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124 IDIOMS. [paet rv.21. To part from, to separate from.To separate from a person is expressed in Irish by "toseparate with a person," the preposition le or pe being used:much in tbe same manner as we say in English, " I partedwith him: '' pcapabap pem a?;up Oiapmaib pen-a "661I9,they themselves andDiarmaid"separated from each other :bo pcap pe pinn, " he separated from us ;" pcap Opcap leOiapmaib, " Oscar separated from Diarmaid " : bo pcap pip,"he separated from him;" ag Cuppa6 Cill'-bapa bopcapap le ^at mo cpoibe, "at the Curragh of KildaroI parted from the ' love of my heart.' "22. However great, however good, howeverbrave, &c.Da placed before some abstract nouns gives a meaning which ,though it is well understood in practical use, has puzzledgrammarians to analyse and explain, and which will bo bestunderstood by a few examples. From the adjective dlainn,fine or beautiful, is formed dilne or dille, fineness, beauty;and ba dilne or ba — dille, means " however " fine," how finesoever." Examples: Ni b-puilpiontJpbdrheub,na6b-cuillib,"there isno punishment however great that they do not deserve" : an cpeap geip, $an compos aompip bd cpeipi aipcalrhain b'obab, " the third injunction, not to refuse singlecombat to any man on earth, however mighty :" bearhanndbiabal bd cpeipe tditi, "demon or devil, however mighty ofhand."23. Both one and another : both these and those.Both, in such phrases as "both men and women," is oftenexpressed in Irish by the preposition lbip, between ;as bainpioDia pdparh biob ann 506 pocap b'd b-cug b6ib lbipceill, ceabpabaib, agup cona6 " paogalca, God will exactan account from them in every advantage He has given to thembetween understanding, senses, and worldly prosperity :" ctiig.mfle ibip peapaib agup mndib, five thousand, between menAnd women (i.e. both men and women, or reckoning men andwomen).24. To overtake.To overtake a person is often " expressed by to bear on aperson," the verb beip, bear, being used with the preposition