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necessary number and preliminary steps
316 Despite the efforts of Ross and the national delegates, who presented protests with signatures representing nearly 16,000 Cherokee, the treaty [ 126 ] had been ratified by a majority of one vote over the necessary number, and preliminary steps were at once taken to carry it into execution.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Nagkatubas na ang pamúnga sa
Nagkatubas na ang pamúnga sa kaimítu, The fruit-bearing season for star apples is coming to a close.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

narrate nor any poet sing
Nevertheless, since they wish him to be considered a demigod, we think he certainly is more entitled to that rank, and is every way superior, if not to Hercules and Romulus (though no historian could ever narrate nor any poet sing of him that he had killed his brother, or committed any crime), yet certainly to Priapus, or a Cynocephalus, [102] or the Fever, [103] —divinities whom the Romans have partly received from foreigners, and partly consecrated by home-grown rites.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Nagkatápay na ang pinípig sa
Nagkatápay na ang pinípig sa tantung linubuk, The pinípig is becoming flat from constant pounding.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Nes n a proximate state
Cyfreithiau neilduol, by-laws Neillduolaeth, n. discrimination Neillduoldeb, n. discriminateness Neillduoli, v. to render distinct Neilliad, n. diversifying Neisio, v. to trim up nicely Neithio, v. to complete; to confirm Neithior, n. completion; a marriage feast Neithiori, v. to keep a marriage feast Neithiwyr, n. the evening past, last night Nemawr, n. a few in number Nen, n. a ceiling, a canopy Nenawr, n. upper story, garret Nenbren, n. a roof beam Nenfwd, n. a ceiling arch Neniad, n. a ceiling, a vaulting Neniar, n. a roof beam Nenty, n. a cockloft, a garret Nêr, n. what has self-energy; the Lord Nerth, n. might, power Nerthedd, n. potency, strength Nerthfawr, a. of great power Nerthiad, n. a strengthening Nerthiannu, v. to make potent Nerthiant, n. a strengthening Nerthol, a. powerful, potent Nerthu, v. to make powerful Nes, n. a proximate state: a. divested of distance; nearer, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Nagkabaliyug na ang punúan sa
Nagkabaliyug na ang punúan sa lubi samtang nagkataas, The coconut tree trunk is getting more and more crooked as it grows taller.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Nakapanggamut na aku pára sa
Nakapanggamut na aku pára sa íyang hilánat, I’ve gathered roots for her fever.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Naluslus na ang pánit sa
Naluslus na ang pánit sa íyang tintin, hustu nang tulíun, He can pull his foreskin back, so he’s ready to be circumcised.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Napúpus na ang pabílu sa
Napúpus na ang pabílu sa ákung paílub, My patience is running out.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Nahitalúnung nahipatalúnung aku pagkakità sa
Nahitalúnung (nahipatalúnung) aku pagkakità sa abling kaha, I was taken aback when I saw the open safe.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

native neighbours and possibly succeed
I could then inform our native neighbours, and possibly succeed in getting a certain amount of help.
— from Blanco y Colorado: Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by William C. Tetley

name now also produced so
She who bore a man's name, now also produced so powerful an impression, that she shed peace over the daughter.
— from The Fisher Girl by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

now nearing a police station
We were now nearing a police station, and our companion, for the first time showing any sign of personal interest, inquired if we had a lawyer.
— from The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Being the Ingenuous and Unvarnished History of Artemas Quibble, Esquire, One-Time Practitioner in the New York Criminal Courts, Together with an Account of the Divers Wiles, Tricks, Sophistries, Technicalities, and Sundry Artifices of Himself and Others of the Fraternity, Commonly Yclept "Shysters" or "Shyster Lawyers" by Arthur Cheney Train

Naida Nigel and Prince Shan
He seemed to take in by slow degrees every one who stood there,—Maggie herself and Chalmers, Naida, Nigel and Prince Shan.
— from The Great Prince Shan by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

next neighbour and perhaps she
This old woman, however, said just like the other, that she knew nothing more about the castle than that it lay eastward of the Sun, and westward of the Moon, "and you are almost sure never to find it," added she, "but I will lend you my horse to ride upon to my next neighbour, and perhaps she may tell you the way; when you get there, however, [226] just give the horse a pat under his left ear, and tell him to go home; now take this reel, for perhaps you may find some use for it."
— from Fairy Tales From all Nations by Anthony R. (Anthony Reubens) Montalba

National New Arlington Pico St
( See, also , under Alexandria , Angelus , Bella Union , Bellevue Terrace , Belmont , Cosmopolitan , Hollenbeck , Lafayette , Lanfranco , Lankershim , Nadeau , National , New Arlington , Pico , St. Charles , St. Elmo , United States , What Cheer House , etc.)
— from Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark by Harris Newmark


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