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anybody (pron) fer erbee; pagh erbee: Did anybody ever write more eloquently than he? - Ren pagh erbee rieau screeu ny s'jesh-focklee na eshyn? JJK idiom
somebody (n.) fer ennagh; peccagh ennagh; peiagh ennagh; pagh ennagh: To quarrel with somebody - Tuittym magh lesh pagh ennagh. JJK idiom
ill (adj., adv.) aslane, aslayntagh, doghanagh, doogh, lag, moal, sie; drogh: It's an ill wind that blows nobody good - She drogh gheay nagh sheid mie da pagh ennagh. JJK idiom; ching: She is dangerously ill - T'ee ching dy-danjeyragh. JJK idiom; olk: He speaks ill of nobody - Cha nel eh loayrt dy-olk mysh pagh erbee. JJK idiom
clip1 (v.) baarey, cur fasteen er, kiangley ry-cheilley; (n.) croymmag, fasteen; (to); (dy) ghiarey: To clip someone's wings - Dy ghiarey skianyn pagh ennagh. JJK idiom
formerly (adv.) roie-: He was famous formerly, but now nobody mentions his name - V'eh ennymoil roie nish, agh nish cha vel pagh erbee g'imraa yn ennym echey. JJK idiom
seeing fakinagh; jeeaghyn: She went away without seeing anybody - Hie ee roee dyn jeeaghyn pagh erbee. JJK idiom
sinner (n.) drogh-yantagh: but the sinner shall be taken by her - agh bee’n drogh yantagh goit lioree. Bible; peccah: The same sinner - Y peccah keddin. DF idiom; peccagh; p'agh
write (v.) screeu: Did anybody ever write more eloquently than he? - Ren pagh erbee rieau screeu ny s'jesh-focklee na eshyn? JJK idiom
ennymoil celebrated, renowned: V'eh ennymoil roie nish, agh nish cha vel pagh erbee g'imraa yn ennym echey. JJK
ringing claggintys; clinckal; gling; glingal; bingys: The church bell is ringing - Ta clagh ny killagh bingys. DF idiom; clinkeragh: There's someone ringing - Ta pagh ennagh clinkeragh. JJK idiom; bwoalley: The church bell is ringing - Ta clagh ny killagh bwoalley. DF idiom
without1 (prep.) gyn eie er; fegooish: It is better to go to bed without supper than to rise in debt - Share goll dy lhie fegooish shibber na g'irree ayns lhiastynys. JJK idiom; dyn, gyn: She went away without seeing anybody - Hie ee roee dyn jeeaghyn pagh erbee. JJK idiom; cheumooie, mooie: This church isn't very striking outside - Cha nel y cheeill shoh feer yindyssagh cheumooie. JJK idiom
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