PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
I wouldn't touch him with a barge-pole, ní rachainn ina ghaire ná ina ghaobhar.
To call to arms, gairm chun slógaidh, gairm slua, a chur amach.
At cock-crow, le gairm na gcoileach; le giolcadh an éin.
Crowded profession, gairm gan slí do thuilleadh inti.
He looked over his neighbour's newspaper, bhí sé ag cúlfhéachaint ar pháipéar an té ba ghaire dhó.
To the nearest place (of decimals), go dtí an deachúil is gaire.
The next room to us, an seomra is gaire dhúinn
The carriage next the engine, an cóiste is gaire, is deise, don inneall.
To practise medicine, gairm dochtúireachta a chleachtadh.
To make, issue, a proclamation, gairm scoile a chur amach.
By profession he is a doctor, dochtúireacht is gairm dó.
To pursue a profession, bheith le gairm, gairm a chleachtadh.
To salute s.o. king, gairm rí a thabhairt do dhuine.
The writing profession, gairm f na scríbhneoireachta.