New English-Irish Dictionary

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door

1 noun of room, building, etcdoras masc1 c m udid you lock the door? ar chuir tú glas ar an doras?, ar chuir tú an doras faoi ghlas?the door was open bhí an doras ar oscailt, bhí an doras ar leathadh, bhí an doras oscailtehe went in the main door chuaigh sé isteach an príomhdhorasthere's someone at the door tá duine ag an doras 2 noun doorwaydoras masc1 c m uit's just inside the door tá sé díreach laistigh den dorashe was standing in the door bhí sé ina sheasamh sa doras

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3 noun houseshe lives two doors away tá sí ina cónaí dhá theach uainn, tá sí sa dara doras againn

doored

(also -doored) adjectivea double-doored room seomra a bhfuil doras dúbailte airan oak-doored press cófra a bhfuil doras darach air

phrases

as one door closes, another opens

proverb níor dhún Dia aon doras riamh nár oscail sé ceann eileníor dhún Dia claí nár oscail sé bearna

at the door

(also

on the door

) ag an dorasar an dorastickets available at the door ticéid ar fáil ag an doras

behind closed doors

1 in privatethe meeting was behind closed doors cruinniú príobháideach a bhí ann 2 behind the scenesit was all happening behind closed doors bhí sé ar fad ar siúl ar chúl an chlaí, bhí sé ar fad ar siúl ar chúla téarmaí

to close the door on sth

(also

to shut the door on sth

) an doras a dhúnadh ar rudan doras a dhruidim ar rudan doras a iamh ar rudthey closed the door on further discussions dhún siad an doras ar a thuilleadh cainteanna

(from) door to door

1 of journeyit's three miles from door to door turas trí mhíle atá ann ó dhoras go doras 2 calling at housesó dhoras go dorasó theach go teach c m uthey went from door to door before the election chuaigh siad ó theach go teach roimh an toghchán

to lay sth at sb's door

you can't lay that at my door ní thig leat an locht a chur ormsa faoi sin, ní féidir leat a mhilleán sin a chur ormsa, ní féidir leat é sin a leagan ormsa

out of doors

amuigh faoin aer c m uamuigh faoin spéir c m u

to show sb the door

she showed me the door thug sí an doras dom, thug sí bata agus bóthar dom, thug sí tópar dom

to darken sb's door

she never darkened my door again níor dhall sí mo dhoras ó shin, níor leag sí cos ar m'urlár ó shin, níor chuir sí cos thar an tairseach agam ó shin

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