PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag ~ uaim, looking around me, at the scenery.
Ag ~ thart, looking around, back.
Troscán a athrú, to move furniture around.
Faoi bhaile, at home, around.
Bailígí thart, timpeall, orm anseo, gather, assemble, around me here.
Ógánaigh ag imeacht ~, youths going around indolent, becoming wastrels.
~ uaim thú, take yourself off; I don’t want you around.
Ag bolú timpeall, nosing around.
Thart ar bhorda na tíre, around the borders, coasts, of the country.
Ag ~ thart, snooping around.
Bhreathnaigh sé faoi agus thairis, he looked all around him, noted everything in sight.
Bhuail sé roimhe agus ina dhiaidh, he lashed about him, beat everybody around him.
Ag ~ le chéile, pulling each other around.
Fuair sé cartadh is ~, he was pushed and shoved around.
~tar na daoine ar a chéile (ach ní chastar na cnoic ná na sléibhte), it is a small world (if one moves around).
Is í an ~ mná í, she is a woman who gets around, visits, a lot; she is a gadabout.
Chuir siad thart an scéal, they passed the news around.
Ag ~ thart, scrounging around.
~ a chur ort féin, to crane one’s neck; to turn one’s head shyly away; to eavesdrop; to mope around.
~aint síos, suas, i do thimpeall, an bealach eile, to look down, up, around, the other way.
Ar ~, chasing game; running wildly around.
Tá sé ar na gaobhair in áit éigin, he is somewhere around.
2. Faoina ghiorta, around his middle, his waist.
Ag ~ thart, moping around.
Rinne siad ~ thart thart, they lay around in a circle.
Duine a ~úint timpeall, to follow s.o. around.
Ag ~ thart ansin, congregating around there.
An tír ~, the country around.
Ag ~ thart, groping, pottering, around.
Breathnaigh uait an tír, look around you at the country.
~ thart an deoch, serve the drink around.
Ag ~ timpeall, running around.
Tabhair súil ~ad, take a look around.
An ~ a chur faoi mhuineál duine, to put a noose around s.o.’s neck, to cause s.o. to be hanged.
Ag ~ thart, rushing around; bustling about.
Tá ~ in bhur gcosa! Aren’t you very anxious to get around!
Ag ~ ar fud an tí, doing the sloppy work around the house.
Níl siúl na ~ ionam, I am not able to go the road, to walk around much.
~ an chré thart ar na plandaí, settle the clay around the plants.
Ag ~ thart, dragging one’s feet around.
~ thart na punanna, spread the sheaves around.
Ag ~ thart, nosing around.
Ag ~ thart, dragging one’s feet around.
Bhíomar inár ~ timpeall, ar na binsí, ar aghaidh a chéile, we were sitting around, on the benches, facing one another.
Tabhair ~ thart ar an áit, take a look around the place.
Fá d~ de, about, around, concerning.
~ an sreangán air, pull the string tight around it.
Is doiligh dul taobh ~ den argóint sin, it is hard to get around that argument.
An fharraige atá ~ orainn, the seas around us.
~ na Nollag, around Christmas.