| be | v.imp. |
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| ble | v.s.hypo. | |
| mera | cont. | mei er a |
merekung
/merkung | v.i.pred. | is about to come or arrive. |
mermang
/meremang | v.inch. |
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mlei
/mle | v.past | came; arrived.
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| mlera | cont. | mlei er a |
| be kbong | expr. | goodbye; I'm leaving. |
me e mong
/memong | expr. | pass by; go on; "(in a direction) towards me and then keep going (past me)." |
| nguu el mei | expr. | bring. |
| ta el buil er mla me e mong | expr. | one month ago. |
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> It's further in back of me. |
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> The child may be watched/babysat because he behaved well last time. |
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> His family and the villagers were quite surprised at the boy's sudden good health and quick recovery. |
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> Elilai and Ltelatk are Bkau and Elibeob's children. |
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> The soldiers took rifles and shot the women and children all at once. |
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Proverbs: |
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> You grab and then you pick it up. Like telling a joke, you're still telling it yet you laugh like you just heard it. |
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> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old. The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy. |
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> Really a child of the back. A child (sometimes an adult) that behaves well whether its parents are present or not; a child that is good when one's back is turned. |
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> Like an old woman who is cautious about coughing and breaking wind. Among elderly women, it seems, coughing sometimes produces the unwanted effect of breaking wind. The idiom may be applied to any action that might produce an undesirable side effect, such as a hasty decision at a political meeting. As a caution, it suggests the need for leaders to consider all the consequences. |
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> Are you the son of Redechor is that why you're standing around so much? |
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More Examples: |
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> I like to walk its just that the sun is scorching. |
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> I really need to mend my sardine/mackerel net. |
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> The money put in for the marriage of Dirasils, which was a keldait, went to her brother, Ngiradaob. |
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> The first floor contained a guard room, recreation room, hallway, workers room, and an NCO room. |
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> Mary is wearing a skirt and short-sleeved shirt. |
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