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Written by John McCullagh
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Thursday, 17 June 2004 |
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Ill-answered impertinent Ill-favoured physically unattractive Ill put-on badly dressed Ill done done wrongly Ill to handle difficult (of person or beast) Ill off in straitened circumstances Ill tongued prone to swearing, or verbal abuse Took it ill was displeased about Imparted scolded: ‘I imparted my mind to her!’ Imperent impudent Ins and outs all: ‘give me the ins and outs of it!’ Insense to make someone understand In under beneath: ‘he fell in under the cart’ In with on friendly terms: ‘Are ye in with them?' I know these are out of sequence but I'd better record them before I forget. I'm grateful to my friend Bridie McVeigh for the second one below. Yer ar*e 'n parsley You're telling whoppers! Ceillayly: She's just an aul' ceillayly She's flighty and fickle - always on her ceili
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