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concentrate
/kon-sən-trate/
 
vi,.
 
1.
Def.: egbehey te dakel ne suman-suman diyè te minsan nekey
If you concentrate on something, you focus your mind on it.
The book was boring, so it was difficult to concentrate on it.
 
vt(+prep).
 
2.
Def.: egbehey te dakel ne timpu diyè te senge kasangkapan
If you concentrate on a particular activity, you decide to spend your time on that thing, and not other things.
I will concentrate on my garden today, not on washing clothes.
Egbehey a te timpu ku kuntee diyè te gulayan ku, kenè ne diyè te pegpami-pi te kasangkapan.
 
v-passive.
 
3.
Def.: egkalibulung
MS: egkalibulung
If things are concentrated in an area, there a lot of them there together.
The shops are concentrated at the crossing.
Ka tindaan [tinda͡an] nalibulung diyè te bebalakan.
 
n-ct, n-uc.
 
4.
Def.: lein ne weyig ne in-awaan te weyig ne maheteng
a liquid which is very strong because the water has been removed from it (e.g., juice concentrate).
Sem.Dom.: AWL4
Status: ready

Last updated: 18/Jan/2012