An Gnáthrud Flashcards
repetitive pattern
patrún leanúnach
struggling
ag streachailt
that’s not to say that
ní hé le rá go
drunkard
fear mór ólacháin
fear ólta sú
mundane
leamh
slow
fadálach
from morning to night
ó mhaidin go h-oíche
takeaway
biatheach
sofa beside the fire
tolg cois teallaigh
the life of the north
saol an tuaiscirt
weekly pilgrimage
oilithreacht sheachtainiúil
development
cúrsaí forbatha
building industry
tionscal tógála
fast food
bia gasta
under british rule
faoi rialú na breataine
the people of Ulster
muintir
englishism
béarlagar
houses were burned
dódh tithe
bricks were put in windows
cuireadh bricí isteach sna fuinneoga
attack
ionsaí
money was tight
bhí airgead gann
some market
aonach ar leith
to cater for
chun fóirithint ar
jumble sale
saor reiceanna
a house of his own
teach dá rogha féin
current
córas airgid
innocent people
daoine neamhurchóideacha
he was assassinated
feallmharaíodh mé
his blood leaking into food boxes
a chuid fola ag sní isteach sna boscaí bia
they showed more loyalty to the crown than the harp
thaispeán siad níos mó dílseachta don choróinn ná don chruit
relationship
gaol
biased
claonta
he lived for her sake and she lived for him
mhair sé dá son agus mhair sí dó
names of the 4 family members
sarah, seán, elizabeth and margaret
ordered
in ord agus in eagar
in ruins
ina bhallóg
furniture
troscán
driven to him
tiomanta dó
fussing over him
ag tindeál air
Saturday night
oíche shathairn
lost in his thoughts about his own beautiful wife
caillte ina chuid smaointe faoina beanchéile álainn
sudden
tobann
violent
foréigeanach
it startles the reader
baineann sé geit agus stangadh as an léitheoir
the frost of november
ceo na samhna
smell of spices and the heat of fat
le boladh spíosraí agus an teas bealaithe
a group of boys chatting
scata gasúr ag cur is ag cúiteamh
he broke the tension between him and Liz
bhris sé an teannas idir é agus Liz
oblivious to his future
beagbean dá thodhcaí
he was left in a heap in the middle of the road
fágadh é mar carnán i lár an bhóthair
drinking and hanging out with his friends
ag ól agus ag airneán lena chairde
hangover
rian na bainise
boss
saoiste
to sing a lullaby to then
suantraí a chanadh dóibh
bubbling with joy
ag gliogarnach le h-áthas
confidant
cara rúin
single girl
girseach shingil
in confidentiality
i módh rúin
gossiping about her
ag cúlchaint fuithi
basic acomodation
lóistín bunúsach
all rounded
ildánach
she decorated it
mhaisigh sí é suas
old furniture
seantroscán
high of the week
sprioc na seachtaine