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.
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.
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.