An Foclóir Nua Béarla-Gaeilge

Focail chosúla: back talk · backtrack · back bacon · back office · backpack · beat back · bite back · cut back · kick back

back-to-back

1 adjective consecutiveas a chéile c m ui ndiaidh a chéile c m uthey had three back-to-back victories bhí trí bhua díreach i ndiaidh a chéile acu 2 adjective housesdroim le droimcúl le cúl 3 adverb in successionas a chéile c m ui ndiaidh a chéile c m ushe worked 12 days back-to-back d'oibrigh sí 12 lá as a chéile 4 adverb with backs touchingdroim le droimthey sat back-to-back shuigh siad droim le droim 5 noun housethey lived in small back-to-backs bhí siad ina gcónaí i dtithe beaga a tógadh cúl le cúl

Iontrálacha Gaolmhara

Frásaí agus Samplaí Úsáide faoi iontrálacha eile

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she did an about-face and came back to us thiontaigh sí ar a sáil agus tháinig ar ais chugainn, chas sí timpeall ar fad agus tháinig ar ais chugainn
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he hauled his ass back to work again thug sé aghaidh ar an obair arís
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back to back1 people, objects: with backs touching cúl le cúl, droim le droimthe two boys stood back to back bhí an bheirt bhuachaillí ina seasamh cúl le cúl2 one after another i ndiaidh a chéile, as a chéile, le cúl a chéilehe made two back to back movies rinne sé dhá scannán i ndiaidh a chéile
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back to front droim ar ais, tóin ar aghaidhhe was wearing his jumper back to front bhí a gheansaí air droim ar ais
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to be backed up1the traffic was backed up for miles bhí an trácht ina thranglam ar feadh na mílte2traffic was backed up bhí an trácht ina thranglam, bhí an trácht ina staic
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to get sb off your back informal duine a chur díot'Will you please get off my back, Seán!' 'Éist liom nóiméad, le do thoil, a Sheáin!'
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to keep sb off sb's back informalit'll keep him off your back for a while coinneoidh sé amach uait é ar feadh tamaill
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to put sb's back up (also to get sb's back up) informal cantal a chur ar dhuine, colg a chur ar dhuine, corraí a chur ar dhuinehe really puts my back up cuireann sé cantal ceart orm
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to see the back of sb/sth bheith réidh le duine/rudI was glad to see the back of the exams bhí mé breá sásta a bheith réidh leis na scrúduithe
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to put your back into sth informalshe put her back into the work chuir sí a croí agus a hanam isteach san obairI really put my back into it rinne mé mo mhíle dícheall leis
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to turn your back on1 reject cúl a thabhairt le, droim láimhe a thabhairt dohe turned his back on his family thug sé cúl lena mhuintir, thug sé droim láimhe dá mhuintirthey both turned their back on each other thug siad beirt cúl le chéile2 abandon cúl a thabhairt le, droim láimhe a thabhairt do, tréigthey turned their back on their own language thug siad cúl lena dteanga féin, thug siad droim láimhe dá dteanga féin, thréig siad a dteanga féin
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to be on sb's back informalpeople are always on her back bíonn daoine i gcónaí sa mhullach uirthi, bíonn daoine i gcónaí anuas uirthi
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sb's back is to the wall (also sb's back is against the wall)the manager's back is to the wall at present tá an bainisteoir i ladhar an chasúir faoi láthair, tá lámh an bhainisteora i mbéal an mhadra faoi láthair
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to put something back (also to give sth back)he wanted to put something back bhí sé ag iarraidh cúiteamh a dhéanamh
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to back a winner1 in racehe backed the winner of the Gold Cup chuir sé geall ar an gcapall a bhuaigh an Corn Óir, chuir sé airgead ar bhuaiteoir an Choirn Óir2 make profitable, successful choiceeveryone likes to back the winner is maith le gach duine an rogha cheart a dhéanamh
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to back a loser1 in racehe backed a loser in the 4.30 níor éirigh lena chapall i rás 4.302 make unprofitable, unsuccessful choice drochrogha a dhéanamh
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to back the wrong horse1 in race geall a chur ar an gcapall contráilte2 make ill-judged choice an rogha chontráilte a dhéanamh, an rogha mhícheart a dhéanamh
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to back out of the wayshe backed out of the way chúlaigh sí siar amach as an mbealach
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to back water (also to back oars) SPOR turn oars in reverse direction an bád a chúlú, siúl a bhaint den bádhe backed waters chúlaigh sé an bád, bhain sé siúl den bhád
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he had his back to me all night bhí a dhroim iompaithe aige orm ar feadh na hoíche, bhí a chúl liom ar feadh na hoíche

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Brabhsáil an t-innéacs

back-alley
back-channel
back-formation
back-of-the-envelope
back-projection
back-to-back
backache
backbeat
backbench
backbencher
backbiting