1ú márta

ach an t-airgead a bheith agam

dá mbeadh an t-airgead agam

if i had the money

débhrí

ambiguity

teifeach

refugee

frithchiníochas

racism

buíon

group

bualadh

beating

séan

to deny

an tsomáil

somalia

greim

greamanna

stitch

stitches

tabhair faoi deara

tabhair fá deara

to notice

aineolas

ignorance

dhá cheann

trí cinn

sé cinn

seacht gcinn

two of them

three of them

six of them

seven of them

plúid

plúideanna

blanket

blankets

beartas

polasaí

policy

taifead

taifeadadh

taifeadadh fuaime/ gutha

to record

recording

sound/ voice recording

gráin rósta

popcorn

beochan

beochantóir

athbheochan

animation

animator

revival

ag tabhairt aghaidhe ar

heading for

an bád bán

the emigrant ship

cuimhne

cuimhní cinn

is/ ní cuimhin liom

memory

fond memories

i/ don’t remember

eachtrannach

eachtrannaigh

foreigner/ alien

foreigners/ aliens

ag maireachtáil ar an bheagán

surviving on little

ilchultúrtha

multicultural

an Áise

Asia

daonra

population

imirce

inimirce

éisimirce

migration

imigration

emigration

ag méadu/ ag ardú/ ag dul i méid

increasing

ioncam

teacht isteach

pá

income

tuarastal

salary

de bharr rud éigin

dá bharr sin/seo

as a result of something

as a result of that/ this

ar an mheán

on average

timpeall (ar)

thart fá (ar)

tuairim agus/is

around (amount)

os cionn

over

san am atá romhainn

sa todhchaí

amach anseo

in the future

bainte amach

sroichte amach

reached/ achieved

pinsean

na pinsin

dul amach ar an phinsean

dul ar scoir

pension

of the pension

to retire

fáilte Uí Cheallaigh/ fáilte mhór chroíúil a chur roimh dhuine

fáiltigh

to welcome someone heartily

to welcome

doicheallach

inhospitable

íoc as rud

díol

díol

to pay for

to pay

to sell

crónaigh

to miss

i bhfad i gcéin

far away

i gcéin is i gcóngar

far and near

an oiread seo/sin

this/that much

an ruaig a chur ar dhuine

to chase someone

díthreabhach

díthreabhaigh

a homeless person

homeless people

clis

cliseadh

chlis an solas orm

to fail/ breakdown

failure/ breakdown

the light went on me

foscadh

shelter

foirithint

cuidiú

cabhair

cúnamh

help (noun)

eagraíocht foirithinte

charity/ organisation which helps

síntiús

donation/ subscription

dúlaíocht

dúlaíocht an greimhridh

frigidness

the depths of winter

tráthúil

timely

gabhálach

tógálach

contagious bad

contagious good

impigh

to plead

coimhthíoch

strange/ foreign

tréig

to abandon/ forsake

corr

uimhir chorr

corr dhuine

tá sé ina éan corr

odd

odd number

odd person

hes an odd duck

téigh ag

éirigh le

to succeed

is cinnte go

go cinnte

certainly

dé

débhrí

dépholach

bi/di/two

ambiguity

polarised/bipolar

bonn

basis

práinneach

práinn

tá/ níl práinn leis

urgent

urgency

it is/ its not urgent

fite fuaite fríd

woven throughout

i mbéal an phobail

much discussed

le tamall de blianta

for a number of years

á plé

being discussed

ní ionann sin is a rá

thats not to say

sracfhéachaint

glance

ina leith

i leith

regarding it

in favour

faoi mar a deir rud

as something says

cuir faoi

to settle

ilchiníoch

multiracial

íde

íde béal

thug sí íde béal dó

to abuse

verbal abuse

she ate him

ag titim amach

ag tarlú

ag siúl

happening

nua-aimseartha

nua-aoiseach

modern

is/ ní mór an náire

it is/ it isnt a great shame

amhlaidh

bíodh amhlaidh

the same/ like that

so be it

géarchéim

géarchéim eacnamaíoch

crisis

economic crisis

cuma

cosúlacht

appearance

freastal ar

to attend/ to attend to the needs of

tá sé thar am againn

tá sé in am againn

its high time

ionadaíocht

representation

is abhar iontais é

it is a source of surprise

tubaiste

disaster

gorta

famine

crith talún

earthquake

béal dorais linn

next door to us

bíodh sin..

be that..

bíodh sin chomh fada siar le

be that as far back as

srian

srianta

restriction

restrictions/ restricted

teorainn

teorannta

border/ limit

limited

duine a chur ó dhoras

an ruaig a chur ar dhuine

duine a ruaigeadh

to chase someone

tromlach

majority

bímis

let us be

íiorónta

íoróin

ironic

irony

cuir faoi

cuireann siad fúthu

to settle

they settle

i laith

in éadan

in aghaidh

against

agóid

agóidí

bhí agóid ar siúl i mBaile Átha Cliath

protest

protests

there were protests in dublin

ilchultúrthas

féiniúlacht

féiniúlacht chultúrtha

multicultural

identity

cultural identity

dáimh/ grá

love