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BEAG.
| Is beag liom é. | I consider it too small. |
| Is beag orm é. | I don’t like it at all. |
| Is beag agam é. | I have no great opinion of him. |
| Is beag an sgéal é. | It’s no great harm. He is not to be pitied. |
| Is beag an ċaḃair ṫú. | You are not of much use. |
| Is beág dá ḟiós agat. | ’Tis little you know. |
| Is beag naċ miṫid dó ḃeiṫ ag imṫeaċt. | It is nearly time for him to be going.
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Ba ḃeag nár ṁiṫid dó ḃeiṫ ag imṫeaċt.
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It was nearly time for him to be going.
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| Is beag a ḃríġ é. | It is a trifle. |
Is beag má tá éinne i n‑Éirinn d’ ḟéadfaḋ é ḋéanaṁ.
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There is hardly a person in Ireland who could do it.
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Miscellaneous.
| An éireoċaiḋ (sé) linn? | Shall we succeed? | |
| Ḃí sé ag éirġe fuar. | It was getting cold. | |
| Maiṫ an áit go raḃais! | Well said! or Well done! | |
| Maiṫ mar ṫárla. | It has happened luckily. | |
| Níor laḃair sé fiú aon ḟocal aṁáin. | He did not speak a single word.
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Gan fiú na n‑anála do ṫarraing (ṫarac).
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Without even taking breath. | |
| Fiú ár ndaoine féin. | Even our own people. | |
