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pill

 1 noun MED, PHARM medication or illegal drugpiolla masc4  c m upiollaire masc4  c m uI take a pill for high blood pressure tógaim piollaire le haghaidh ardbhrú fola, glacaim piolla faoi choinne ardbhrú folato pop pills piollaí a chaitheamh siar, piollaí a shlogadh 2 noun (especially US), informal annoying personcráiteachán masc1  c m upian sa tóin  c m uniúdar neádar  c m u
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3 verb INTRANSITIVEcaitíní a dhéanamhimigh chun mealltathe jumper pilled when I washed it d'imigh an geansaí chun meallta nuair a nigh mé é

the pill

 noun MED, PHARMan piolla masc4the doctor put her on the pill chuir an dochtúir ar an bpiolla íshe came off the pill d'éirigh sí as an bpiolla
phrases

sweeten the pill

 (also

sugar the pill

) he tried to sweeten the pill for us rinne sé iarracht an ghoimh a bhaint as dúinn, rinne sé iarracht seirbhe na dí a fholú orainn

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