PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dá mbeinn ~ an uair sin, had I lived then.
Bhí sé i m~ a mhaitheasa an uair sin, he was then at his best, in his prime.
Sin é an uair a bhí an ~ acu le chéile, it was then that they started to talk excitedly to one another.
Ar an uair chéanna sin, at that very hour.
An uair sin ~, even at that time.
Ar an uair ~ sin, in that dreadful hour.
Is ~ anois agus an uair sin, what a difference between now and then!
Ba mhór an ~ punt an uair sin, a pound was really worth something at that time.
An uair sin bhí an costas beatha ag ~im, at that time the cost of living was falling.
Ba cheart duit sin a rá an chéad ~, you should have said that at first.