PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ná tabhair ~ an phobail orainn, don’t draw everybody’s attention to us.
~ a thabhairt ar rud, to pay attention to sth.
Dá mbeadh ~ aige, if he had care, attention.
An rud is ~ is iontach, what’s seldom is wonderful; anything unusual draws attention.
Is ~ aird atá agaibh orm, you pay little attention to me.
~ suime a dhéanamh de dhuine, to pay a lot of attention to, make much of, s.o.
Tá sé de bhua aige go n-éistear leis, he is able to command attention.
Ná tóg ~ ar bith dó, pay no attention to him.
Cuir ~ den neamhshuim leis, let it heal itself, pay no attention to it.
Is maith leis é féin a chur i g~, he likes to draw attention to himself.
Lig chugat an scéal, pay attention to the story.
Ní chuireann sé suim i g~ ná i gclog, he pays no attention to religion.
Lig thar do chluasa é, pay no attention to it.
Níl rud ar bith gan a chóir féin, everything needs proper attention.
~ a bhrú ar dhuine, to force one’s attention on s.o.; to intrude on s.o.
~ Úna, officious attention.
~ leis nach raibh aird acu air, he thought they were not paying attention to him.
D’aire a dhíriú ar rud, to direct one’s attention to sth.
Dlíonn aoi a riar, a guest is entitled to attention.
Tá an obair seo ~, this work needs urgent attention.
~eacht le duine, to listen, pay attention, to s.o.; to heed s.o.
Ní thugann sé ~ ar bith dom, he pays no attention to what I say.
Ní fhéachaim do na gnóthaí sin, I pay no attention to those matters.
Aire agus ~, care and attention.
~ gnó, attention to business.
~ na talún, attention to, cultivation of, the land.
Talamh ~, land that repays attention.
An ~ do Thadhg is an meadhg do na cailíní, the son of the house gets all the attention (at the expense of the girls).
Aire agus ~, care and attention.
D’~ a bheith ar rud, to have one’s attention on sth.
Dá bhféadfá a ~ a thógáil dínn, if you could divert his attention from us.
Níor ~ m’intinn air, my mind did not dwell on it; it escaped my attention.
~ a choinneáil ar rud, to pay marked attention to sth.; to remember the whereabouts of sth.
Ná cuir aon ~ ann, pay no attention to it.
Rinne siad ~ de mo chuid cainte, they paid no attention to what I said.
Is iomaí ~ air, there are many things claiming his attention.
Ag dul i bpoill is i bprochóga, hiding in holes and corners; trying to escape attention.
Mholfainnse duit gan aird a thabhairt orthu, I would recommend that you pay no attention to them.
Ná tarraing ~ orainn, don’t draw attention to us.
Aird a thabhairt ar dhuine, to pay attention to s.o.
Thug a haire ó bhéal an bháis mé, her careful attention brought me from death’s door.
Aire duine a tharraingt ar rud, to draw s.o.’s attention to sth.
Ní rachadh a oiread thairis, even that much couldn’t escape his attention.
(ar, to); attention, care.
Súil a thógáil de rud, to take one’s attention off sth.