PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A fhad ~ nár tháinig sé chomh fada linn, so long as it did not come near us.
Chuir sé a fhad eile leis, he made it as long again.
4. ~ le, a fhad le, as far as.
Chuaigh mé a fhad leis an droichead, I went as far as the bridge.
Níl sé a fhad amach leis an oileán, it is not as far out as the island.
Tháinig sé a fhad liom, he approached me.
A fhad is a rachaidh liom, as far as I can manage it.