PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Urchar an daill faoin ~, a shot in the dark.
Fuair mé ~ cruinn air an iarraidh sin, I got a good shot at it that time.
~ urchair, report of shot.
Urchar bodaigh i bpoll móna, random shot.
Tá an bhó sin ~, that cow is elf-shot.
~ le saighead, shot with an arrow.
Chaith sé an cúinne, he shot round the corner.
Urchar, piléar, a chaitheamh, to fire a shot, a bullet.
Chaith sé cloch, urchar, liom, he threw a stone, fired a shot at me.
Tá sé i gcontúirt a chaite, he is in danger of being shot.
D’imigh sé mar a bheadh an chaor thine ann, he shot off like a rocket.
Chuir sé an meáchan leathchéad troigh, he put the shot fifty feet.
D’fheall an t-urchar air, his shot missed.
Chuaigh an t-urchar ~, the shot went wide.
Scaoileadh ~ is grian tríd, he was riddled with shot.
Púdar agus ~, powder and shot.
Urchar as béal ~, shot at point-blank range.
Sin an ~ a fuair a fhreagairt, that call was readily answered; it was done like a shot.
D’~ an t-urchar, the shot went off.
Urchar iomraill, missed, random, shot.
Urchar ~, missed throw; missed, random, shot.
Déanfar sinn uile a ~, we will all be shot, slaughtered.
~ gráin, a charge of shot.
Éan a ~an le hurchar, to bring down a bird with a shot.
~ na lasracha in airde, the flames shot up.
5. Púdar, urchar, a loscadh, to fire powder, a shot.
~ sé (urchar) linn, he fired (a shot) at us.
De phléasc, like a shot, suddenly.
D’imigh sé de phlimp, he went off like a shot.
~ agus grán, powder and shot.
~ urchair, piléir, trajectory of shot, of bullet.
~ urchar, volley of shots.
~ sé ceist chugam, he shot a question at me.
~ urchar, fusillade of shots.
Chuir na hurchair ~ iontu, the shots scattered them.
Urchar a ~eadh, to fire a shot.
~ sé (urchar) linn, he fired (a shot) at us.
~ urchar, gunnaí, the firing of shots, of guns.
~ an carr tharainn, the car shot past us.
Chuaigh sé de ~ tharainn, he shot past us.
Urchar scoir, parting shot.
Urchar treorála, sighting-shot.
~ gunna, piostail, gunshot, pistol-shot.
~ a scaoileadh, to fire a shot.