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Short   Talking about Cause and Effect
Waarom is dat? click to hear 2 Why is that? Why is it like that?
Waarom is dat zo? click to hear 2 3 Why is that so? Why is it that way?
Ik zie het verband click to hear 2 3 I see how it's connected (the Gestalt)
Alles grijpt in elkaar click to hear 2 'Everything is connected, all things hang together'
Van 't een kwam 't ander click to hear 2 One thing led to another
(de) oorzaak click to hear cause — (het) gevolg click to hear effect, result, consequence
— (de) reden click to hear 2 reason, cause, motivation
oorzaak en gevolg click to hear 2 3 cause and effect
Ik weet niet wat de oorzaak is click to hear I don't know what the cause is, I don't know what's causing it
Ik weet niet wat de reden is click to hear I don't know what the reason for it is, I don't know what's causing it
Dat is de reden click to hear 2 3 That is the reason, that's why
Er is geen reden waarom hij niet zou kunnen winnen click to hear There's no reason why he wouldn't be able to win
de voornaamste reden click to hear 2 3 the major, most important reason
Hier ziet men de gevolgen click to hear 2 3 4 Here [one sees] you see the results, the consequences
ingrijpende gevolgen click to hear 2 3 far-reaching, consequential consequences
Kleine oorzaken hebben soms grote gevolgen click to hear 2 3
[Small causes sometimes have big effects] - Small things can have large results, minor causes may have major consequences
de voornaamste reden click to hear 2 3 the major, most important reason
een goede reden om op te houden click to hear 2 3 a good reason to stop, end activity
Dat komt ervan! click to hear 2 3 4 That's the result (of your action)
(het) effect click to hear 2 3 effect, result, outcome
't Heeft een vreemd effect click to hear 2 3 It has a strange effect
Ik word er gek van click to hear [I'm being driven crazy by it] - It's driving me crazy
Ik word er misselijk van click to hear 2 3 It makes me nauseous, it nauseates me, It makes me sick, it gives me nausea
Dat wordt een bende! click to hear 2 3 That [will become] is going to be a mess
Dat gaat niet goed! click to hear 2 That's not going well, that's going wrong, there's going to be a problem
Dat kan niet goed gaan click to hear 2 That can't [go] end well, there's going to be a problem
Dat gaat 'n keer mis click to hear 2 3 That [goes] will go wrong sometime
Wat er allemaal mis kan gaan click to hear 2 3 4 5 6 All the things that can go wrong
(De) last click to hear 2 is literally 'load, burden' but it's more often used as 'trouble, bother' - especially in phrases like:
last krijgen van click to hear to be bothered by, given trouble by - in the future or an expectation
Ik krijg er last van click to hear 2 3 It's going to bother me, it will give me trouble (for instance, mentioning a food allergy)
Daar krijg je last van click to hear 2 3 That's going to bother you, that will give you trouble (a medical or dental problem that needs to be addressed)
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