Tús na hAbairte: B

Question 1

It isn’t always necessary

Answer 1

Ní gá i gcónaí

Question 2

It must be mentioned that

Answer 2

Ní miste a lua go mbíonn

Question 3

It wasn’t right or just for

Answer 3

Ní raibh sé ceart ná cóir do(n)

Question 4

It will be worse this year

Answer 4

Beidh sé níos measa i mbliana

Question 5

It would be a lot better/worse

Answer 5

Bheadh sé i bhfad níos fearr/measa

Question 6

It would be better to deal with that first before

Answer 6

B’fhearr plé leis sin ar dtús sula

Question 7

It’s a pity that we can’t

Answer 7

Is trua nach féidir linn

Question 8

It’s hard to answer/respond

Answer 8

Tá sé deacair a fhreagairt

Question 9

It’s hardly a coincidence

Answer 9

Is ar éigean gur comhtharlúint é

Question 10

It’s not right to say that

Answer 10

Níl sé ceart a rá go/nach

Question 11

Let us not forget

Answer 11

Ná déanaimis dearmad

Question 12

Nobody knows, I don’t know, what is

Answer 12

Níl a fhios ag éinne, níl a fhios agamsa, cad tá

Question 13

Of course

Answer 13

Ar ndóigh

Question 14

On that matter/topic

Answer 14

Ar an ábhar sin

Question 15

One has to admit that

Answer 15

Caithfear a admháil go bhfuil

Question 16

One of the problems in the

Answer 16

Ceann de na fadhbanna sa

Question 17

One thing that really annoyed me

Answer 17

Rud amháin a chur asam go mór

Question 18

Overall

Answer 18

Tríd is tríd

Question 19

Since this Government came into office

Answer 19

Ó tháinig an rialtas seo in oifig

Question 20

Some time when

Answer 20

Uair éigin nuair a

Question 21

that goes directly against

Answer 21

Téann sé sin lom díreach in aghaidh

Question 22

That is the aim of

Answer 22

Sin í an aidhm atá ag

Question 23

That’s not the way to

Answer 23

Ní hé sin an tslí chun

Question 24

That’s the spirit we should have

Answer 24

Sin an sprid ba cheart a bheith againne

Question 25

The Government must

Answer 25

Is mithid don Rialtas

Question 26

The government’s main aim and objective is

Answer 26

Is é priomh-aidhm agus priomhchuspóir an rialtais ná

Question 27

The pretence still exists

Answer 27

Maireann an cur i gcéill

Question 28

There are a lot of misunderstandings there at present in relation to

Answer 28

Tá an-chuid mí-thuiscintí ann faoi láthair maidir le

Question 29

There are particular problems

Answer 29

Tá fadhbanna faoi leith

Question 30

There is some similarity between

Answer 30

Tá cosúlacht éigin idir

Question 31

There should be

Answer 31

Ba cheart go mbeadh

Question 32

There’s no need to mention

Answer 32

Ní gá aon rud a rá faoi

Question 33

These are people who

Answer 33

Is daoine iad seo a

Question 34

They have made every effort to

Answer 34

Tá gach dícheall déanta acu chun

Question 35

This is a commendable thing

Answer 35

Is rud inmholta é seo

Question 36

This is something that I don’t understand

Answer 36

Is rud é seo nach dtuigim

Question 37

This plan has been criticised by

Answer 37

Tá cáin déanta ar an bplean seo ag

Question 38

Thousands of people are

Answer 38

Tá na mílte daoine ag

Question 39

We all remember

Answer 39

Is cuimhin linn go léir

Question 40

We can’t say that

Answer 40

Ní féidir linn é sin a rá

Question 41

we condemn this

Answer 41

cáinimid é seo

Question 42

We had the same problems in

Answer 42

Bhí na fadhbanna céanna againn i

Question 43

We have difficult problems to solve

Answer 43

Tá fadhbanna deacra le réiteach againn

Question 44

We have to admit now

Answer 44

Ní mór dúinn adhmáil anois

Question 45

We now understand that

Answer 45

Tuigimid anois go/nach bhfuil

Question 46

We understand that it’s associated with

Answer 46

Tuigim go mbaineann sé le

Question 47

We’re all confused about

Answer 47

Tá mearbhall orainn go léir mar gheall ar

Question 48

We’ve lots of examples now that show

Answer 48

Tá go leor samplaí againn anois a léiríonn

Question 49

What has been arranged is

Answer 49

Is é atá beartaithe ná

Question 50

What’s the point in

Answer 50

Cén mhaith a bheith ag

Question 51

When one considers

Answer 51

Nuair a chuirtear san áireamh

Question 52

Wouldn’t it be much better if there were

Answer 52

Nárbh fhearr go mór dá mbeadh