8th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
blauwe plek	bruise	blauwe = blue, plek = spot, patch
ik loop hard	I run	From the infinitive hard lopen.
trainingspak	tracksuit	pak = suit
verlegen	shy
stoofschotel	stew	Stoof means stove. Schotel came up earlier where it was given to mean saucer (even flying saucer - vliegende schotel). It also means dish (een warme schotel - a hot dish, een vuurvaste schotel - an ovenproof dish) .
tank	tank	The military vehicle, or a petrol tank but not the fish tank variety which is aquarium. It's also part of the verb tanken which is to fill up the car with petrol.
open	open