zij put daar veel kracht uit

English translation: she draws great strength from it.

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Dutch term or phrase:	zij put daar veel kracht uit
English translation:	she draws great strength from it.
Entered by:	Lindsay Edwards

20:06 Jan 28, 2004

Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Dutch term or phrase: zij put daar veel kracht uit

Het gaat om een zieke vrouw, die veel kracht put uit het feit dat er voor haar gebeden wordt.

Van Dale biedt wel wat mogelijkheden, maar ik zou graag van native speakers van het Engels horen wat hier een goede keuze is.

Antoinette Verburg KudoZ activity Questions: 117 (none open) Answers: 1552 Netherlands
Local time: 16:41

she draws a lot of strength from it.

Explanation:
she draws a lot of strength from the fact that people pray for her.

Selected response from:

Lindsay Edwards
Belgium
Local time: 16:41

Grading comment

Bedankt allemaal!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +8

she draws a lot of strength from it.

Lindsay Edwards

4 +5

takes a great deal of comfort in

AllisonK (X)

4 +2

it gives her / is a source of

Chris Hopley

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

she draws a lot of strength from it.

Explanation:
she draws a lot of strength from the fact that people pray for her.

Lindsay Edwards
Belgium
Local time: 16:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 58

Grading comment

Bedankt allemaal!

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

takes a great deal of comfort in

Explanation:
the fact that people are praying for her.
Just another option - would depend on the whole context. Seems to be used in a religious context quite often.
... Schevers herself is no stranger to the power of prayer. ... Schevers takes comfort in
the fact that he was resigned to God's will at the time of his death and died ...
www.chnonline.org/2002/2002-11-21/newsstory5.html - 19k

AllisonK (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 16:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 541

18 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

it gives her / is a source of

Explanation:
Previous two answers are fine; just an alternative construction here:

it gives her a lot of strength/comfort
it is a source of strength/comfort for her

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 16:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2117

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