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Vocab 2 — Gramatical constructions Flashcards

1
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Eventually

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Ar deireadh thiar

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to get a hair cut

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bealladh gruaige a fháil

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Even though (even though I lost it; even though I saw her recently; even though you hate it)

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Cé go (cé gur chaill mé é; cé go bhfaca mé í le deanaí; cé gur fuath leat é)

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Thuirsigh mé m’inchinn ag iarraidh teacht ar réiteach

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I racked my brains trying to think of a solution

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She’s full of herself

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Tá sí lán di féin

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She bruised her ego

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Bhain an toradh an gus aisti

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X made Y panic

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Chuir X scaoll i Y (ionam, ionat, etc.)

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Last minute panic

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Líonrith an nóiméid deiridh

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I was in a terrible panic

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Bhí scaoll uafásach fúm; bhí sé i mbarr a chéile

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She got into a panic

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Tháinig líonrith/anbhá uirthi; bhuail scaoll í

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I received a panicked call from me wife

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Fuair mé glaoch ó mo bhean agus í go mór trína chéile

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the crowd

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An slua, plural: na sluaite (gáir an tslua - roar of the crowd)

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He let out a roar of anger

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Lig sé búir feirge as

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I can hardly hear you over the roar of (something)

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Is ar éigean is feidir liom thú a chloiseáil thar bhúir an/na (ruda)

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I could hardly believe it!

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Is ar éigeann a bhí mé in ann é chreidiúint!

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16
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the answer could hardly have been clearer

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Is ar éigeann a d’fhéadfadh an freagra a bheith níos sóiléire

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I was taken aback by X

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Bhain X siar asam; chuir X mo sháith iontais orm

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Abrupt

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Borb; neamhbhalbh

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Definitely

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Go dearfa; go cinnte

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to become (a quality), change state, get (adj comp.), go (a quality); it got darker, it gets wetter, it’s getting colder

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X a éirí; d’éirigh sé níos dorcha, éiríonn sé níos fliche, tá sé ag éirí níos fuaire ALSO tá sé ag dul i bhfuaire

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21
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Hotter

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Níos teo

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You wouldn’t care; for all you care

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Ba ríchuma leatsa

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As if I didn’t care

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Amhail is dá mba chuma liom

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She went mad

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Chuaigh sí as a meabhair; chaill sí a ciall ( = she lost her sense)

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the crowd went mad

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Bhí an slua ar mire

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He’ll go apeshit if he finds out

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Caillfidh sé an bloc / rachaidh sé as a chrann / rachaidh sé le craobhacha …má fhaigheann sé amach faoi.

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You have to push things like that out of your mind or else you’ll go mad

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Caithfidh tú rudaí mar sin a dhíbirt as d’intinn, sin nó (or else) rachaidh tú as do mheabhair

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He’s gone mad

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Tá sé imithe as a mheabhair; tá sé dulta le craobhacha; tá sé ar shiúl ar mire; tá sé imithe craiceáilte

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Lose your head

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Do chloigeann a chailleadh; smacht a chailleadh ort; dul as do chranna cumhachta

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30
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Overboard, OTT

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Thar fóir

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31
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I was going to X but

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Bhí mé chun X ach

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32
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to change your mind

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d’intinn a athrú; athcomhairle a dhéanamh

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33
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War

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Cogadh

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34
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What made you change your mind?

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Cad a thug ort d’intinn a athrú?

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35
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Profit

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Brabach

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36
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X a chur ar dhuine

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to make someone X (fearg, áthas, brón)

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37
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It makes me laugh

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Baineann sé gáire asam

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38
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Because of

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Mar gheall ar; de bharr

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39
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they made her a star, he was made a saint (etc.)

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Rinne siad réalta di; rinneadh naomh de

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40
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To give away any secret Service

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Aon rún a scaoileadh

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41
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and then some

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Agus níos faide fiú; agus thuilleadh lena chois; agus a thuilleadh arís

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42
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I managed to, you managed to

We managed to beat them

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D’éirigh liom, d’éirigh leat

D’éirigh linn iad a bhualadh

43
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Off the beaten track

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Ar chúl éaga

44
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Buaileadh siad le trí phointe

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They were beaten by three points

45
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The infection

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An t-ionfhabhtú

46
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Browsing

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Ag brabhsáil

47
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Neurosurgeon

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Néaramháinlia

48
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My leg hurts

A

Tá mo chos nimhneach

49
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Bald

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Maol

50
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Bowing

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ag chromadh

51
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She suffered a serious head injury

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Bhain drochghortú cloiginn di

52
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Sticker

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Greamán

53
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to go wrong

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dul amú

54
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Ugh here we go again!

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Seo arís muid! An rud ceannann céanna arís!

