Engels : Nederlands
He built his windmill from [bit]s of his dad's old bicycle. = stukje / onderdeel
The villagers use the electricity to [charge] their mobiles. = een mobieltje opladen
With the rain came [cholera] and some of the villagers died of the disease. = cholera
William has [co-author]ed a book with another writer. = coauteur
When William said he would make a windmill, people thought he was [crazy]. = gek
There wasn't any rain, so their [crops] didn't grow and they couldn't make bread. = gewas
dozen = tientallen 
William didn't go to school, so he tried to [educate] himself. = scholen
The [farmer]s grow crops for food and keep cows for milk and meat. = boer
You have to pay a fee of £50 to go to [school]. = leergeld / collegegeld
He built a windmill to [generate] electricity for his village. = opwekken / voortbrengen
He made a small test windmill and then went [ahead] with a big one. = doorgaan met
Has he [go]ne back to school? = teruggaan
Their small stock of [food] went down and down until there was almost nothing to eat. = voedsel
If something [go]es on, it continues. = doorgaan
If something [go]es up, it rises or increases. = toenemen
It's a [home-made] windmill – he built it himself. = zelfgemaakt
[It's] too soon to answer that question – it's early days. = Het is nog vroeg dag / pril
He said that he was a student at the African [Leadership] Academy in South Africa. = bestuur / leiderschap
The [media] – newspapers, television and radio – are all interested in William's story. = media
The media interest has been [phenomenal]. = overweldigend / fenomenaal
His family could have electric light and could [pump] water. = pompen
William was only fourteen years old but he didn't go to [secondary school]. = middelbare school
William's family didn't have enough food, so his dog died of [starvation]. = verhongering
Their small [stock] of food got smaller and smaller. = voorraad
There was no food in the village and some of the [villager]s died. = dorpeling
The [windmill] moves around in the wind and generates electricity. = windmolen