New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: call out · chalk pit · chalk up · check out · chuck out · crank out · talk out · walk out · back out · bark out

chalk

1 noun also GEOL substancecailc fem2 c m ua piece of chalk píosa cailceto draw sth in chalk rud a tharraingt le cailc 2 verb write etc in chalk TRANSITIVEscríobh le cailc

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3 verb in billiards TRANSITIVEcailc a chur arcailc a chuimilt deto chalk your cue cailc a chur ar do chiú

chalked

adjectiveI saw the chalked letters on the blackboard chonaic mé na litreacha a bhí scríofa le cailc ar an gclár dubh

phrases

by a long chalk

it's not over yet, not by a long chalk níl sé thart go fóill, ná baol air; níl sé thart fós agus is fada uaidh éI wasn't ready for it by a long chalk ní raibh mé réidh dó ná dada cosúil leis, ní raibh mé réidh dó ná a shaothar orm'Did they win?' 'Not by a long chalk!' 'Ar bhain siad?' 'Is beag an baol gur bhain!', 'Ar bhuaigh siad?' 'Baol orthu!'

not to know chalk from cheese

he wouldn't know chalk from cheese ní aithneodh sé cat thar chóiste

like chalk and cheese

Brian and Cathal are like chalk and cheese tá difear lá agus oíche idir Brian agus Cathal, geal agus dubh iad Brian agus Cathal

phrasal verbs

chalk out

(v + adv) TRANSITIVEleag amach c m uto chalk out a plan plean a leagan amach, plean a réiteach

chalk up

1 (v + adv) achieve TRANSITIVEbain amach c m ucuir i gcrích c m uto chalk up points pointí a scóráil, pointí a ghnóthúthey chalked up a wonderful score bhain siad scór iontach amach, d'éirigh leo scór iontach a fháilhe's already chalked up 100 miles tá 100 míle curtha i gcrích aige cheana, tá 100 míle déanta aige cheana féin 2 (v + adv) on blackboard TRANSITIVEscríobh i gcailcscríobh le cailctoday's choices are chalked up on the board tá roghanna an lae inniu scríofa le cailc ar an gclár 3 (v + adv) attribute to TRANSITIVEshe chalked up his bad manners to his father chuir sí a dhrochbhéasa síos dá athair; óna athair a tháinig a dhrochbhéasa, dar léi

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to chalk out a plan plean a leagan amach, plean a réiteach

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