PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag seoladh díreach ar an ~, sailing straight before the wind.
Coinnigh an ~ gearrtha glan. (i) keep the face clean for cutting, (ii) keep your accounts straight.
Dá mbeadh a bheo chomh díreach lena mharbh, if he were as straight in life as in death.
An ~ agus an díreach, the crooked and the straight.
Chuaigh mé ~ díreach chuige, I went straight to him.
Tar ~ díreach abhaile, come straight home.
Ag imeacht ~ díreach roimh an ngaoth, sailing straight before the wind, running free.
~ ar a fhearsaid é, set it straight on its axis.
~ (thú féin), adjust your position, stand straight.
D’éirigh sé ina cheartseasamh, he stood up straight.
Ag ciorrú chun an tí, making straight for the house.
Chaith sé faoi chlár na súile chugam é, he let me have it between the eyes, straight.
Cuir ort ~ é, put it on straight.
~amh ceann ar aghaidh, chun cuain, to make straight ahead, for harbour.
Leis an ~ a rá leat, to be straight with you.
An ~ sa ród, the straight part of the road.
Rith ar an ~, to run on the straight, to follow a straight course.
Líne dhíreach, straight line.
Gruaig dhíreach, straight hair.
Seasamh ~, straight stance.
Tá urchar ~ aige, he shoots straight.
Caint dhíreach, straight talk.
Tabhair freagra ~ orm, give me a straight answer.
~ ar aghaidh, straight ahead.
~ anonn uainn, straight across from us.
Dhírigh sé aniar (sa chathaoir, sa leaba), he sat up straight (in the chair, in the bed).
Díriú ar áit, to make straight for a place.
~ réidh, straight-grained bogwood.
~ idir an dá shúil air, look him straight in the eye.
Chomh díreach le ~, as straight as a rush.
Tá sé rud beag ar ~ agat, you have inclined it a bit (from perpendicular, horizontal, straight line).
Chomh caol, díreach, le ~, as slender, straight, as a rush.
Cluiche a chur as cúl glaice, to win a straight game.
Aimsiú ~, clear, straight, aim.
díreach, clean and straight.
Seasamh go ~ díreach, to stand up straight.
Dul ~ díreach (go), to go straight away (to).
Amach óna ghualainn, straight from his shoulder.
An tslí dhíreach a ~úint, to follow the straight path.
~ dhíreach, bhearnach, straight, broken, line.
~ díreach, straight, direct; right away.
As ~, ó mhaoil, do ghualainne, straight from the shoulder, with all one’s might.
Dúirt mé go ~ leis é, I told him straight out.
Dul ~ chun áite, to go straight to a place.
Téigh caol díreach romhat, go straight ahead.
Ní dheachaigh sé ar chúl scéithe leis, he said it straight out.
~amh díreach, go socair, to stand straight, still.
Chomh díreach ~, as straight as that.
Ag siúl go díreach, go cneasta, walking straight, honestly.