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tur
dry, without condiment
bun bárr
entirely, totally
balach
exactly
gíoscán
5 million people to feed in London - is mór a' gíoscán é, they eat a lot, there is a lot of chewing on what they need in food F
comhthrom
what weight is this fish? tá meáchan cothrom ann, it is a fair weight; trí unsa (tobac) sa tseachtain, sin cathamh cothrom, that's fair smoking; cé' chaoi bhfuil na fataí agaibh? níl siad ach cothrom; sgoith fhataí cothroma, mixed middling potatoes, níl siad ionmholta ná ioncháinte annsin fair, middling
aimseógaí
'siad na haimseógaí a chuir ann é fairies
agus níor mhoithigh mé aon fhocal ní ba mhó air sin
and I won't hear anything more about it
ach ab ea gur chuir sibh cuireadh orm
but it was because you invited me
"sin í an Chaorthanach", a dúirt sé, "a bhí istigh agaibh"
you had the Chaorthanach in with ye
"sin í máthair an Diabhail" ar ndóiche
"this is the mother of the devil" of course
"sin í an Chaorthanach", a dúirt sé
"this is the Devil's mother", he said
ní fhacas, ní ba mhó é.
(and he) was not seen, ever again
D'imigh sé as an n-amharc
He went out of sight
ghlan sé suas san aer
he disappeared into the air
amach ar an doras
out the door