| 1. | The current coming into the lagoon is strong especially close to the channel. | Ekajoor aewaarin turin to. | aewaar |
| 2. | There was nothing else, even a dark shadow that would have been there since it was so close; even though the lights went out we should still have made out its shape. P1154 | Ejej kain ṇe bar memarokrok ak lelorin annañ ke baj joñan eppak eo an, jekdọọn ñe ekun ak kōmin kar lo wōt annañin. | annañ |
| 3. | After we were finished praying I was going to try to close my eyes and get some sleep but it was really hard because I kept thinking about how that plane had flown right over us but just kept going and didn’t see us. P952 | Ālikin aṃro jar, iḷak itōn kar kajjioñ kiil meja in mājur elukkuun pen kōn wōt aō kar ḷōmṇake an baḷuun eo itok iiom tok im etal wōt ak ejab lo kōm. | baḷuun |
| 4. | Throw a firebrand at him now while he's still close. | Kwōn buwaddele ke ej ja epaak. | buwaddel |
| 5. | It was the first time I heard the sound of whistling from him close to the steering wheel just before the tragedy struck that evening. P1034 | Ij kab baj naaj kar roñ ainikien ke ej ajwewe ijo ippān jebwe eo ṃōṃkaj wōt jidik jān an kar waḷọk bwijerro eo jọteen eo. | bwijerro |
| 6. | Close that window. | Kwōn dọuk wūntō ṇe | dedọdo |
| 7. | Please lower (close) the window because it's raining in. | Komaroñ ke dọuk wūnto ṇe bwe etọ tok? | dedọdo |
| 8. | When we were getting close to the chief’s house, a person yelled to us. P226 | Ke kōṃro ej epaake ḷọk ṃōn irooj eo, juon armej elaṃōje ḷọk kōṃro. | ej |
| 9. | The boat is anchored close to the lagoon beach. | Wa eo eṇ ej emjak i ar. | emjak |
| 10. | The old man slept close to the fire last night. | Ḷōḷḷap eo ear eọwilik boñ. | eọwilik |
| 11. | The boat is close to the reef. | Wa eo eṇ epaakeḷọk wōd eṇ. | epaak |
| 12. | When we were getting close to the chief’s house, a person yelled to us. P226 | Ke kōṃro ej epaake ḷọk ṃōn irooj eo, juon armej elaṃōje ḷọk kōṃro. | epaak |
| 13. | Don't plant coconut trees so close together | Lale kwaar kaidepdep aṃ ekkat ni. | idepdep |
| 14. | Close the weir. | Kaiktok me ṇe | ik |
| 15. | I'd love to have her cuddle close to me night and day -- words from a love song. | Aō ekōṇan bwin (ekōṇaan bwe in) irar ippaṃ le raan im boñ. | irar |
| 16. | He sits close to the chief. | Ejijet iturin irooj eo. | jijet |
| 17. | Move over close to me. | Jiraaktok iturū. | jiraak- |
| 18. | The houses on the island are not close together | Ejakkutkut iṃoko ianeo. | jọkkutkut |
| 19. | You didn't close that window tightly. | Ejọkoṇ aṃ kar kōṃṃane wūntō eṇ. | jọkoṇ |
| 20. | The bird flew away as soon as they got close to the Captain. P1049 | Bao eo ekā lọk ke erro kar kepaak ḷọk Kapen eo. | kā- |
| 21. | I determined our nautical location a while ago and we are already close to the island. P844 | Ikar kaijikmeto kōkein ḷọk im jej epaake wōt aelōñ eo. | kaijikmeto |
| 22. | It can go close to shore because it has a shallow draft. | Emaroñ wōnāneḷọk bwe ekapdik. | kapdik |
| 23. | “Make sure you don’t get too close to the players because some of them are drunk and they could kick you,” Father advised me P152 | Lale kwaar kanooj kepaake rukkure raṇe bwe jet raṇe rōkadek im rōmaroñ juur eok,” Jema ekapilōk tok eō. | kapilōk |
| 24. | Don't go too close to shore for the boat has a deep draft. | Jab kepaak āne bwe ekapjulaḷ wa in. | kapjulaḷ |
| 25. | Her children close one after the other. | Ajri raṇ nejin rej kij wōt ḷokwan doon. | kij-ḷokwan-doon |
| 26. | Don't move the stern paddle too much (when you're sailing close to the wind). | Kiped dikdik ṇe | kiped |
| 27. | “How come I was so close to the tank and yet I did not hear the sound of gasoline gurgling as it was being poured into it?” P592 | “Etke ilukkuun epaake tāāñ eo ak ikar jab roñ ainikien an kokopkop ke ej tōteiñ?” | kokopkop |
| 28. | Don't even blink when you're close to him as he'll steal you blind of your smoke. | Ñe kwōpād iturin joñan kwōn jab rom bwe enaaj kōṃkare jikka ṇe kijōṃ. | kōṃkar |
| 29. | “Close the hatch as soon as you put away the anchor line,” the Captain said to the Boatswain. P759 | “Kab kili aj ṇe ṃōjin aṃ kọkoni emjak kaṇe,” Kapen eo eba ñan Bojin eo. | koṇ |
| 30. | Don't go too close or you'll get in his way. | Jab kepaake bwe kwōnaaj kobaje. | koobob |
| 31. | They brought it close to shore and came alongside the dock so they could start getting it ready. P27 | Rōkar leāne tak im kaatartare ilo wab eo bwe erjel en jino kōpopoje. | kōpopo |
| 32. | Close the window. | Kili wūntō ṇe | kūkiil |
| 33. | Close that clam. | Kwōn kimij mejān mejānwōd ṇe | kūkim |
| 34. | Don't put those chairs so close together | Kwōn jab kọkuti jea kaṇe. | kut |
| 35. | The houses on this islet are very close together | Ekkutkut iṃōn ānin | kut |
| 36. | “Don’t go close to the edge of the boat.” P499 | “Lale kwaar iwōj tōrerein wa ṇe.” | lale |
| 37. | That boat is too close to the shore. | Eḷoāne tak wa ṇe. | ḷo- |
| 38. | The light was quite close, maybe within two miles. P1146 | Meram eo ekar lukkuun epaak, bōlen ruo ṃaiḷ epaak tok. | lukkuun |
| 39. | That child is always (coming close to) drowning | Ajri eo emmaḷoñḷoñ eṇ. | maḷoñ |
| 40. | These waters are close to what land? | Metoon ia in? | meto |
| 41. | It is hot and close in this house. | Enitñil lowaan ṃwiin | nitñil |
| 42. | Move close to shore so I can jump off. | Kōpaak tarkijet bwe in kelọk. | tarkijet |
| 43. | Close the window because it is raining in. | Kwōn kiil wūntō ṇe bwe etọ. | tọ |
| 44. | Close the door for when he gets up he'll be crawling all over the place. | Kiil kōjām ṇe bwe ñe eruj enaaj tōtōbalbōl (ettōbalbōl). | tōbalbal |
| 45. | Don't smoke close to it cause it's combustible. | Jab kōbaatat iturun bwe etokwiie. | tokwiie |
| 46. | Move here close to me. | Uraak tok joujo iturū. | uraak |
| 47. | That canoe can really sail close to the wind. | Eḷap an wetak wa eṇ. | wetak |