55
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There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t think of him

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Níl lá dá dtéann thart nach gcuimhním air; níl lá dá gcuirim tharam nach gcuimhním air (= there isn’t a day that I don’t put behind me that…)

56
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all in one go

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D’aon iarraidh; d’aonn bhuille

57
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I’m on the go since X-time

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Tá mé ag gabháil gan stad ó; tá mé ar mo bhoinn ó

58
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There’s no going back now

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Níl aon dul siar anois

59
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Well the way things are going now (.. then X will happen)

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An tslí a bhfuil cúrsaí ag imeacht anois; an dóigh a bhfuil rudaí ag gabháil; an chaoi a bhfuil cúrsaí anois

60
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What goes around comes around

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Filleann an feall; filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire

61
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Go according to plan

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Dul mar is cóir

62
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That’s enough to be going on with now!

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Is leor é sin chun cúis a dhéanamh faoi láthair

63
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If X is anything to go by; If the past is anything to go by

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Más feidir dul de réir X; más feidir dul de réir an ama atá thart,
Más aon chomhartha (sign) é an t-am atá thart

64
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Here we goooo! ; let’s go

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Seo linn! Ar aghaidh linn!

65
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He doesn’t have a lot going for him

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Níl mórán ratha air; níl mórán críche air; níl aon fhéachaint suas ann dó

66
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Watch your words (carefully)!

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Meáigh do chuid focal go curamach!

67
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Watch what you say or he’ll have a go at you!

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Coimhéad cad é a deir tú tabharfaidh sé fogha fút!

68
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I’ll have a go at you!!!!!!!¡¡¡

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Tabharfaidh mé fogha fút!!!!!!!!!¡¡¡¡&@$%#!!!

69
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For a euro each

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Ar euro an ceann

70
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Another day gone!

A

Lá eile caite!

71
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X didn’t really go as well as planned

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Níor éirigh chomh maith agus a bhíothas ag súil le X;

Níl X ag dul chomh maith agus a bhíothas ag súil leis

72
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The interview

A

An t-agallamh

73
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How did you get on in the interview, Eve?

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Cén chaoi ar éirigh leat san agallamh, a hAoibh?

74
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How did X go?

A

Cad é mar a chuaigh X?

75
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Just because I’m old that isn’t to say I don’t know/that doesn’t mean I don’t know

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Díreach toisc go bhfuil mé óg ní hé sin le rá nach bhfuil a fhios agam

76
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Just because

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Díreach mar; go díreach siocair go; díreach toisc go

77
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Do you think it’s because we are so smart?

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An dóigh leat gur de bharr muid a bheith chomh cliste é?

GLOSS:

An dóigh leat [do you think], gur [here: go + is] { de bharr [because of] muid a bheith [us being] chomh cliste [so smart] } é [connecting with the go + is at the start]?

So:

An dóigh leat gur [ ~ statement ~ ] é?
(On ‘é’: the disjunctive pronouns often get shoved to the end of the sentence instead of being where they would be in English, for example ‘cuir ar an eolas muid’ - ‘let us know’ lit. put on the info us)

OR

Meas tú [do you think] an [marking a question] { toisc [because of] muid a bheith [us being] chomh cliste [so smart] } é?

78
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Words for because

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Mar; mar go; óir; siocair go; toisc go; de bhrí go; de bharr go; de thairbhe go; cionn is go

79
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Because of that

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Mar gheall air sin; dá bhrí sin; dá bharr sin

80
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Because of X

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Mar gheall ar X, de bharr X

81
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Bias

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Claonadh

82
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On the basis of, becaus of

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Ar bhun (ruda)

83
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As it happened, coincidentally

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Faoi mar a tharla; mar a tharla

84
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Serious

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Tromchúiseach

85
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Implications

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Impleachtaí

86
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That’s a serious amount of (something)

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Sin méid suntasach (ruda)

87
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I’m not joking!

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Ní ag magadh atá mé

88
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Flaws

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Lochtanna

89
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Resign

A

A éirí as

90
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Seriously, I’m not exaggerating

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Dáiríre, ní ag déanamh áibhéile atá mé!

91
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I didn’t take it seriously

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Níor chuir mé aon stór ann; thug mé neamhaird air

92
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Accent

A

Blas

93
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he’s as thin as a rake

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Tá sé chomh caol le slat; chomh tanaí le dris; chomh caol le lann

94
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I struggled

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Choinnigh mé

95
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Through thick and thin

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Mín agus garbh

96
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Without a trace

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Gan tásc ná tuarisc

97
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He vanished into thin air

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D’imigh sé mar a shlogfadh an talamh é

98
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I was surprised

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B’ionadh liom

99
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I thought it was understood

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Shíl mé go raibh sé intuigthe

100
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Biased

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Claonta

101
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That reinforces

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Neartaíonn sé sin

102
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Biased

A

Claonta

103
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That reinforces

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Neartaíonn sé sin

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