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Abuse
- Scheldpartijen
- *Unkind or rude words
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Adultery
- Overspel
- *Sexual relations between a married person and sb outside the marriage
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Ancestor
- Voorvader
- *Sb from whom an individual, group or species is descended
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Area
- Gebied
- *Piece of ground or space
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To attend
- Bijwonen, aanwezig zijn
- *To be present at a certain meeting, happening
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Auction
- Veiling, openbare verkoop
- *Place where goods are sold publicly
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Austere
- Streng en sober
- *Lacking comfort, hard
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Barn
- Schuur
- *A building used to store grain and hay or to keep farm animals and materials in
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To belong
- Thuishoren
- *To be in a proper
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Board
- Plank
- *A long thin flat piece of wood
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Buggy
- Rijtuig
- =Carriage
- *Light carriage pulled by one horse
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Carriage
- Koets
- =Buggy
- *A horse-drawn vehicle designed to carry people
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Cap
- Muts, kapje
- *A type of hat
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To catch up with something or someone
- Bijhalen
- *To go fast enough to get even with sb ahead
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To claim
- Beweren, opeisen
- *To say with determination
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To clash with
- Botsen met
- *To come into conflict
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To commit suicide
- Zelfmoord plegen
- *To kill oneself
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Community
- Gemeenschap
- *Group of people who live together or have common interests
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Craft
- Ambacht
- *Occupation requiring skills of the hands
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Descendant
- Afstammeling
- *Child, grandchild
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Destructive
- Destructief, vernietigend
- *Designed or tended to hurt or destroy
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Dishwasher
- Vaatwasmachine
- *Machine that does the dishes for you
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To escape from
- Ontnappen uit
- *To get away from e.g. a prison(e.g.= for example ;)
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To fail
- Mislukken, tekort schieten
- *To not succeed
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Farming
Aan landbouw doen
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Flock
- Kudde
- *Group of people or animals
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Going English
*Becoming like the non-Amish Americans
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To harass
- Lastigvallen
- *To attack, to make sb worried by causing trouble
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Harvest
- Oogst
- *The gathering of a crop
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Inevitably
- Onvermijdelijk
- *Not to be avoided
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To light – lit – lit
Verlichten
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Mains (mains water, electricity mains)
Leiding
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Merely
- Enkel
- *Being only this and nothing else
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Neighbourliness
Vriendschap en steun tussen buren
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Offender
- Overtreder
- *Someone who breaks the law
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Order
- Orde
- *Religious group of people
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To originate
- Afstammen van
- *To come from
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Outcast
- Verschoppeling
- *Sb who is no longer part of a community
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Persecution
- Vervolging, achtervolging
- *The act of making people suffer because of religion, sex …
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Prosecute
- (Gerechtelijk) vervolgen
- *To carry on legal action against sb
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To raise
- Oprichten, overeind zetten
- *To lift, to put up
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Resistance
- Verzet
- *The act of fighting against smt
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Retreat
- Toevluchtsoord, schuilplaats
- *A place of privacy and safety
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Rural
- Landlijk
- *Of the country (<-> city)
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To scatter
- Verspreiden
- *To cause to seperate widely
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To shun
- Negeren
- *To ignore sb completely as punishment
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Temtation
- Verleiding
- *Persuasion to do smt wrong by promise of pleasure or gain
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To turn the other cheek
De andere wang toekeren, niet ingaan op agressie
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To volunteer
- Zich vrijwillig aanbieden
- *To do smt because you want to, not because you have to
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Well
- Waterput
- *A hole in the earth to reach water
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To worship
- Ter kerke gaan, (aan)bidden
- *To pray
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To yield
- Opleveren
- *To produce, to give
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