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something

1 pronoun unspecified thingrud éigin c m usomething is missing tá rud éigin in easnamhsomething happened tharla rud éiginthere's something wrong with it tá rud éigin mícheart leisI have something to tell you tá rud éigin le rá agam leatsomething has to be done caithfear rud éigin a dhéanamhshe found something cheaper fuair sí rud éigin níos saoiregive them something to read tabhair rud éigin le léamh dóibhbring something to lie on tabhair leat rud éigin le luí airI've thought of something else smaoinigh mé ar rud éigin eilethat's something else altogether sin rud eile ar fadthat'll give them something to think about tabharfaidh sé sin ábhar machnaimh dóibh 2 pronoun significant thingrud éigin c m uthat tells us something deir sé sin rud éigin linnwe both got something out of it fuair an bheirt againn rud éigin as, bhí maitheas éigin ann dúinn beirtit means something to him tá sé tábhachtach aigeit counts for something tá maitheas éigin ann, tá tairbhe de chineál éigin ann, tá fiúntas éigin annshe had a certain something bhí rud éigin ar leith ag baint léiwell, that's something anyway bhuel, ní beag sin ar aon nósthat's always something tá sé níos fearr ná a dhaththere's something in what he said tá dealramh lena ndúirt sé

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3 pronoun characteristic, feelrud éigin c m uiarracht éiginit had something of the comical about it bhí rud éigin greannmhar faoi, bhí iarracht éigin den ghreann annthere's something about him that I don't like tá rud éigin faoi nach dtaitníonn liomthere was something about their story that concerned him bhí rud éigin faoina scéal a chuir imní air 4 pronoun (also something or other) forgotten or unknown detailrud éigin c m ushe's five foot something tá sí cúig troithe rud éiginher name was Máire something or other Máire rud éigin an t-ainm a bhí uirthihe does something or other in the council tá post de chineál éigin aige sa chomhairlethey're collecting for something or other tá siad ag bailiú do rud éigin 5 noun pleasant thingfind that special something for your partner faigh an bronntanas speisialta sin do do pháirtí 6 adverb informal a lotit bothered me something terrible chuir sé isteach go mór orm 7 adverb approximatelyrud éigin c m uit's something around €1500 tá sé rud éigin ar nós €1500, tá sé thart ar €1500it's been there for something over 300 years tá sé ansin le breis agus 300 bliain

phrases

something of a

1 rather, quiteI've got something of a reputation for it tá saghas clú orm dá bharrshe's something of a hero of his tá sí ina saghas laoch aigewhy she sent it is something of a mystery níl a fhios ag aon duine cén fáth ar sheol sí éit's something of a mystery to me ní thuigim beag ná mór éit was something of a surprise ní raibh aon choinne leis 2 rather goodshe's something of an expert on the subject is saineolaí ceart í ar an ábharhe's something of a cook tá sé maith ag cócaireacht

to be something else

(also

to be quite something

, to be really something

) bheith dochreidtethe food was something else bhí an bia dochreidte, bhí an bia iontach

to come to something

if our efforts come to something má bhíonn rath éigin ar ár n-iarrachtaí, má thagann tairbhe éigin as ár n-iarrachtaí

it's come to something when ...

is bocht an scéal é nuair ...is olc an scéal é nuair ...tá cúrsaí go hainnis nuair ...

to do something

rud éigin a dhéanamhwe must do something caithfimid rud éigin a dhéanamh

to give sb something for their trouble

I gave him something for his trouble chuir mé mo lámh i mo phóca dó as ucht a chabhrach, chúitigh mé a shaothar leis

to have something on sb

eolas éigin a bheith agat faoi dhuine

to make something out of nothing

rud éigin a dhéanamh as neamhní

or something

informal nó rud éiginnó a leithéidare you deaf or something? an bhfuil tú bodhar nó rud éigin?tell him I'm sick or something abair leis go bhfuilim breoite nó rud éiginget a matchstick or something faigh lasán nó a leithéid

or something like that

(also

or something of that sort

, or something of the kind

) nó rud éigin mar sinnó a leithéid sinnó rud éigin den sórt sinhe was only sixty or something like that ní raibh sé ach seasca nó rud éigin mar sin

to get something for nothing

rud éigin a fháil in aisceyou can't get something for nothing ní féidir a dhath a fháil gan a dhath

something like

1 similarI thought you'd say something like that cheap mé go ndéarfá rud éigin mar sinhave you thought about something like teaching? ar smaoinigh tú ar mhúinteoireacht nó a leithéid? 2 approximatelytimpeall c m uthart ar c m uwe had something like 5000 visitors bhí timpeall 5000 cuairteoir againn

that's saying something

is mór an ní é sin le rání beag sinní beag sin le ráshe was worse than me and that's saying something bhí sise níos measa ná mise agus is mór an ní é sin le rá

you want to make something out of it?

(also

do you want to make something of it

) informal ar mhaith leat rud éigin a dhéanamh faoi?

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something

something of a

to be something else

to be quite something

, to be really something

to come to something

it's come to something when ...

to do something

to give sb something for their trouble

to have something on sb

to make something out of nothing

or something

or something like that

or something of that sort

, or something of the kind

to get something for nothing

something like

that's saying something

you want to make something out of it?

do you want to make something of it

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