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Nagabnut nagabnutan ku
Nagabnut (nagabnutan) ku man pag-apil ang mga búlak nga gitanum, I accidentally pulled out the flowers along with the weeds.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

nakaparat nímu kay
Ang nakaparat nímu kay dílì ka mamínaw ug tambag, What’s wrong with you is that you don’t listen to advice.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

nahuwasan na ku
Mau ra ug nahuwasan na ku sa ákung kakulbà, I feel a bit relieved from my fright.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Nakaintra na kug
Nakaintra na kug pangutsíru, I’ve tried my hand driving a rig.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

ni Nánay kay
Dì ku mag-unung sa kasábà ni Nánay kay ági man lang nà, I don’t mind Mother’s scolding because it won’t last.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

nímung nía ku
Kinsay gatudlù nímung nía ku magpuyù?
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

nga náa ka
Ug makig-áway ka, ibutang sa sigúru nga náa ka sa bintáhà, If you pick fights, make sure you have the upper hand.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

nakahínam nakapahínam kanákù
Ang lamíang pagkáun nakahínam (nakapahínam) kanákù, The delicious food made me eager (to eat dinner).
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Nagbúkal nagpabúkal kug
Nagbúkal (nagpabúkal) kug túbig, I boiled some water.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

need never know
'But if it succeeded, they need never know.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

not necessarily keep
Thus, we do not necessarily keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition.
— from St. Andrews Ghost Stories Fourth Edition by William Thomas Linskill

news never kills
But “good news never kills,” and at length the sorrowful knight of fortune recovered consciousness to find himself alone with the friend whom he had wronged, and who was now bending over him in eager solicitude.
— from My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories by James Selwin Tait

nai not kai
3. nai , not kai ), +and I beg thee also+, thee in thy place, as I seek to do in mine, +thou genuine yoke-fellow,[5] help them+ ( autais )—these sisters of ours thus at variance, +women who+ ( aitines ) +wrestled along with me+, as devoted and courageous workers, +in the+ cause of the +Gospel+, when the first conflicts with the powers of evil were fought at Philippi; yes, do this loving service, +with Clement[6] too, and my other fellow-workers, whose names are in the Book of Life+; the Lord's own, "written in heaven," His for ever.[7] Wonderful is the great use of small occasions everywhere in Scripture.
— from Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians by H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule

not neither knoweth
Even the Spirit of Truth, whom the World cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him; but ye know him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
— from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers by Robert Barclay


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