dry

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• (be dry) maran; (crispy)
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Example sentences

• "Come out of this dry and filthy land."

  "Sai husi rai maran no mamuk ne'e."

• "In 2014, the Bayu Undan field will be dry.

  "Iha tinan 2024 mina-rai iha kampu Bayu Undan sei maran.

• 10He called the land its bad, "dry earth."

  10Nia nanaran rai nia naak, "rai maran."

Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “dry”

• In the cool season my lips go very dry.Tempu malirin ha'u nia ibun kulit maran loos.
• My fountain pen is dry, it doesn’t write well any more.Ha'u nia kaneta been maran ona, hakerek la moos ona.
• Your clothes are all wet; you’d better hang them out to dry.Ó nia ropa bokon hotu, di'ak liu habai tiha.
• I hung the clothes outside so that they get some sunlight and dry quickly.Ha'u habai ropa iha li'ur para loro matan kona hodi halo maran lalais.
• Her boyfriend bled her dry till she didn't even have five cents left on her!Nia namoradu ne'e hais nia to'o lima sén mós la iha nia isin!