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Focail chosúla: certain · curtail · curtained · captain · contain · pertain · sustain · curtain-up · ascertain · certainly

curtain

1 noun in roomcuirtín masc4 c m uto draw the curtains na cuirtíní a tharraingtcurtain material ábhar cuirtína pair of curtains péire cuirtíní 2 noun THEAT on stagebrat masc1 c m ucuirtín masc4 c m uwhen the curtain rises nuair a ardaítear an brat, nuair a théann an brat in airdewhen the curtain comes down nuair a íslítear an brat, nuair a thagann an brat anuas

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3 noun THEAT raising or lowering of curtain

► (at beginning of play etc)

we were there for the curtain bhíomar ann nuair a ardaíodh an brat

► (at end of play etc)

they left before the curtain d'imigh siad sular íslíodh an brat, d'fhág siad roimh an deireadh 4 noun of smoke, rain, etcmúr masc1 c m ubrat masc1 c m ua curtain of mist brat ceo, múr ceoa curtain of smoke púir dheataigh, múr deataigh 5 verb TRANSITIVEcuirtíní a chur ar

phrases

to bring the curtain down on sth

(also

to bring down the curtain on sth

) clabhsúr a chur le ruddeireadh a chur le rud c m ucríoch a chur le rudthat brought the curtain down on our travels chuir sé sin deireadh lenár gcuid taistil, b'in deireadh lenár gcuid taistil

the curtain falls on sth

literary the curtain falls on my marriage sin deireadh le mo phósadh, tá a sheal tugtha ag mo phósadh

curtains for sb/sth

informalit would have been curtains for me only for the life jacket murach an seaicéad tarrthála bhí mise réidh, murach an seaicéad tarrthála bhí mo chosa niteit looks like curtains for the library is cosúil go bhfuil an leabharlann le dúnadh

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