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Vocab 2 — Gramatical constructions Flashcards

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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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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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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
Bhí an slua ar mire
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He'll go apeshit if he finds out
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
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
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
Do chloigeann a chailleadh; smacht a chailleadh ort; dul as do chranna cumhachta
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Overboard, OTT
Thar fóir
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I was going to X but
Bhí mé chun X ach
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to change your mind
d'intinn a athrú; athcomhairle a dhéanamh
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War
Cogadh
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What made you change your mind?
Cad a thug ort d'intinn a athrú?
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Profit
Brabach
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X a chur ar dhuine
to make someone X (fearg, áthas, brón)
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It makes me laugh
Baineann sé gáire asam
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Because of
Mar gheall ar; de bharr
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they made her a star, he was made a saint (etc.)
Rinne siad réalta di; rinneadh naomh de
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To give away any secret Service
Aon rún a scaoileadh
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and then some
Agus níos faide fiú; agus thuilleadh lena chois; agus a thuilleadh arís
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I managed to, you managed to | We managed to beat them
D'éirigh liom, d'éirigh leat | D'éirigh linn iad a bhualadh
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Off the beaten track
Ar chúl éaga
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Buaileadh siad le trí phointe
They were beaten by three points
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The infection
An t-ionfhabhtú
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Browsing
Ag brabhsáil
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Neurosurgeon
Néaramháinlia
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My leg hurts
Tá mo chos nimhneach
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Bald
Maol
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Bowing
ag chromadh
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She suffered a serious head injury
Bhain drochghortú cloiginn di
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Sticker
Greamán
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to go wrong
dul amú
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Ugh here we go again!
Seo arís muid! An rud ceannann céanna arís!
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There isn't a day that goes by when I don't think of him
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...)
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all in one go
D'aon iarraidh; d'aonn bhuille
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I'm on the go since X-time
Tá mé ag gabháil gan stad ó; tá mé ar mo bhoinn ó
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There's no going back now
Níl aon dul siar anois
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Well the way things are going now (.. then X will happen)
An tslí a bhfuil cúrsaí ag imeacht anois; an dóigh a bhfuil rudaí ag gabháil; an chaoi a bhfuil cúrsaí anois
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What goes around comes around
Filleann an feall; filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire
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Go according to plan
Dul mar is cóir
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That's enough to be going on with now!
Is leor é sin chun cúis a dhéanamh faoi láthair
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If X is anything to go by; If the past is anything to go by
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
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Here we goooo! ; let's go
Seo linn! Ar aghaidh linn!
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He doesn't have a lot going for him
Níl mórán ratha air; níl mórán críche air; níl aon fhéachaint suas ann dó
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Watch your words (carefully)!
Meáigh do chuid focal go curamach!
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Watch what you say or he'll have a go at you!
Coimhéad cad é a deir tú tabharfaidh sé fogha fút!
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I'll have a go at you!!!!!!!¡¡¡
Tabharfaidh mé fogha fút!!!!!!!!!¡¡¡¡&@$%#!!!
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For a euro each
Ar euro an ceann
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Another day gone!
Lá eile caite!
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X didn't really go as well as planned
Níor éirigh chomh maith agus a bhíothas ag súil le X; | Níl X ag dul chomh maith agus a bhíothas ag súil leis
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The interview
An t-agallamh
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How did you get on in the interview, Eve?
Cén chaoi ar éirigh leat san agallamh, a hAoibh?
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How did X go?
Cad é mar a chuaigh X?
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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
Díreach toisc go bhfuil mé óg ní hé sin le rá nach bhfuil a fhios agam
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Just because
Díreach mar; go díreach siocair go; díreach toisc go
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Do you think it's because we are so smart?
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?
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Words for because
Mar; mar go; óir; siocair go; toisc go; de bhrí go; de bharr go; de thairbhe go; cionn is go
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Because of that
Mar gheall air sin; dá bhrí sin; dá bharr sin
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Because of X
Mar gheall ar X, de bharr X
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Bias
Claonadh
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On the basis of, becaus of
Ar bhun (ruda)
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As it happened, coincidentally
Faoi mar a tharla; mar a tharla
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Serious
Tromchúiseach
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Implications
Impleachtaí
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That's a serious amount of (something)
Sin méid suntasach (ruda)
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I'm not joking!
Ní ag magadh atá mé
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Flaws
Lochtanna
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Resign
A éirí as
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Seriously, I'm not exaggerating
Dáiríre, ní ag déanamh áibhéile atá mé!
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I didn't take it seriously
Níor chuir mé aon stór ann; thug mé neamhaird air
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Accent
Blas
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he's as thin as a rake
Tá sé chomh caol le slat; chomh tanaí le dris; chomh caol le lann
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I struggled
Choinnigh mé
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Through thick and thin
Mín agus garbh
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Without a trace
Gan tásc ná tuarisc
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He vanished into thin air
D'imigh sé mar a shlogfadh an talamh é
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I was surprised
B'ionadh liom
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I thought it was understood
Shíl mé go raibh sé intuigthe
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Biased
Claonta
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That reinforces
Neartaíonn sé sin
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Biased
Claonta
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That reinforces
Neartaíonn sé sin

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