New English-Irish Dictionary

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first hand

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first-hand

) 1 adjectivefirst hand evidence fianaise ó bhunfhoinsefirst-hand experience taithí phearsantashe gave us a first-hand account of it d'inis sí dúinn mar a chonaic sí féin é 2 adverbI experienced that first-hand tá taithí phearsanta agam air sin

phrases

at first hand

I saw at first hand what happened chonaic mé féin cad a tharlayou need to experience it at first hand caithfidh tú blaiseadh a fháil de duit féin

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wash your hands first nigh do lámha ar dtús, glan do lámha a chéaduair
first-degree »

first-degree burns to their hands dó den chéad ghrád ar a lámha
hand »

I saw it first hand chonaic mé le mo dhá shúil féin é, chonaic mé le mo shúile cinn é
hand-me-down »

my first bike was a hand-me-down from my brother rothar athláimhe ó mo dheartháir a bhí sa chéad rothar a bhí agam
hand over »

without further ado, I'll hand over to our first speaker gan tuilleadh moille, fágfaidh mé ag ár gcéad chainteoir é
scrub »

scrub your hands first nigh do lámha go maith ar dtús
single-handed »

that was his first single-handed voyage sin é an chéad turas mara a rinne sé ina aonar, sin é an chéad aistear mara a rinne sé dólámhach

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