- Engels Nederlands
- action = actie
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Rosa Parks' action was the beginning of the Civil Rights movement.
actie
- arrest = arresteren
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The police arrested Rosa Parks and she had to pay a $10 fine.
arresteren
- autobiography = autobiografie
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You can read all about her life in her new autobiography.
autobiografie
- boycott = boycot
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Because of the bus boycott, there were no people on the buses.
boycot
- carriage = coupé
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White and black people could not sit in the same railway carriage.
coupé
- cheer = juichen
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The crowd cheered and screamed when he scored the first goal.
juichen
- civil rights = burgerrechten
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Being treated fairly by the law is one of the basic civil rights.
burgerrechten
- uncomfortable = ongemakkelijk / oncomfortabel
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We didn't really enjoy the film because the cinema seats were uncomfortable.
ongemakkelijk / oncomfortabel
- department store = warenhuis
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The department store is the biggest shop in the city.
warenhuis
- experience = ervaring
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Playing for the school ice hockey team was an amazing experience.
ervaring
- fare = kaartje / reisgeld
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She got on the bus, paid her fare, and sat down.
kaartje / reisgeld
- fine = boete
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The police arrested Rosa Parks and she later had to pay a $10 fine.
boete
- unfriendly = onvriendelijk
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I tried to talk to them but they were very unfriendly.
onvriendelijk
- give in = opgeven
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She knew that she couldn't win, but she refused to give in.
opgeven
- unhappy = ongelukkig
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Joni didn't enjoy her holiday – she was unhappy.
ongelukkig
- home game = thuiswedstrijd
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It was a home game and lots of people from my town were watching.
thuiswedstrijd
- illegal = illegaal
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In the UK it is illegal to drive before you are 17.
illegaal
- in the open = in de openlucht
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We were sleeping outside in the open with the stars above us.
in de openlucht
- Internet = internet
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Lots of people buy books on the Internet.
internet
- law = wet
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It is against the law to cycle on the pavement.
wet
- leader = leider / aanvoerder
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The group decided to vote for a new leader.
leider / aanvoerder
- illegal = illegaal
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It's illegal to go fishing in your pyjamas in Chicago.
illegaal
- minister = dominee
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Martin Luther King was a minister for a church in Atlanta.
dominee
- movement = beweging
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He joined the civil rights movement.
beweging
- organise = organiseren
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Martin Luther King was one of the people who organised the boycott.
organiseren
- physically = lichamelijk
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He is always physically tired after playing basketball all weekend.
lichamelijk
- unpopular = impopulair
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No one wants to be his friend – why is he so unpopular?
impopulair
- realise = beseffen
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I was 11 years old when I realised I had a gift for languages.
beseffen
- result = gevolg
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As a result of the boycott, the US Supreme Court changed the law.
gevolg
- Right = recht
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We all have the Right to safety, dignity and respect.
recht
- row = rij
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The front rows of seats were for whites and the rows behind them were for blacks.
rij
- score = scoren
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When the hockey team scored a goal, the crowd cheered.
scoren
- scream = schreeuwen
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She was frightened when she saw the shark, but she didn't scream.
schreeuwen
- seat = stoel
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We didn't really enjoy the film because the cinema seats were uncomfortable.
stoel
- separate = gescheiden / apart
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There were laws to keep white and black people separate.
gescheiden / apart
- separate = scheiden
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It was illegal to separate whites and blacks on buses.
scheiden
- significant = betekenisvol / van belang
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The bus boycott was a significant event in American history.
betekenisvol / van belang
- skates = schaatsen
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The ice hockey players were all wearing new skates.
schaatsen
- terrified = doodsbang
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When I saw the wolf looking at me, I was terrified.
doodsbang
- unusual = ongebruikelijk
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It doesn't happen very often – it's very unusual.
ongebruikelijk
- wolf = wolf
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The wolf looked like a large wild dog.
wolf