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Grammar

Compare 3 regional entries that share this classification while keeping each local definition attached to its place.

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after doing

/AF-ter DOO-ing/

A construction meaning that an action has just happened or has recently been completed.

“I’m after losing my keys again.”
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amn’t I?

/AM-ent eye/

The Irish English first-person negative question corresponding to standard “aren’t I?”

“I’m next in the queue, amn’t I?”
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do be

/DOO bee/

A habitual construction describing what regularly or characteristically happens.

“We do be busy here on Fridays.”