PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An ~ a bhaint de scéal, to begin a story; to broach a subject.
Bhí sé ag baint ~, he was preparing the ground, preparing to broach the subject.
Ag ~ timpeall ar scéal, talking round, trying to broach, a subject.
~a a bhaint, to cut ‘scraws’, strips of turf, sods; to broach a subject.