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"text": "Er is een kat bij mij in de buurt die elke dag naar de supermarkt gaat om wat aandacht en lekkers te krijgen van de klanten.",
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"ref": "2026 April 15, u/Own_Sandwich6610, r/thenetherlands (Reddit post):",
"text": "Gisteren die arme man in brand, nu dit. Er wordt elkaar zulke nare dingen aan gedaan, ik word er echt heel verdrietig van. Levens worden gewoon verwoest. Vreselijk",
"translation": "Yesterday that poor man on fire, now this. People are doing such horrible things to each other (literally: \"Such horrible things are being done to each other\"), it really makes me very sad. Lives are just being destroyed. Terrible.",
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"text": "Ik heb ermee gewerkt.",
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"english": "You can see the mountains above it/them.",
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40,
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"ref": "2026 April 15, u/Own_Sandwich6610, r/thenetherlands (Reddit post):",
"text": "Gisteren die arme man in brand, nu dit. Er wordt elkaar zulke nare dingen aan gedaan, ik word er echt heel verdrietig van. Levens worden gewoon verwoest. Vreselijk",
"translation": "Yesterday that poor man on fire, now this. People are doing such horrible things to each other (literally: \"Such horrible things are being done to each other\"), it really makes me very sad. Lives are just being destroyed. Terrible.",
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"english": "My brother has three children and I have two. (literally: two of those)",
"text": "Mijn broer heeft drie kinderen en ik heb er twee.",
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"english": "I don't see any more (of them).",
"text": "Ik zie er geen meer.",
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}
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