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40 kan
     1. n. jug
     2. n. pot (tea, coffee)
     3. n. can (cylindrical vessel)
     4. v. first-, second- and third-person singular present of kunnen
     5. v. imperative of kunnen
41 je
     1. pron. Second-person singular, subjective, unstressed form of jij (you)
           Wat doe je daar? — What are you doing there?
     2. pron. Second-person singular, objective, unstressed form of jou (you)
           Ik doe dit wel voor je. — I'll do this for you.
     3. pron. Second-person plural, subjective, unstressed form of jullie (you) (plural)
42 zich
     1. pron. himself, herself, itself, oneself, themselves; (polite form) yourself, yourselves
           Hij wast zich. — He washes himself.
           Hij wast zich het gezicht. — He washes his face.
           Vergist u zich niet? — Aren't you mistaken? (polite)
           Ieder voor zich. — Every man for himself.
43 al
     1. det. all, all of
           Heb je al het bier opgedronken?, Did you drink all the beer?
           Van Gogh produceerde al zijn werk gedurende een periode van slechts tien jaar., Van Gogh produced all of his work during a period of only ten years.
           Alle olie is uit de tanker gelekt., All the oil has leaked out of the tanker.
           Niet alle mensen zijn zo gemeen., Not all people are that mean.
44 hebben
     1. v. To have; to possess, own, hold.
           Hebt u een minuut? - Do you have a minute?
     2. v. (transitive medicine) to be afflicted with a disease
           Ik heb longkanker. - I have lung cancer.
     3. v. (transitive auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of most verbs, together with a past participle.
45 geen
     1. det. no, not any
     2. det. none
     3. adj. (archaic) yonder, far
           de gene zijde
             the far side
46 hun
     1. pron. The dative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: them, to them.
     2. pron. (proscribed) The accusative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: them.
     3. pron. (proscribed dialectical) The nominative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: they.
     4. pron. The third-person plural possessive pronoun: their.
47 we
     1. pron. we
48 wat
     1. pron. (interrogative) what: e.g. (1) asking for a subject complement; (2) asking for a sentence object
           (1) Wat is dat? — What is that?
           (2) Wat wil je doen? — What do you want to do?
     2. pron. (relative) what: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto
           (1) Ik weet niet wat ik wil doen. — I don't know what I want to do.
49 werd
     1. v. singular past indicative of worden
50 moet
     1. v. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of moeten
     2. v. imperative of moeten
51 wel
     1. adv. The opposite of not (used to add positive emphasis to the verb, much like the auxiliaries do or does in affirmative sentences in English)
           Ik dacht dat je niet van golf houdt? — Ik hou wel van golf!
             I thought you didn't like golf? — I do like golf!.
           Je ziet wel dat... — You can certainly see that...
           I ken hem wel, maar niet goed. — I do know him, but not well.
52 kunnen
     1. v. (auxiliary modal) can, to be able to
           Hij kon goed rennen, omdat hij een getrained sportbeoefenaar was.
             He could run well, because he was a trained sportsman.
     2. v. to be able to do, to be capable of
           Ik kan dat niet.
53 nu
     1. adv. now, at the present moment
           Kom je nu of morgen? - Will you be coming now or tomorrow?
     2. adv. now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)
           Wat is er nu weer dan? - What is it now?
54 dit
     1. det. this (neuter); referring to a thing or a person closer by.
           dit huis
             this house
           dit kind
             this child
55 deze
     1. det. this (masculine, feminine); referring to a thing or a person closer by.
           deze boom
             this tree
           deze vrouw
             this woman
56 zal
     1. v. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zullen
57 veel
     1. det. many, much
     2. pron. much, a lot
           Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien. - From here I can see a lot.
     3. adv. much
     4. adv. often, frequently
58 zo
     1. adv. so, thus, like that/this
           Is het zo goed, of wil je nog meer? - Is it good like this, or do you want more?
     2. adv. so, to such an extent
           Het is hier zo koud dat ik sta te beven. - It is so cold here that I'm standing here shaking.
     3. adv. (zo ... als) as .. as
59 nieuwe
     1. adj. inflected form of nieuw
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