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PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a thabhairt ar Dhia, to turn to God.
Thug sé ~ chomhrá orm, he turned to speak to me.
Rud a chur ~ do dhuine, to provide sth. for s.o., to do s.o. a turn.
Comhrá a athrú, to turn a conversation.
Duine a bhréagnú as a bhéal féin, to turn s.o.’s statement against himself.
~ chasta a thabhairt ar rud, to turn sth. over whilst grilling it.
~ a bhaint as rud, to turn sth. to advantage.
Bheith ~ ar rud, to be blind to sth.; to turn a blind eye to sth.
Roth a chasadh, to turn a wheel.
Eochair, murlán, a chasadh, to turn a key, a knob.
Rud a chasadh ar bior, ar inse, to turn sth. on a spit, on a hinge. (Of wheel)
~adh thart, timpeall, to turn about.
~adh ar clé, to turn left.
~adh abhaile, to turn homewards.
~ a bhaint as rud, to give sth. a twist, a turn.
Cé leis (an) imirt? Whose turn is it to play?
Iompú ~, to turn left.
Thug sé an chluas bhodhar, éisteacht na cluaise bodhaire, dom, he turned a deaf ear to me.
Giorria a chluicheadh, to turn a hare.
~ a bhaint as giorria, to turn a hare.
~ a bheith agat le duine, to have an appointment with s.o.; to expect s.o. to turn up.
Filleadh ar do choiscéim, to turn, walk, back.
~ a chur i rud, to give sth. a turn.
~ a chur díot, to turn, stir, oneself.
~ a bhaint as giorria, to turn a hare.
~adh ar clé, to turn off to the left.
Do chóta a iompú, to turn one’s coat; to become a turncoat.
Ag déanamh ~, turning to clay, to dust.
Cruthú go maith, go holc, to turn out well, badly.
Roth a chur thart, to turn a wheel.
Long a chur thart, to turn a ship round.
Do chúl a bheith le rud, to have one’s back turned to sth.
Do chúl a thabhairt do, le, rud, to turn one’s back on sth., to abandon sth.
Scaradh le ~, to turn one’s back on humanity.
Rinne sé mí mhaith, samhradh tirim, it turned out to be a good month, a dry summer.
Dhéanfadh sioc de, it would turn to frost.
Go n~ criostal dá huisce, so that its water turns to crystal.
Gar a dhéanamh do dhuine, to do s.o. a good turn.
An ~ a chur in uachtar, to turn up the soil.
Casadh faoi dheis, to turn right.
Rud a chur chun ~e duit féin, to turn sth. to one’s advantage.
Casadh, iompú, ~, ar ~, to turn right.
~ ar dhuine, to turn to, look with favour on, s.o.
Dhírigh sé a intinn ar an léann, he turned his mind to learning.
Bheith ag ~ ar rud, to be hesitant, undecided, about sth; to be hoping that sth. will turn up.
~ a bhaint as rud, to take a turn at sth.
Tá ~ eile sneachta air, it is turning to snow again.
Duine a chur ó dhoras, to turn s.o. away from one’s door; to put s.o. off with an excuse.
~ a bhualadh ar dhuine, to take a turn at beating s.o.; to give s.o. a beating.
~ a bhaint as rud, to make sth. serve one’s turn.
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