PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a thabhairt do dhuine. a choinneáil le duine, to hold, keep up, a conversation with s.o.
~ bealaigh, slí, waylaying, hold-up, highway robbery; cheating, robbery.
~ sa cheo, held up in the fog.
~ ar thrácht, hold-up in traffic.
Má sheasann an aimsir, if the weather holds up.
Sheas an lá amach go maith, the day held up fine.
Ná coinnigh an trácht ina sheasamh, don’t hold up the traffic.
~ tráchta, hold-up of traffic.