PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ná hionsaigh ~, don’t go looking for trouble.
Créatúr ~, bedraggled, miserable-looking, creature.
Ag ~ uaim, looking around me, at the scenery.
Ag ~ thart, looking around, back.
Ag ~ ina sholas féin, looking to his own advantage.
Tá sé ag titim san ~, he is getting old-looking, decrepit.
Tá a shúil ~, he is looking up, ambitious.
Is iomaí ~ air, there are many ways of looking at it.
Bhí mé ag amharc an ~ eile, I was looking the other way.
Tá tú ag breathnú go maith, you are looking well.
An gadaí, diabhal, ~, the yellow, ugly-looking, thief, devil.
Bhí sé ag breathnú orainn i g~ na faide, he kept looking at us all the time.
Ag imeacht i g~ bacaigh, going about looking, dressed, like a beggar.
Tá siad ag ~ orainn, they are watching, looking at, us.
Aghaidh choimhthíoch, strange, foreign-looking, face.
Áit fhiáin i g~, a wild-looking place.
Tá siad ag cuardach tí, they are looking for a house.
Tá ~ súl inti, she is good-looking.
Níl uaidh ach ‘Iarraim ~’, he is only looking for an excuse.
Ag ~ (ar), looking back (at).
Cailín ~, good-looking girl.
Capall ~, a likely-looking horse.
Tá sé i n~ airgid orm, he is looking for money from me.
Tá ~ air, he looks bad; he is a shady-looking customer.
Níl (aon) ~ uirthi, she is not bad-looking.
I bh~ leis féin atá sé, he is looking to his own interest.
Níl ach ~ duit a bheith á chuardach, you are wasting your time looking for it.
Bhí sé ag ~aint orm anall, he was looking over at me.
Níorbh fhéidir gan amharc orthu, one couldn’t help looking at them.
Bheith i bh~ ruda, to be looking after, attending to, sth.
Seanteach ~, old and ancient-looking house.
Bhí ~ troda air, he was looking for a fight.
Ag ~ ar, looking to, attending to; on the look-out for; relying on.
Cailín ~, good-looking girl.
An bhean is fearr ~, the best-looking woman.
Tá sé ag gnéithiú, he is looking better.
Cad é atá tú a ~aidh ansin? What are you looking for there?
Tá siad ar do ~, they are after you, looking for you.
Ar ~ eolais, looking for information.
~ madra, fierce-looking dog.
Ag dul in ~ atá tú, you are getting younger(-looking) all the time.
Tá aithne a ~ is a bheart aige, he is quite capable of looking after himself, is quite sober.
I ~, i reachtaibh, báis, looking like, on the point of, death.
Ag ~ troda, looking for a fight.
Ag lorg an tsochair, looking for a bargain.
Ag amharc ina sholas féin atá sé, he is looking to his own interest.
Culaith i ~, a suit in good condition, looking new.
5. ~ (de dhuine), thin miserable-looking person.
Ag ~ troda, looking for fight.
Ag tóraíocht táilliúra i mbruth faoi thír, looking for a needle in a haystack.