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breeze

 1 noun MET gentle windleoithne fem4  c m usiorradh masc1  c m uaithleá masc4  c m ua westerly breeze leoithne aniar 2 noun SPOR prevailing windgaoth fem2  c m uto play against the breeze imirt in aghaidh na gaoithewe had the breeze in the second half bhí an ghaoth linn sa dara leath, bhí an chóir linn sa dara leath
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3 verb INTRANSITIVEshe breezed past us chuaigh sí tharainn gan dua

a breeze

 noun informalshe thought the exam was a breeze níor chuir an scrúdú aon stró uirthi; bhí an scrúdú breá éasca, dar léi
phrasal verbs

breeze through

 (v + prep) TRANSITIVEdéan gan duadéan go saoráideachhe breezed through school chuaigh sé tríd an scoil gan aon deacracht, níor chuir an scoil aon mhairg airshe breezed through the exam rinne sí an scrúdú gan dua, níor chuir an scrúdú isteach ná amach uirthi, níor bhain an scrúdú feacadh aisti

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