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"but" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “but” is maar.

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There are 134 examples of the Dutch word for "but" being used:
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That hypocrite talks but does nothing. Die schijnheilige praat maar doet niets.
Just ask our mistress yourself, the old woman. Vraag het zelf maar aan onze meesteres, de oude vrouw
Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language. Zwijgen is goud, maar niet als je een vreemde taal tracht te leren.
There were enough princesses; but he could not find out if they were real princesses. Prinsessen waren er genoeg; maar of het echte prinsessen waren, kon hij niet te weten komen.
When she left the house she must have been wearing slippers; but what did that help? Toen zij het huis uitging, had zij wel is waar pantoffels aangehad; maar wat hielp dat?
They all look exactly like their father; but that rascal doesn’t even come to visit me. Zij lijken allemaal precies op hun vader; maar die ondeugd komt mij niet eens bezoeken.
I don’t mind your groping in the dark for a solution, but I wish you’d come to a decision. Het maakt mij niet uit dat je in het donker tast naar een oplossing, maar ik zou willen dat je tot een besluit zou komen.
it swam in the water, dived under with his head, but was treated with contempt by all other animals, because of its ugly appearance. het zwom in het water, het dook met zijn kopje onder, maar door alle dieren werd het om zijn lelijkheid met minachting bejegend
no less maar liefst
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.

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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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