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Faclan is abairtean: Bha feadhainn à Barraigh ann an Alba Nuadh: some people from Barra were in Nova Scotia; chùm iad seirbheis cuimhneachaidh: they held a memorial service; a chaill am beatha ann an spreadhadh mòr Halifax: who lost their lives in the great explosion of Halifax; còignear: five people; bha iad air bòrd soitheach: they were on board a vessel; na bu mhotha na gin eile: bigger than any other; mus robh bomaichean niùclasach ann: before nuclear bombs existed; air an t-siathamh latha dhen Dùbhlachd: on 6^th December; an Cogadh Mòr: the Great War; làn soithichean: full of vessels; bha mòran longan a’ dol a Bhreatainn: many ships were going to Britain; chaidh còrr is mìle is còig ceud duine a mharbhadh: more than 1,500 people were killed; às dèidh na tubaist: after the accident; làn stuth-spreadhaidh: full of explosive material; a’ fàgail a’ phuirt: leaving the port; Nirribhidh: Norway; bhuail an dà shoitheach na chèile: the two vessels hit each other; theich an criutha: the crew fled; dh’fhalbh am Mont Blanc leis an t-sruth: the Mont Blanc drifted with the current; stad i ri taobh a’ chidhe: she stopped beside the quay; cha robh fios aig a’ phoball: the population didn’t know; airson an gnothach fhaicinn: to see the event; chaidh soitheach nam Barrach fodha: the Barra men’s vessel sank; sgrios e: it destroyed; chaidh clann a mharbhadh air an rathad gu sgoil:children were killed on the way to school; a bha a’ coimhead an t-soithich: who were watching the vessel; air cùl uinneagan: behind windows; chaill cuid na sùilean aca: some lost their eyes; rinn na tuinn milleadh mòr: the waves did great damage; chaidh daoine a ghlasadh annta: people were trapped in them; chaochail iad leis an fhuachd: they died with the cold; thug sgioba Ameireaganach sùil air spreadhadh Halifax: an American team examined the Halifax explosion; boma niùclasach: nuclear bomb; an Dàrna Cogadh:the Second [World] War; bha iad a’ tomhas cho mòr ’s a bha na bomaichean gu bhith: they were estimating how big the bombs were going to be; a bha iad a’ dol a leigeil air: that they were going to drop on.