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magyamáda nga gibug
Ngánung wà man ka magyamáda nga gibug-atan ka na?
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

may not get
If therefore I may not get free forth, send me to the Marshalsea again, and there you shall be sure of me."
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

maghubuyhubuy na gánì
Ug maghubuyhubuy na gánì ang hubag hápit na nà mubutu, When a boil gets soft and tender, it is about to erupt.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Mutigen nimmer God
Gott verlässt den Mutigen nimmer —God never 5 forsakes the stout of heart.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

makaharúhay na giyud
Kanang swildúha makaharúhay na giyud ning átung pagpuyù, With that salary we can live a life of ease and comfort.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

might not go
Consequently, Stratico was always afraid of something happening to him, and he begged me to make myself his companion, and even to share his pleasures, so that he might not go into bad company and dangerous houses alone and undefended.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

might not gradually
" "There is hardly any personal defect," replied Anne, "which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

me no good
On his return to prison, he earnestly requested the jailer not to permit any friar to come near him; saying, "They can do me no good, but may greatly disturb me.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

must not give
Moreover, should it happen, though it rarely does, that a sluggish child desires to stagnate in idleness, you must not give way to this tendency, which might stupefy him entirely, but you must apply some stimulus to wake him.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

mighty near got
but once I mighty near got a beatin'.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

man named Givens
“A man named Givens is asking to see you, sir.... Says he works for you, and it’s important, sir.”
— from The Highflyers by Clarence Budington Kelland

my niece going
Old Walton was so mad he could hardly talk to me, and when I told him right out how I felt about my niece going with him, he said he didn't blame me; that he wouldn't let such a rascal go with a servant of his, much less the acknowledged belle of the town, and a prospective heiress.
— from The Redemption of Kenneth Galt by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

must not go
"You must not go!"
— from Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. by Robert Neilson Stephens

must not go
One day the man went hunting, and just before leaving told the boy he must not go eastward.
— from Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116)) by Erminnie A. (Erminnie Adele) Smith

must not give
If you would copy Raphael, you must not give him the coloring of Titian.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various


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