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PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a bhaint as caint, a dhéanamh de chaint, to make sense out of what is said; to draw a conclusion from what is said.
Duine a bhaint, to draw s.o. out; to anger s.o.
Níl siad ach ag ~t asat, they are only drawing you out, pulling your leg.
~ a bhaint as tine, to draw out embers from front of fire.
Scéal a bhfuil ~ air, long-drawn-out, silly, story.
~ a bhaint as rud, to draw out, prolong, sth.
Osna fhada, long-drawn-out sigh.
Scéal ~, long-drawn-out story.
Osna fhadchumhach, long-drawn-out, lonesome, sigh.
Scéal an ghamhna bhuí, long-drawn-out story; tale of a tub, idle fiction.
~ leis, you are taking too long at it, drawing it out.
Rud a ligean chun leadráin, to let sth. become long drawn out.
déan ~ chapaill de, dont make a long-drawn-out story of it.
Scéal a righniú, to draw out a story.
~ an chaipín deirg, an ghamhna bhuí, mhadra na n-ocht gcos; ~ ó Shamhain go Bealtaine, long-drawn-out story, rambling tale.
Scéal a sheadú, to draw out a story.
2. Dul chun ~ le rud, to carry sth. too far; to make a long-drawn-out story of sth.
~ a dhéanamh de scéal, to draw out a story; to tell a story in a tedious, boring, manner.
~ a bhaint as focal, to draw out, drawl out, a word.
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