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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
ina chosa leis
in his legs with him