PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rud a chur faoi bhráid duine, to set sth. in front of s.o.; to submit, refer, sth. to s.o.
Tá an lá, an stoirm, ag dul ar ~, the day, the storm, is setting in properly.
Príosúin nó carcracha a chur ina gcathracha, to set up prisons or jails in their cities.
Chuirfeadh sé dhá cheann na ~e ar a chéile, ‘he would set both ends of the forest at each other’, he would cause a row in any company.
An rud atá faoina choinne féin aige, what he has set himself to do. (ii) In expectation of, to get.
Ní duine dá chóisir mé, I am not in his train; I am not one of his set.
Tá sé ag ~t, a thaw has set in.
Tá ~ ann, a thaw has set in.
Imeacht ar ~, to set out in the early morning without partaking of food.
Rudaí a chur in ~; ~ a chur ar rudaí, to arrange things systematically, set things in order.
Siúl a chur ~ rud, to set sth. in motion.
Chuir siad an teach i bh~, they set the house in order.
~áil ar dhuine, to set about s.o.; to take on s.o.; to mark s.o. (in game).
Rud a ghluaiseacht, to set sth. in motion.
Rud a chur ar a ghluaiseacht, to set sth. in motion.
Bheith in ~, ar ~, to be in good condition; to be ready, set.
~ a chur faoi rud, to set sth. in motion.
Déanfaimid aon ~ amháin air, we will set about it in earnest, get it over and done with.
2. Luí amach ar rud, to set about sth. in earnest; to abandon oneself to sth.
Dul ar do mharana, to set to thinking; to become rapt in thought.
Rud a chur i ~, to set sth. down in writing.
~ a chur faoi rud, to set sth. in motion.
~ a chur faoi rud, to set sth. in motion.
Rud a chur ar ~, to set sth. in motion, to get sth. going.
Rud a chur ar ~, i ~, to set sth. in position; to let sth. settle; to establish sth.
Dul sa ~ ar rud, to set out in pursuit of sth.
Is beag duine nach bhfaigheann ~ sa saol, nearly everybody gets a set-back in life.