ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
I can't abide him, ní féidir liom a sheasamh, cur suas leis.
To be abreast with, of, the times, coinneáil suas le cúrsaí nua-aimseartha.
To catch s.o. up, v.i. to catch up with s.o., teacht suas le duine, coinneáil le duine, breith ar dhuine.
To clear off arrears of work, teacht suas leis an obair.
To make, pay, court to s.o., (i) déanamh suas le duine; (ii) a bheith ag suirí le bean.
He has been designated as the most generous man of his time, tá sé tugtha suas dó gurb é ba fhlaithiúla lena linn.
He devoted himself to the work, thug sé é féin suas don obair, chaith sé a dhúthracht leis an obair.
v.i.F: I won’t be dictated to, ní chuirfeadsa suas le horduithe (den saghas sin).
To digest an insult, cur suas le tarcaisne.
Sp: To gain on s.o., teacht suas le duine.
Getting on for 300 boys, suas le trí chéad buachaill.
To get up to s.o., (i) teacht suas le duine; dul chomh fada le duine; (ii) dul suas chun duine.
He came to grief, (i) tháinig ainnise an tsaoil suas leis; thit sé chun ainnise; (ii) baineadh siar as; baineadh dá phrapaireacht é.
To hobnob with s.o., bheith síos is suas le duine.
(The sum) amounts to something like ten pounds, tá suas le deich bpunt ann.
To locate s.o., teacht suas le duine.
(In the phr.) If he doesn't like it, he may lump it, taitníodh sé leis nó ná taitníodh, caithfidh sé cur suas leis.
To luxuriate in dreams, do shásamh a bhaint as brionglóidí, tú féin a thabhairt suas le fonn do bhrionglóidí.
To make up on a competitor, teacht suas le iomaitheoir.
To bear sth. like a man, cur suas le rud mar a dhéanfadh fear.
As many as ten people saw it, chonaic suas le deichniúr é.
I wont stand any monkey business! ní chuirfead suas le haon phleidhcíocht!
Near upon thirty men, i ndeas do dheich, suas le deich, bhfir fhichead.
Something in the neighbourhood of ten pounds, suas agus anuas le deich bpunt.
Com: To start in opposition to s.o., gnó a chur suas ag coimhlint le duine.
I can't resist chocolates, ní féidir liom cur suas do sheacláidí.
To run to . . ., bheith suas agus anuas le . . .
A hundred pounds or so, tuairim agus, suas agus anuas le, céad punt.
He is somewhere about fifty, tá sé amuigh is istigh ar, suas agus anuas leis, an leathchéad.
To sop up water, uisce a ghlanadh suas (le ceirt, etc.).
To spoon up one's porridge, do chuid leitean a itheadh suas le spúnóg.
I can't stand him, ní féidir liom cur suas leis, broic leis.
I can't stick him, ní thig liom a sheasamh, cur suas leis, broic leis.
F: To cast, throw, sth. in s.o.'s teeth, rud a chasadh le duine (suas lena bhéal).
To trace lost goods, teacht suas le hearraí a cailleadh.
To track down s.o., teacht suas le duine.
About twenty people, suas le scór daoine.
Up to £500, suas, chomh hard, le cúig chéad punt.
This hen will lay up to six eggs a week, beireann, béarfaidh, an chearc seo suas le sé huibhe sa tseachtain.