PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ardaigh, iompair, luchtaigh, ar, raise, carry, load, on.
Ná ~ leat! Carry on! (But you will rue it).
Rud a iompar ar bhacán do láimhe, to carry sth. on one’s bent arm.
Bhí an leanbh ina, ar a, ~ aici, she was carrying the child on her arm.
Thug sé do na boinn é; bhain sé as na boinn é, he made off (on foot); he walked, ran, as fast as his legs could carry him.
Bhí siad ag ~adh leo, they were carrying on, working away.
Is deas an cheird atá agat, ort! It’s a nice way you carry on!
~ a dhéanamh, a thógáil, to carry on, cause, a dispute.
2. ~ a dhéanamh, to carry off sth. on one’s back; to take sth. on the crook.
Tá seacht gcúraimí an tsaoil air, he is carrying the world on his shoulders.
Rud a chur, a iompar, ar do dhroim, to put, carry, sth. on one’s back.
Ní h~ duit é, it is no fit occupation for you, no way for you to carry on.
D’fhan sé i mbun a ghnó, he carried on with his business.
D’iompair sé ~na dhroim é, he carried it on his back.
Ní thaitníonn a gheáitsí liom, I don’t like his carry-on.
Ní gá an ~ go léir, there is no need for all this carry on.
Má bhíonn tú i bhfad eile ar an ~ sin, if you carry on like that much longer.
Rud a iompar ar do dhroim, idir do lámha, in árthach, to carry sth. on one’s back, in one’s arms, in a vessel.
Lean ort leis an rómhar, carry on with the digging.
Tugadh amach ar na maidí é, he was carried out on a stretcher.
Bhí ~ mo dhá lámh ann, it was as much as I could carry on both arms.
A leithéid d’~! Such carry-on!
~ leat! Talk away! Carry on!
~ leat, carry on, proceed.