An Triail Vocab and Phrases Flashcards
high praise
ardmholadh
controversy
conspóid
smutty
smeartha
prostitutes house
teach striapaí
pregnant
torrach
hard-hearted
cruachríoch
Irish society
sochaí na hÉireann
how a young single pregnant girl was treated
mar a caitheadh le cailín óg singil a bhí torrach
hypocrisy
fimíneacht
she manages to present that horror to us
éiríonn léi an t-uafás sin a léiriú dúinn
tragic drama
dráma tragóideach
conflict
coimhlint
the outlook of the main character
dearcadh na príomhphearsan
society
an tsochaí
a tragedy stems from
eascraíonn tragóid as
political
polaitiúil
jury
giúiré
the evidence
an fhianaise
the theatre
an amharclann
the flashback technique
teicníc an iardhearcadh
intrument (as in not a musical intrument, a trick)
gléas
lack of Christianity
easpa Críostaíochta
participating
rannpháirteach
judgement
breith
guilty
ciontach
except (not seachas)
cé is móite de
consumed (by something)
sáite
editor
eagarthóir
high unemployment rate
ráta ard dífhostaíochta
very different
an-éagsúil
Ireland of the fifties and sixties
Éire na gcaogaidí agus na seascaidí
people were struggling with life
bhíodh daoine ag streacailt leis an saol
migrating
ag dul ar imirce
power and control
cumhacht agus smacht
Catholic church
Eaglais Chaitliceach
emphasis on a narrow morality
béim ar mhóráltacht an-chúng
Constitution of Ireland
Bunreacht na hÉireann
being drafted
á dhreachtadh
leaders
ceannairí
sex before marriage
gnéas roimh phósadh
mercilessly
go míthrócaireach
society as a whole
an tsochaí trí chéile
laws
dlíthe
sin
peaca
put the child up for adoption/foster
an leanbh a chur ar altramas
she heard a story to do with a young single girl in her area
chuala sí scéal a bhain le cailín óg singil ina ceantar
astonishment
alltacht
course, path
rian
the unjust event
an eachtra éagóireach
the inspiration
an ionspioráid
every class of society
gach aicme den tsochaí
support
tacaíocht
middle-class or low-class people
daoine meánaicmeacha ná ísealaicmeacha
the aim
an fheidhm
the plain truth
lomchlár na fírinne
lack of charity
easpa carthanachta
widow
baintreach
illegitimate child
leanbh tabhartha
..to scrutinize
a iniúchadh
our judgement
ár mbreithiúnas
in charge
i gceannas