[a house]
the house 		[lightswitch]
electricity 		[flame]
fire 		[A collection of tools]
tools		 [clothespins]
laundry, cleaning 		[chess pieces]
chess 		[a building]
buildings 		[garden]
yard

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[The Face of Dutch]

Everyday Dutch: A Livingroom in Holland

[Living Room]
zitkamer click to hear		 [Living Room]
zitkamer click to hear
[French blinds]
luxaflex click to hear - 2		 [watering can]
gieter click to hear		 [chest]
kist click to hear (kissed?)		 [cabinet]
kastje click to hear
[corner shelves]
kast click to hear
[]
verwarming click to hear (radiator click to hear )		 []
verwarming click to hear (radiator click to hear )		 [Living Room]

[windowsill]
vensterbank click to hear		 [carpet]
kleed click to hear
[table-and-chairs]
zitje click to hear - 2 		kamerplant click to hear ('house plant') - snijbloemen click to hear ('cut flowers')
een bos bloemen click to hear (a bouquet, the bunch of flowers that you buy at the florist)
A carpet on the floor is a kleed click to hear or the diminutive kleedje click to hear - it can also be called a tapijt click to hear - 2 ; wall-to-wall carpeting is called vaste vloerbedekking click to hear
Central heating is centrale verwarming click to hear
Windowpane is ruit click to hear
Luxaflex click to hear - 2 ('French blinds') is a brand name that became the common word.

[Dutch flag]
colors 		[plate of food]
meals 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[books]
media 		[jacket]
clothing 		[a mirror]
beauty 		[rose]
flowers 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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