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middle

1 adjective centresa lár c m uláir gs as adj c m uthe middle lane an lána láir, an lána sa lár 2 adjective half waythe middle part of the day lár an laehe's in his middle twenties tá sé i lár na bhfichidíthey moved here in the middle sixties bhog siad anseo i lár na seascaidí

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3 adjective on range, scalethe middle rate of tax an lár-ráta cánach 4 noun waistcoim fem2 c m ubásta masc4 c m uhe wrapped a towel around his middle chas sé tuáille timpeall ar a choim, chas sé tuáille timpeall a bhástashe's heavy around the middle tá sí trom thart faoina coim

phrases

to be caught in the middle

(also

to be stuck in the middle

, to be in the middle

) bheith greamaithe sa lárbheith teanntaithe i lár baillbheith sáite i lár báire

to be caught in the middle of sth

(also

to be stuck in the middle of sth

) bheith sáinnithe i lár ruda

to be in the middle of doing sth

she was in the middle of making dinner bhí sí díreach i mbun an dinnéar a réiteachit broke when they were in the middle of painting it bhris sé le linn dóibh a bheith á phéinteáil

to be sb's middle name

arrogance was his middle name bhí sé chomh bródúil le rídiplomacy is not my middle name! ní mé is discréidí!

to be somewhere in the middle

1 neither for nor againstsome people are somewhere in the middle tá roinnt daoine idir dhá chomhairle 2 in intermediate positionbheith áit éigin sa lárbheith áit éigin i lár baill

to be in the middle of nowhere

bheith ar an iargúltachtbheith ar an iargúilthe house was in the middle of nowhere bhí an teach ar an iargúil, bhí an teach ar chúl éaga

to be in the middle of sth

I'm in the middle of my exams tá mé i lár mo chuid scrúduithe, táim gafa le mo chuid scrúduithe

to split sth down the middle

(also

to divide sth down the middle

) 1 divide opinionrud a scoilteadh ina dhá leathdhá leath a dhéanamh de rudthe quarrel split the party down the middle scoilt an choimhlint an páirtí ina dhá leath, rinne an choimhlint dhá leath den pháirtí 2 divide sth into two equal partsrud a roinnt ina dhá leathdhá leath a dhéanamh de rudwe split the workload down the middle rinneamar dhá leath den ualach oibre

middle

to be caught in the middle

to be stuck in the middle

, to be in the middle

to be caught in the middle of sth

to be stuck in the middle of sth

to be in the middle of doing sth

to be sb's middle name

to be somewhere in the middle

to be in the middle of nowhere

to be in the middle of sth

to split sth down the middle

to divide sth down the middle

to steer a middle course

the middle child

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