kom
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, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> I've just heard the news.
> I've just gotten (a chance) to study.
> Droteo's mouth is small and narrow (like that of a trigger fish).
> I've finally gotten to study because Toki has left.
> My car is really getting old and is making rattling noises.
Proverbs:
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do because chores keep coming in from left and right.
> Like the man of Kayangel, who procured his gifts from Keso
The saying refers to a man from the atoll of Kayangel, some twenty miles north of the main islands of Palau, who, on his way south to visit friends, stopped at an intermediate reef, Kesol, to fish for a present for his host. Refers to a person who, en route to a visit, tries to borrow a present from another guest; any person who suddenly wants to borrow money.
> It's like the rat of Ngerard, which eats up all your coconuts and (then) all of ours.
It's a decision, plan etc. that will backfire. A pet rat owned by Mad, chief of Ngaraard, ate the coconuts of most of the chief's neighbors, then, still hungry, ate the chief's own coconuts.
> Like a pigeon-seeing the danger, yet it flies from cover
The pigeon sits quietly concealed until some threat appears, then it flies out, revealing itself. The idiom applies to a person who unnecessarily exposes himself to danger, leaves the house in the rain, or takes a boat out in a storm.
> Like a person somewhere taking a bath, but I'm cold.
Applies to any embarrassing act, such as boasting or gossiping, on the part of a friend.
More Examples:
> May I be excused and go to bed, feeling a bit sleepy.
> My mother in law is a bit under the weather.
> You all are so pretentious and fancy and meanwhile we are just eating scrap.
> You all take turns bailing the boat so that it will be finished quickly.
> You are like the clam of bengall, never moves an inch but always adored.

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