ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ scoilte a chur i do chuid gruaige, to part one’s hair.
Ná lig dóibh ~ a fháil ar do chuid cainte, don’t say anything they might misconstrue, use to their advantage.
chead agamsa do chuid oibre a dhéanamh duit, you went away and left me to do your work for you.
Déan do chuid a chéaduair, take your meal first.
A chuid agus a chomhroinn (a thabhairt) do gach aon duine, (to) share and share alike.
Do chuid cainte a chruinniú, to be more exact in one’s speech.
Do chuid a bhaint as rud, to take one’s share of sth.; to make sth. suffice for one’s needs.
Do chuid a bheith agat de rud, to have one’s share of sth.; to partake in sth.
Do chuid a chaitheamh (ar, le), to spend one’s substance (on).
Do chuid a dhéanamh, to take one’s meal(s), to eat.
A chuid a thabhairt do dhuine, to give s.o. his meal(s), to feed s.o.
~ ghaisce a chur ar do chuid cainte, to use high-flown speech, to talk heroics.
Do chuid a dhéanamh, to take one’s meal; to feed oneself.
Do chuid a bheith ar Dhia, to be dependent on God for subsistence, rely on God’s gifts.
Do chuid ~í a aithris, to relate one’s experiences.
Do chuid éadaigh a chur ort, a bhaint díot, to dress, undress, oneself.
Do chuid éadaigh a fháscadh ort, to dress oneself hurriedly.
Tá go leor le déanamh agat i bh~ is a bheith ag cur do chuid ama amú, you have plenty to do besides wasting your time.
Do chuid a shaothrú go ~, to earn one’s living in a respectable manner.
Bhí a chuid san fhortún dó, there was fortune in store for him.
Do chuid oibre a fhreastal; freastal ar do chuid oibre, to attend to one’s work.
Do chuid fola a shéanadh, to deny one’s breeding.
Cuirfidh mise a chuid cainte ina ghoile dó, I’ll make him swallow his words.
D’~ sé a chuid eachtraí dúinn, he related his adventures to us.
Do chuid oibre, do ghnóthaí, a léiriú, to order one’s work, affairs, properly.
Do chuid cainte a mheá, to measure one’s words.
~ a dhéanamh de do chuid gruaige, to fluff out one’s hair.
Do bheatha, do chuid, a shaothrú, to earn one’s living.
Do chuid éadaigh a ~adh, to tear one’s clothes.
~ a bhaint as do chuid, to enjoy one’s food.
Nach mór a thanaigh do chuid gruaige? Hasn’t your hair thinned a lot?
Do chuid, do bheatha, a thuilleamh, to earn one’s living.
An dtig leat ~ a chur le do chuid cainte? Can you substantiate what you say?
Do chuid éadaigh a chur ~at, to put on one’s clothes.
~ a chur le do chuid cainte, to give authority for one’s statement.