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Focail chosúla: queue-jump · squeeze up · square up · budge up · cue up · eye up · free up · gee up · gunge up · juice up
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queue

1 noun also TELECOM, COMP line waitingscuaine fem4  c m uciú masc4  c m uthere were queues at all the gates bhí scuainí ag na geataí ar fadwe stood in a queue for half an hour sheasamar i scuaine ar feadh leathuaire, bhíomar leathuair i scuainethey were asked to form a queue iarradh orthu dul i scuaineshe joined a queue for tickets chuaigh sí i scuaine le ticéid a fháilwe went to the end of the queue chuamar go bun na scuaine, chuamar go cúl na scuainehe was at the front of the queue (also he was at the head of the queue) bhí sé ag tosach na scuaine, bhí sé ag ceann an chiúthere was a queue to get in bhí scuaine ag fanacht le dul isteachthere were long bus queues bhí scuainí fada ag fanacht ar bhusannaqueues of traffic scuainí tráchta, scuaidríní tráchta 2 (also queue up) verb wait in line INTRANSITIVEbheith i scuainetéigh i gciúciúáil verb  c m uhe was queuing for food bhí sé i scuaine le bia a fháilpeople were queuing to get in bhí daoine i scuaine le dul isteach, bhí daoine ag ciúáil le dul isteach
Taispeáin iontráil iomlán 
3 verb COMP store tasks in order TRANSITIVEciúáil verb  c m uthe messages will be queued ciúálfar na teachtaireachtaí, cuirfear na teachtaireachtaí i scuaine
phrases

join the queue

informalní tú an chéad duineYou want a payrise? Join the queue! Tá tú ag iarraidh ardú pá? Tá, agus go leor eile romhat!; Tá tú ag iarraidh ardú pá? Nach bhfuilimid uilig!
phrasal verbs

queue up

(v + adv) 1 wait in line INTRANSITIVEbheith i scuainetéigh i scuaineciúáil verb  c m ushe was queuing up for a ticket bhí sí ag ciúáil le haghaidh ticéid 2 be eager INTRANSITIVEbheith ar bioragents are queuing up to sign him tá gníomhairí ar bior ag iarraidh é a shíniúteams are queuing up for her tá scuaine foireann ina diaidh