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"it" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “it” is het.

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the (neutral) het

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At first the job looked good to him, but later it became tiresome. Aanvankelijk leek het werk leuk voor hem, maar later werd het vermoeiend.
It is important that the doctor prescribes the correct dose of antibiotics. Het is belangrijk dat de arts de juiste dosis antibiotica voorschrijft.
It has not escaped anyone’s attention that energy costs have skyrocketed in recent months. Het is niemand ontgaan dat de energiekosten de afgelopen maanden de pan uit rijzen.
There is an occasional sunny day when it is pleasant to be outside. Er is af en toe een zonnige dag waarop het aangenaam is om buiten te vertoeven.
They went to great lengths to row the ship ashore, but failed. Zij spanden zich nog meer in om het schip naar de wal te roeien, maar het lukte niet.
“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. “Het is te groot!” zeiden allen, en de kalkoense haan, die met sporen ter wereld gekomen was en daarom dacht, dat hij keizer was, blies zich op als een schip met volle zeilen en kwam op hem af; toen klokte hij en werd zijn kop vuurrood.
It is one of the weaker teams against which top countries sometimes achieve monster scores. Het is een van de zwakkere ploegen waartegen toplanden soms monsterscores behalen.
It were very large slippers, which only her mother had worn so far, that’s how big they were. Het waren heel grote pantoffels, die haar moeder tot dusverre gedragen had, zo groot waren zij.
For the Internet giant it’s the perfect opportunity to expand its activities into a new sector. Voor de internetgigant is het de uitgelezen kans om zijn activiteiten uit te breiden naar een nieuwe sector.
What is the function: it attracts your attention, it distracts you, it helps you to understand or to place the content better? Wat is de functie: trekt het je aandacht, leidt het je af, helpt het jou om de inhoud beter te begrijpen of te plaatsen?

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After midnight, it will be dry in most places.,
After saying this, she grabbed it and stroked its feathers smooth.,
and as soon as they were out of his sight, he dived under the water until the bottom, and when he rose again he was almost beside himself with excitement,
and before he well knew how it had happened, he found himself in a large garden, in which fragrant elders bent their long green branches down to the water,
And immediately an old duck flew to the poor beast and bit it in the neck.,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
And the matches were glowing so bright, brighter than at noon-day.,
and then he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen.,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary,
At last he became exhausted, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice.,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.,
but it is where I was born,
But what did it see now in the clear water?,
but with every night, the space on which he swam became smaller and smaller,
But you are uncontrollable, and it is anything but enjoyable to spend time with you,
Could it perhaps be a turkey chick?,
Do you get it?,
Do you know how long the trip takes?,
Does it matter?
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