PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Le barr ~e, out of sheer wantonness.
Rinne sé é le ~ baoise, sainte, he did it out of sheer folly, greed.
Le ~ nirt, by sheer strength.
Dá bhuíochas, dá mhíle ~, in (sheer) spite of him.
Le barr ~a, through sheer perversity.
De chorp, d’aon chorp, le haon chorp, eagla, through sheer terror.
Gadaíocht chruthanta, sheer robbery.
Le tréan diúnais, through sheer wilfulness.
Le (tréan) ~ dúinn a rinne sé é, he did it out of (sheer) spite towards us.
Le h~ uabhair, through sheer pride.
De dhroim ~e, through sheer negligence.
Le teann ~a, out of sheer curiosity.
Le teann fornirt, by sheer force.
D’ainneoin chnámh a ghaosáin, in sheer despite of him.
Le barr ~, through sheer love of hunting; through sheer spirit.
Le teann díomais, out of sheer arrogance.
Le barr neamh-aistir a mhill siad é, they destroyed it out of sheer thoughtlessness, irresponsibility.
Le ~ sainte, through sheer avarice.
Tharraing sé as an talamh é le tréan ~a, he pulled it out of the ground by sheer force.
Le ~ oilc a rinne sé é, he did it for sheer spite.
Le ~ nirt, by sheer strength.
Le ~ áthais, through sheer joy.
Le ~ mailíse a dúirt sé é, he said it out of sheer malice.
D’fhág sé an obair gan déanamh ~ dheargdhíomhaointeas, he left the work undone through sheer idleness.
Le teann ~e, out of sheer mischief.
Le tréan ~, by sheer strength.