Oil
Cooking oil
Patois: Put likkle aile inna di pot.
English: Put a little oil in the pot.
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Patois: Mi nuh deh wid nobady fi a while now, a bai alie deh inna mi
English: I haven't been with anyone for a while now, I'm thirsty as hell.
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Oil
Patois: gimmi di cookin aile.
English: Give me the cooking oil.
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