thart1, adv. & prep. 1. Round, about. ~ ar an teach, ar an tír, round the house, the country. ~ timpeall na háite, round about the place. ~ faoi seo, hereabouts. Ag siúl ~, walking about. Chuamar ~ soir, we went round towards the east. Ag féachaint ~, looking round. Ag iompú ~, turning round. Tá mo cheann ag dul ~, my head is reeling. Ráfla atá ag dul ~, a rumour that is current. Ná bí ag teacht ~ ar an scéal, don’t talk round and round the subject. Cuir ~ na milseáin, pass round the sweets. Tá sé ag teacht ~, he is coming round; he is coming to, reviving. Tá siad ag titim ~, they are falling off to sleep. 2. By, past. (a)Tá an cith ~, the shower is over. Chuaigh an bhliain ~, the year passed. Tá an lá sin ~, that day is gone. An mhí seo a chuaigh ~, last month. Rud a ligean ~, to let sth. pass. Cuir ~ leis sin é, leave it at that. An rud atá ~ bíodh sé ~, let bygones be bygones. Nach tú atá ~! Poor you! (b)Tá sé na ceithre scór ~, he is over fourscore. (c)Chuaigh siad ~ leis an doras, they passed by the door. S.a. cuir ~, leag ~, lig ~, tar ~, téigh ~.