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Gan ḃeiṫ am ḃoḋraḋ isé ḋeanfair!
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Not to be bothering me, ’tis what you’ll do.
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Tá sé gan ḃeṫ ar fóġnaṁ.
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He is a little unwell.
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Cuiḃsaċ, gan ḃeiṫ maoíṁteaċ.
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Fairly well without much to boast of.
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B’ ḟeara ḋuit gan a ḃeiṫ agat aċt práta agus gráinne salainn ad ṫig féin ’ná dá mbeiḋeaḋ sóġ agus rósta agait i dtig an ḟir ṫall.
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It would be better for you if you had but a potato and a grain of salt in your own house than if you had the greatest luxuries in another man’s house.
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Dúḃart leis gan ḃeiṫ aḃfad.
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I told him not to be long (away).
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Dúḃart leis gan aon diṫneas do ḃeiṫ air.
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I told him not to be in any hurry.
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Dúḃart leis gan aon eagla ḃeiṫ air.
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I told him not to be afraid.
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Dúḃart leis gan aon truaġ ḃeiṫ aige ḋóiḃ.
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I told him not to have any compassion for them.
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Dúḃart leis gan aon eagla ḃeiṫ aige rómpa.
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I told him not to be afraid of them.
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Dúḃart leis gan aon ḃeann do ḃeiṫ aige orṫa.
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I told him not to be influenced by them (not to mind them).
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Dúḃart leis gan aon ċáll do ḃeiṫ aige ċúca.
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I told him not to have anything to do with them.
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(This cáll is a genuine Irish word. It does not man the English word "call." The Irish for that is glao oḋ.
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