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PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’fhíor nó d’~, in earnest or in jest.
Cogadh ~, real war, war in earnest.
1. Bheith ~ (faoi rud), to be in earnest (about sth.).
Ag magadh nó ~, joking or in earnest.
Lom ~, in real earnest.
3. Duine ~, earnest, serious-minded, person.
Do dhícheall, do dhúthracht, a dhéanamh, to do, put forth, one’s best, earnest, endeavour.
Tá siad ag díriú amach ar an rás, they are going about the race in earnest.
Oibrí ~, earnest worker.
Go bhfionna cách do dhúthracht, so that all may see whether you are in earnest.
~ shúgradh is dáiríre, half in joke, half in earnest.
Déanfaimid aon ~ amháin air, we will set about it in earnest, get it over and done with.
Bheith ~ dáiríre, to be in dead earnest.
2. Luí amach ar rud, to set about sth. in earnest; to abandon oneself to sth.
~ siad amach ar an gcomhrá, they began to converse in earnest.
~ siad isteach ar an obair, they went to work in earnest.
Idir shúgradh is dáiríre, half in jest, half in earnest.
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