"Laten" is one of the busiest Dutch verbs: with a bare infinitive it means having someone else do something ("ik laat mijn haar knippen") or letting someone do something ("laat hem maar praten").
Buurvrouw: ? .
Sara: .
Collega: .
Tom: , . .
Anna: ?
Mark: - . .
Buurvrouw: Wat heb je met je haar gedaan? Het ziet er kort uit.
What have you done with your hair? It looks short.
Vul het ontbrekende woord in:
I had it cut yesterday at the hairdresser on the corner.
“Hoe laat?”
Thursday is fine. What time?
“Maar het derde boek was twee dagen te laat.”
One moment. The two books are on time, that's fine. But the third book was two days late.
“Daarna is het te laat.”
Six weeks. After that it's too late. So read every letter carefully and pay attention to the date.
“Kan ik mijn voorschot laten verhogen?”
Can I have my advance increased? Then the difference next year will be smaller.
“Laat eens kijken.”
Let me have a look. Yes, there's a hole in the inner tube. I can patch that.