PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an duine, man’s mind, way of thinking.
Tá ~ na himirce faoi, he is thinking of emigrating.
Tá sé ag brath ar phósadh, he is thinking of getting married.
Bhí sé i g~ agam an áit a dhíol, I was thinking of selling the place.
Faoi chian, melancholy, sad; thinking long.
Céard atá ar do chloigeann? What’s wrong with your head? What are you thinking about?
Bhí mo chuimhneamh ort, I was thinking of you.
Bhí sé ag cuimhneamh ar dhul abhaile, he was thinking of going home.
Ag ~amh go, concluding, thinking, that.
Is ~ an duine é, he is a deep-thinking person; he is hard to fathom.
~ ach smaoineamh air, merely by thinking about it; at the mere thought of it.
Ag machnamh go dian, thinking hard.
Ar mhaithe leis féin a bhí sé, he was thinking of his own good.
Dul ar do mharana, to set to thinking; to become rapt in thought.
Duine ~, deep-thinking, intelligent, person.
Tá an mheabhraíocht ann, he is deep-thinking, intelligent.
Ag smaoineamh go domhain, thinking deeply.
Ag smaoineamh ar an am a bhí, thinking of days gone by.
Ag smaoineamh ar rud a dhéanamh, thinking of doing sth.
Ní raibh aon rud á thaibhreamh dó ach é, he never stopped thinking about it.