PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Míle ~ san fharraige, a mile out to sea.
Bhí míle agam air, I was a mile ahead of him (in race).
Míle as Sligeach, a mile from Sligo.
Chluinfeá míle ó bhaile é, you could hear him a mile away.
~ ar mhíle, ar bhliain, over a mile, a year.
Tá sé céad slat as seo, míle ón trá, siúl uaire chun na páirce, it is a hundred yards from here, a mile from the strand, an hour’s walk to the park.
~ ar bhliain, ar mhíle, about a year, a mile.
Míle agus ~, a mile and a bit.
Tomhas, orlach, míle, ~, square measure, inch, mile.
~ orlaigh, míle, acra, quarter of an inch, of a mile, of an acre.
Míle ó chéile, a mile apart.
~ ar mhíle, more than a mile.
~ troithe, ~ mhíle, five feet, five miles.
Faoi mhíle den chathair, within a mile of the city.
Daichead míle (san uair), tríocha míle an galún, a dhéanamh, to do, travel, forty miles (an hour), thirty miles to the gallon.
~ troithe, mílte, de, measure it in feet, miles.
Ní dheachaigh ~ riamh in abar, a miss is as good as a mile.
Orlach, míle, ar ~, an inch, a mile, deep.
Cá mhéad míle é? How many miles is it?
Míle nó dhó ~, another mile or two.
Míle i bh~, a mile out to sea.
I bh~ míle dúinn, within a mile of us.
I bh~ míle, urchair mhéaróige, (go) mbeannaí Dia, de, within a mile, a stone’s throw, hailing distance, of.
Bhí sé ag ~áil leathchéad míle san uair, he was doing fifty miles an hour.
I n~ míle, cainte, dom, within a mile, speaking distance, of me.
~ do mhíle, nearly a mile.
Míle ~, English, statute, mile.
~ ach míle eadrainn, with only a mile between us.
~ ar mhíle, scarcely a mile.
I n~ míle dúinn, within a mile of us.
Míle agus ~, a mile and a bit.
Troigh, míle, acra, go leith, a foot, a mile, an acre, and a half.
Tá míle eatarthu, they are a mile apart.
Míle ~ ón trá, a mile in from the strand.
Míle ar a ~, at least a mile.
Chuir sí ~ dá teanga amach, she stuck out her tongue a mile.
Míle (go) ~, a good mile.
Míle nó ~ sin, a mile or so.
Cá mhéad míle a shiúil tú? How many miles did you walk?
~ Éireannach, ~ mór, ~ gaelach, Irish mile.
~ reachtúil, ~ gallda, statute mile.
~ farraige, nautical mile, knot.
Tá sé ~ (bealaigh, slí) chun na háite, it is a mile (journey) to the place.
Chluinfeá ~ ó bhaile é, he could be heard a mile away.
Míle ón stáisiún, a mile from the station.