PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is léir as sin go bhfuil fearg air, it is clear from that that he is angry.
Iad go léir ~, almost all of them.
Ní gá an ~ go léir, there is no need for all this carry on.
Ba léir dóibh go raibh ~ Dé san obair, they discerned the hand of God in the matter.
Labhairt go ~, to speak clearly, distinctly.
Go líofa ~, fluently and succinctly.
Is ~ go, it is clear that.
Is ~ dom go bhfuil an ceart agat, I see that you are right.
Ní ~ liom go bhfaca mé a leithéid, I have no clear recollection of seeing anything of the sort.
Ba ~ go raibh eagla orthu roimhe, they were evidently afraid of him.
Is ~ don saol (go), everybody knows (that).
An lá go ~, the whole day.
Tá siad (uile) go ~ ann, they are all there.
An-mhaith go ~! Very good, indeed!
An-mhaith go léir! Very good, indeed!
Tá ~ go léir anseo, we are all here.
Fuaireamar go léir stáitsí dúinn féin, we all secured vantage-points for ourselves.
Iad go léir i d~ a chéile, the whole lot of them together.
Ní hionann mar a chuaigh an aeráid linn go léir, the climate didn’t agree with us all to the same extent.
Tá sibh go léir ar an ~ sin, you are all harping on that string.
Tá na seomraí go léir ~tha, all the rooms are taken up.
~ na cainte go léir, on account of all the talk.
Bhí siad go léir ag baint ~ dá chéile, they were all striving to be first.
go léir) An bia ~ go léir, all, every bit of, the food.
Tá sé ~ go léir millte acu, they have destroyed it altogether.
Tabhair leat iad ~ go léir, take the whole lot of them.