PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
These armies aggregated 300,000 men, bhí trí chéad míle fear ag na hairm seo eatarthu.
They have an agreement, tá socrú eatarthu.
They are divided amongst themselves, tá easaontas eatarthu féin.
It is difficult to tell them apart, is deacair aithint eatarthu, iad a aithint ó chéile.
Towns a hundred miles apart, bailte a bhfuil céad míle eatarthu.
There was a war between them, bhí sé ina chogadh eatarthu.
They are betrothed, tá lámh is focal eatarthu.
No one can come between them, ní féidir le aon duine cur eatarthu, ní féidir iad a dhealú ó chéile.
It is difficult to choose between them, eatarthu atá sé.
They shared it between them, roinn siad eatarthu é.
He separated them by rushing in between, léim sé isteach eatarthu gur chuir sé ó chéile iad.
Betwixt and between, idir eatarthu.
Border-line case, cás atá idir eatarthu.
They had a burst up, d'éirigh achrann eatarthu.
Rooms that communicate with one another, seomraí a bhfuil bealach eatarthu.
They were in communication with one another during the week, bhí teachtaireachtaí eatarthu i rith na seachtaine.
They differ greatly, is mór eatarthu.
They differ about it, tá easaontas eatarthu ina thaobh.
There is not much difference between them, is beag eatarthu.
Differences arose, d'éirigh aighneas (eatarthu).
They are engaged (to be married), tá lámh is focal eatarthu, tá siad dálta le chéile, luaite i gcleamhnas le chéile.
They have become estranged, tá an brochán doirte eatarthu, táid tite amach le chéile.
They fell out, d'éirigh eatarthu.
They fell foul of each other, d'éirigh (achrann) eatarthu.
There is friction between them, tá easaontas eatarthu, níl siad ag teacht le chéile.
They got to be friends, d'fhás cairdeas eatarthu.
F: A feeling of hate grew up between them, d'éirigh faltanas eatarthu.
There is not a hair's-breadth between them, níl barr ribe eatarthu.
They exchanged harsh words, bhí caint shearbh eatarthu.
They are indistinguishable from one another, ní féidir aithint eatarthu.
Interconnected rooms, seomraí a bhfuil bealach eatarthu.
(Of troops, etc.) To form a lane, bealach (tríothu, eatarthu) a fhágáil.
They are pretty evenly matched, níl mórán eatarthu.
To take a middle course, gabháil lár báire, idir eatarthu.
Plighted lovers, beirt a mbeadh lámh is focal eatarthu; beirt a bheadh dálta le chéile.
F: It is (a case of) pull devil pull baker, eatarthu féin bíodh sé; ortha féin a réiteach,
They quarrelled, d'éirigh eatarthu.
They are nearly, closely, related, tá gaol gairid eatarthu.
They are distantly related, tá gaol i bhfad amach eatarthu.
They whispered among themselves, bhí siad ag cogarnaíl eatarthu féin, le chéile.
They sank their differences, rinne siad neamhshuim dá raibh eatarthu.
An intimacy sprang up between them, d'éirigh cumann eatarthu.
They have had a tiff, d'éirigh eatarthu.
They were at war with each other, bhí sé ina chogadh eatarthu.
The two men between whom she was sitting, an bheirt fhear a raibh sí ina suí eatarthu.
Widely different versions, leaganacha i bhfad ó chéile, gur mór eatarthu.
There is a great disparity in years between them, tá difir mhór aoise eatarthu.