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"that’s why" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “that’s why” is daarom.

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It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident. Zo lag het twee hele dagen; toen kwamen er twee wilde ganzen of, liever gezegd, genten naar hem toe; het was nog niet lang geleden, dat zij uit het ei gekropen waren, en daarom waren zij zo overmoedig.
“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.

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but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost,
It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident.,
Keep your decency and bow to the old duck you see there: that is the most important of all; she is of Spanish descent, which is why she is so fat.,
The hen had very short legs, so she was called “Miss Shortlegs.”,
Therefore confess your sins to one another.,
Towards evening it reached a small, shabby farm hut; it was so dilapidated that it did not know to which side it would fall, and that is why it stayed up,
You have nothing else to do, therefore you have foolish fancies.,
“Besides, it is a drake,“ they said; “and that is why it doesn’t matter that much.“,
“It might be true, but it is too big and it looks to strange,“ said the other duck, “that is why it has to have a bite.“,
“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.
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