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EXACT MATCHES IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
verse, s. 1 Véarsa m; F: ceathrú f -n, rann m. 2 Coll: Véarsaíocht f; filíocht f. Light verse, véarsaíocht éadrom, ghrinn. 3 Ecc: Véarsa m (as an mBíobla). S.a. CHAPTER 1.
PHRASES IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Amorous verses, véarsaí grá.
Because he composed a few verses of doggerel he thinks he is a poet, síleann sé gur file é cionn is gur chum sé cúpla raiméis gliogair.
Blank verse, véarsaíocht neamhrímeach.
To give chapter and verse, údarás beacht a thabhairt (le ráiteas, etc.).
An extempore verse, ceapóg f.
Pros: Free verse, saormheadaracht f.
F: To hammer out lines of verse, (i) (of reciter) véarsaí a ghreadadh; (ii) (of poet) línte véarsaíochta a chur i gceann a chéile.
Lame verses, véarsaí bacacha.
To set verses to music, ceol a chur le véarsaí.
Occasional verse, véarsaíocht d'ócáid áirithe.
F: To reel off verses, véarsaí a stealladh.
Rude verses, rainn neamhealaíonta.
Treasury of verse, díolaim m filíochta, duanaire m.
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