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Torthúil

Fruitful

Tréimhse

Period

Bríomhar

Energetic

Ní raibh cíos, cás ná cathú ar éine

Nothing bothered any of us

Saol na gcaorach

A great life

Mara Ciúine

Pacific ocean

Sharaigh

Surpassed

Aon ní dá raibh déanta againn go dtí seo

Anything we had done up until then

Iomaí

A lot

Scéal uafais

Horror stories

Imithe ó smacht

Gone out of control

A mhalairt a bhí fíor faoin…

The opposite was true for…

Aeráid bhreá mheasartha

Caradas

Friendship

Mar sin féin

As such

Cúrsaí slándála

Security matters

Gan trua gan taise

Pitilessly

Scanraíodh an méid sin tú

That much would scare you

Guth íseal neirbhíseach

Low nervous voice

Ní fhéadfá a bheith ró-chúramach

You can’t be too careful

Súil a chaitheamh ar…

Cast an eye on…

Déine na slándála

Strictness of the security

Suaite

Taken aback

D’éirigh linn

We managed to…

Thúirling

Landed

Tuirseach tnáite

Wrecked

Ba mheasa ná aon…

Worse than any…

Ba dhóbair dúinn…

We nearly…

Bhí báisteach throm ag titim ina slaoda

Heavy rain was lashing down

Is cosúil go…

Its likely that…

Sinsear

Ancestors

Is gá fuineadh de réir na mine

You have to cut your coat according to your cloth

Ní raibh an dara rogha againn ach…

We didn’t have a choice but…

Deirtear nach bhfuil aon ní níos fearr ná an fhoighne

They say there’s nothing better than patience

Ag feidhmiú

Functioning

Mo léan géar

Alas

Crá croí ceart

A right heartbreak

ba mheasa fósw

Worse again

Glacadh leis… mar a bhí

Accept… as it is

Ar shlí

In a way

Braon faoin bhfiacail

Had a drink

Ní raibh aon dealramh leis…

There was no sense to…

An utamáil

The messing

An t-ádh dearg

Luck

Pleidhcí

Messers

Drochbhéasach

Rude

Daoine áirithe

Certain people

Tá an iomad olta acu

They’ve drank too much

Goill… orain

…affected us

Lúcháir

Delight

Chomh tapaigh agus a fhéadfaimis

As soon as we could

Ba ghearr go…

It wasnt long until…

Ionad feithimh

Waiting area

Corrthónach

Shaky with nerves

Las súile na beirte suas

The eyes of the two lit up

Ba gheall le… againn

We were like …

Ní chreidfeá an faoiseamh a mhothaíos

You wouldnt believe the relief i felt

Faoi lán tseoil

In full swing

Abhairín

A little bit

Níorbh fhada gur chuir… ar a shuaimhneas é

It wasn’t long until… put him at ease

Gheall a dheartháir go mbuailfeadh sé leis ag an aerfort ach gur cuireadh moill éigin air

His brother promised him he would meet him at the airport but he was delayed

Ní hé seo an chéad uair a…

This isnt the first time that…

Searúsach

Bitterly

Chuir… ar a shocracht é

… put him at ease

Buanna

Gifts

Ceann de na buanna is mó atá aici nuair a bhíonn sí ag plé le daoine

One of her biggest gifts is when she’s talking to people

Thug sí cuireadh chun caifé dúinn go léir an fhaid a bheadh Ciarán ag feitheamh lena dheartháir

She invited us all for coffee for the length of time Ciarán would be waiting for his brother

Cé gur thuig sí sin go rabhas féin agus mo dhuine ceanúil ar a chéile, is baolach nach raibh an t-eolas céanna ag mo sheanmháthair

Even though she understood that me and your man were fond of eachother, I’m afraid my grandmother didnt have the same information

Ní haon amadán an bhean chéanna

That woman is no fool

Níor thog sé i bhfad uirthi cúrsaí a thuiscint

It didn’t take long to understand matters

Is ar éigean a bhí caoi ag…chun…

… just about had a chance to…

Glic

Clever

Cuireadh tús leis…

A start was put to…

Cros-cheistiúchán

Cross questioning

Go ceann tamaill

For a while

Réitigh an bheirt acu go breá lena chéile

The two of them got along great

An-thóghta le

Very taken with

Foighne

Patience

Dúirt mo mháthair liom ina dhiaidh sin go raibh sí an-thógtha leis an

bhfoighne a léirigh Ciarán le linn an cheistiúcháin go léir.

My mom said she was very taken with the patience Ciarán showed during all the questioning

Níorbh aon ionadh gur

It was no surprise that…

Fógair

Advertise, announce

Bhí súil aici nach fada eile go gcasfaí ar a chéile iad

She hoped it wasn’t long until we would marry eachother

Ní gá dom a rá gur chuir an vota muiníne seo ardú meanman nach beag orm féin

Needless to say the vote of confidence rather brightened my spirits

Chaoch… súil orm

… winked at me

He apologised a million times for being late

Ghabh sé a mhíle leathscéal as a bheith déanach

Mhínigh sé gur timpiste tráchta ba chúis leis an moill

He explained that a traffic accident was the reason for the delay

Brú ama

Time pressure

Chaithfimis slán a fhágaint acu

We had to bid them farewell

Dheineamar amhlaidh

We did so

Thugamar aghaidh ar

We went back to

Na deora athais

Tears of joy

Go hard na spéire

To the skys

Ná bí-se ag éaló ó éinne

Don’t be escaping from anyone

Thosnaigh sí á aithris

She started reciting

D’fhéach sí i leith orm

She looked at me sideways

Is ansa le…

Favourite of…

Um an dtaca so

By this time

An uain

The weather

Cé gurbh fhada uainn San Francisco faoin dtráth seo, chuirfeadh breáthacht na haimsire an aeráid bhog thall i gcuimhne duit.

Though San Francisco was far from us at that point, the fineness of the weather would put the climate felt over there in your mind

Rómánsúlacht

Romanticisation