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soon

1 adverb shortlygo luath  c m ugo gairid  c m ugan mhoill  c m uar ball  c m uit'll be available soon beidh sé ar fáil go luath, is gearr go mbeidh sé ar fáilwe'll soon know is gearr go mbeidh a fhios againnI'll be back soon beidh mé ar ais gan mhoill, beidh mé ar ais go gairid, beidh mé ar ais roimh i bhfadthey'll be here very soon beidh siad anseo ar ball beagwe'll see them sometime soon feicfimid am éigin go gairid iadit won't happen anytime soon ní tharlóidh sé in aicearracht 2 adverb earlyluath  c m uthey arrived sooner than expected tháinig siad níos luaithe ná a bhí coinne leowe left too soon d'imíomar róluath
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3 adverb quicklyit soon became clear that ... ba ghearr gur léir go ...; ba léir gan mhoill go ...it won't be done that soon ní bheidh sé déanta chomh luath sinthey very soon realise this aithníonn siad é seo go han-sciobthahow soon can she come? cé chomh luath agus is féidir léi teacht?as soon as possible chomh luath agus is féidir, a luaithe is féidir, an túisce is féidir
phrases

as soon as ...

chomh luath agus a ...a luaithe a ...as soon as he arrived chomh luath agus a tháinig sé, a luaithe a tháinig séshe came as soon as she heard tháinig sí chomh luath agus a chuala sí

all too soon

all too soon the holiday was over ba róghearr go raibh an tsaoire thart, róluath a bhí an tsaoire thart

not a moment too soon

(also

not a minute too soon

) thar am  c m ushe came not a moment too soon bhí sé thar am aici teachtthey've released the funding and not a moment too soon scaoil siad an maoiniú agus é thar am acu, scaoil siad an maoiniú agus más maith is mithid

none too soon

díreach in amthe wind changed, and none too soon d'athraigh an ghaoth, díreach in am

no sooner ... than ...

ní luaithe ... ná ...ní túisce ... ná ...no sooner had I said it than it fell níor luaithe a dúirt mé é ná thit sé, níor thúisce é ráite agam ná thit sé

no sooner said than done

it was no sooner said than done níor luaithe ráite ná déanta é

soon enough

roimh i bhfadgo luath  c m uI'll know soon enough beidh a fhios agam roimh i bhfad, is gearr go mbeidh a fhios agam

sooner or later

luath nó mall

sooner rather than later

gan mhoill  c m uyou should go sooner rather than later ba cheart duit dul gan mhoill

the sooner the better

(also

the sooner ... the better

) dá luaithe is ea is fearr édá thúisce is ea is fearrthe sooner it happens the better dá luaithe a tharlóidh sé is ea is fearr é, dá thúisce a tharlóidh sé is ea is fearr é

the sooner ... the sooner ...

dá luaithe ... is amhlaidh is luaithe ...dá thúisce ... is ea is túisce ...the sooner you start the sooner you finish dá thúisce a thosaíonn tú is ea is túisce a chríochnaíonn tú

would just as soon

(also

would as soon

) I'd just as soon not talk to her b'fhearr liom gan labhairt léihe'd as soon walk as cycle b'fhearr leis siúl ná rothaíocht

would sooner do sth

she'd sooner burn the house than sell it b'fhearr léi an teach a dhó ná é a dhíol, is túisce a dhófadh sí an teach ná a dhíolfadh sí é

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