PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dá bhfaighinn ~ air, if I got an opening, a chance, to hit him.
2. ~ gainimh, sandy tract; opening in sand-bank.
Bealach, doras, béal, ~, narrow way, door, opening.
Níor dhún D~ doras riamh nár oscail Sé ceann eile, [’God never closed one door without opening another’, God never shuts out opportunity.
~ ar chneá, an opening in a wound.
Ag cuimhneamh na bh~, reviving enmities, re-opening old sores.
Ag leabhrú i ngort, opening ridges in a field.
~ dorais, opening wide of door.
~ súl, opening wide of eyes (in wonder).
~ mara, sea-opening, gulf.
~ radhairc, opening out of view.
~t ar rud, to make an opening in, to open, sth.
~ idir charraigeacha, an opening between rocks.
Tá an bairille ag ~adh, the barrel is opening at the seams.
~ mianaigh, opening of mine-shaft.
~ oifigiúil institiúide, formal opening of institution.
Stoc tosaigh, opening stock.