PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ ann agus ~ as aige, he can’t make up his mind whether to go or not.
2. ~ suas le, make up to, make acquaintance of.
~ a chur ar dhuine, to make up to s.o.
~a a dhéanamh den chochán, to make up the straw into large sheaves.
Bréag, leithscéal, a chumadh, to make up a lie, an excuse.
Éadach a chumadh, to make up cloth.
Tú féin a dhathú, to make up, disguise, oneself.
Figiúirí, cuntas, a dhéanamh suas, to make up, compile, figures, an account.
Suim airgid a dhéanamh suas, to make up, get together, a sum of money.
Scéal a dhéanamh suas, to make up, concoct, a story.
D’intinn a dhéanamh suas, to make up one’s mind.
2. ~ suas le, make up to, curry favour with.
Cén ~ atá ort? What are you hesitating about, waiting for? Why don’t you make up your mind?
Bíonn an ~ gnóthach tráthnóna, the laggard is always trying to make up for lost time.
~ a dhéanamh le duine, to make up to s.o.
~ a dhéanamh le duine, to make up to s.o.
~ a dhéanamh le duine, to make friends with s.o., to make up to s.o.
~ a bhrú ar dhuine, to make up to s.o.; to force one’s company on s.o.
Tá ~ mór orm, I have a considerable leeway to make up.
Caithfimid an dá lá a chailleamar a thabhairt isteach, we must make up for the two days we lost.