PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cuir leis an ~ é, get rid of it.
Daoine a chur in ~ le, ina, chéile, to set people quarrelling.
Chuaigh sé, chuir sé é féin, thar a ~ leis, he overstrained himself at it, overdid it.
An bhean is breátha a chuir a haghaidh le h~, the most beautiful woman ever born.
~ a chur le scéal, to add to a story.
~ a chur le (hanam) duine, to say Mass for the repose of s.o.’s soul.
Cuir d’~ leis, set your mind to it.
D’~ a chur le rud, to sign sth.
Cuir síos d’~ leis, enter your name for it.
Thug, chuir, mé in ~ labhairt leis, I felt like speaking to him; I was about to speak to him (but didn’t).
Rud a chur le leas d’~a, to do something for the good of one’s soul.
Buachaill a chur ar ~ le bheith ina shagart, to promote a boy for the priesthood.
~ a chur ar, leis, na prátaí, to earth, mould, the potatoes.
~ a chur ort féin le rud, to give oneself the trouble of doing sth. over again.
~ a chur ar dhuine, le duine, to hinder, restrain, s.o.
Gan cur leis ná ~t de, without adding to or subtracting from it.
Cuir ~ eile leis, add a little more to it.
Ná cuir thú féin as do bhealach leis, don’t put yourself out about it.
Do bheannacht a fhágáil ag, a chur le, duine, to take one’s farewell of, to bid farewell to, s.o.
2. Do bhinid a chur i rud, a chur amach le dúil i rud, to take a craving, a longing, for sth.
~ a chur ar do shúile le rud, to look sharply, piercingly, at sth.
~ a chur le, faoi, rud, to provide a base, basis, for sth.
Duine a chur i m~ le bréaga, to feed s.o.’s vanity with falsehoods.
Le ~ áthais a chur air, to add to his joy.
Duine a chur ar, le, ~, to drive s.o. mad, to infuriate s.o.
Rud a chur le ~, to seek out the origin of sth.
Tusa a chuir ~ leis, you started it.
Cuir ~ leat féin, check, control, yourself.
Chuir sé ~ air féin liom, chugam, he showed his annoyance with me.
D’iarr sé ~ bliana orthu gan cath a chur leis, he asked them for a year’s respite from battle.
~ a chur ort féin le duine, to make a mouth, a grimace, at s.o.
Ba charghas liom cur suas den bhia, it pained me to refuse the food.
Ná cuir thú féin thar ~ leis, don’t overdo it.
Chuir siad an trealamh le ~, they hauled in the gear.
~ a chur le cneá, to poultice a wound.
~ a chur le do choinsias, to salve one’s conscience.
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.
Charbh áil liom fearg a chur air, I did not, would not, wish to anger him.
Ní raibh ~ le cur ann, he was not amenable to reason.
1. Duine a chur i gcionta le rud, to lay the blame for sth. on s.o.
~ a chur le rud, to shore up sth.
Chuir sí ~ línéadaigh leis, she bordered it with linen.
~a a chur le scéal, to add to, adorn, a story.
Rudaí a chur i g~ (le chéile), to compare things (with each other).
A chóimhéid uisce a chur leis, to add an equal amount of water to it.
Chuir sé de chomhad leis féin nach ndéanfadh sé a leithéid arís, he promised himself that he would not do the like again.
Rud a chur i g~ (le), to correlate sth. (with).
Rudaí a chur i g~ le chéile, to compare things.
Rudaí a chur i g~ le chéile; ~ a dhéanamh idir rudaí, to compare things.