasshopper, a jumping insect found in fields
- lieveheersbeestjessaus
- ladybug sauce, a whimsical sauce made from ladybugs
- kikkers
- frogs, small amphibians living near water
- heerlijke
- delicious, wonderful, a very pleasant thing
- lekkernij
- delicacy, a special treat or tasty food
- vinden
- to find, to think, to consider something
- denk
- think, first person singular of denken
- vies
- disgusting, dirty, unpleasant to taste or see
- moet
- must, have to; indicating obligation or necessity
- geweest
- been, past participle of zijn, to be
- EINDE
- end, the finish or conclusion of something
- Einde
- end, conclusion; marks the finish of a text
- Verhaal
- story, tale, a narrative account of events
- Meneer
- mister, sir; polite title used for a man
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