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heoi anō

1. (interjection) so much for that, there is no more, there is none other, and so, well! so so, but, however, that's all, all that had to be done was, it was OK, pretty good, all one has to do is - an idiom used with a variety of meanings. Often used in the pattern heoi anō tā ... he ....

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 128; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 235;)

Heoi anō ko tā mātau he noho, ka kai. / All we had to do was sit down and eat.

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