Question 1

dreadful (What dreadful weather!)

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afschuwelijk

Question 2

awful (What awful weather!)

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afschuwelijk

Question 3

horrible (What horrible weather!)

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afschuwelijk

Question 4

awesome (Don't mix up  "awful" and awesome)

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geweldig;gaaf

Question 5

below zero (When it freezes the temperature is below zero)

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onder nul

Question 6

to freeze (When it freezes the temperature is below zero)

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vriezen

Question 7

to generate (On sunny days you can generate electricity with solar panels)

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opwekken

Question 8

degree (The temperature was five degrees below zero)

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graad

Question 9

season (Winter is the coldest season if the year)

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seizoen

Question 10

forecast (The weather forecast was very bad)

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voorspelling

Question 11

to forecast (They forecast rain for the weekend)

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voorspellen

Question 12

to predict (Scientists predict that the earth's temperature will rise by 3 degrees)

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voorspellen

Question 13

(un)predictable (The weather is not always predictable)

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(on)voorspelbaar

Question 14

to improve (Let's hope the weather will improve)

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verbeteren

Question 15

improvement (There has been an improvement in the weather)

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verbetering

Question 16

(un)favourable (The wind was favourable for kite surfing)

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(on)gunstig)

Question 17

shower (There will be some heavy showers tomorrow)

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regenbui

Question 18

severe (We had a severe winter with some severe storms)

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zwaar

Question 19

gale (The ship sank in a severe gale)

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storm

Question 20

spell (There will be sunny spells and some rain)

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periode

Question 21

to rely on (You can nevre completely rely on the weather forecast)

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vertrouwen op

Question 22

reliable (In a storm a boat should be reliable)

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betrouwbaar

Question 23

reliability (These outboard motors are known for their reliability)

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betrouwbaarheid

Question 24

phenomenon (Snow in Egypt is an almost unknown phenomenon)

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verschijnsel

Question 25

gloomy (With this gloomy weather it will soon be dark)

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somber

Question 26

to prevail (In Britain the prevailing wind is south-west)

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(over)heersen

Question 27

to be prevalent (In some tropical countries malaria is still prevalent)

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veel voorkomen

Question 28

(dis)agreeable (The  weather was agreeable so we went for a walk)

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(on)aangenaam

Question 29

shelter (The big tree was a good shelter from the rain)

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schuilplaats

Question 30

to adapt (She couldn't adapt to the hot climate)

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zich aanpassen

Question 31

to adjust (She couldn't adjust to the hot climate)

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zich aanpassen

Question 32

to take advantage of (I took advantage of the good weather to paint the house)

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gebruik maken van

Question 33

crime (Selling hard drugs is a crime)

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misdaad

Question 34

criminal (He was a member of a gang of criminals)

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crimineel

Question 35

crook (Crook is an informal word for "criminal")

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boef

Question 36

to murder (He was murdered by the Mafia)

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vermoorden

Question 37

homicide (Homicide is American English for "murder")

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moord

Question 38

to arrest (The drug dealer was arrested)

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arresteren

Question 39

to suspect (He was suspected of murder)

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verdenken

Question 40

suspicion (He is under suspicion of murder)

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verdenking

Question 41

suspicious (Why did he behave so suspiciously?)

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verdacht

Question 42

suspect (The suspect was arrested)

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verdachte

Question 43

suspicious (His strange behaviour made her suspicious)

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argwanend

Question 44

to commit (The man who committed the murder was arrested)

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plegen

Question 45

accomplice (An accomplice helps someone commit a crime)

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medeplichtige

Question 46

notorious (Everybody knew the notorious criminal)

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berucht

Question 47

to interrogate (He was interrogated by the police)

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ondervragen

Question 48

corpse (The police found the corpse of a man in the river)

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lijk

Question 49

to investigate (The crime will be investigated by Scotland Yard)

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onderzoeken

Question 50

investigation (FBI means "Federal Bureau of Investigation")

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onderzoek

Question 51

exhaustive (The exhaustive investigation took a long time)

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grondig

Question 52

to recover (The stolen jewels were recovered by the police)

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terugvinden

Question 53

hostage (The terrorists held two women as hostages)

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gijzelaar

Question 54

to threaten (They threatened to kill their hostages)

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dreigen

Question 55

threat (The government will not give in to terrorist threats)

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bedreiging

Question 56

to forge (He was sent to prison for forging banknotes)

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vervalsen

Question 57

to counterfeit ( To fake and to counterfeit are other words for to "forge")

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vervalsen

Question 58

forgery (This painting is a forgery)

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vervalsing

Question 59

cannabis nursery (The police found a cannabis nursery in the garage)

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hennepkwekerij

Question 60

pickpocket (A pickpocket steals things from your pockets)

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zakkenroller

Question 61

to belong to (The woman belonged to a gang of pickpockets)

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horen bij

Question 62

belongings (You can hire a safe for your personal belongings)

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eigendommen

Question 63

to solve ((A cold case is an old crime that has never been solved)

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oplossen

Question 64

solution (There is no easy solution to illegal immigration)

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oplossing

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