PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a bhrostú, to urge s.o. to get a move on.
Bhí sise ag tabhairt córais dó, she was urging him on.
Capall a ghríosú, to urge on a horse.
An ~ a choinneáil, a choimeád, leis, ina dhiaidh, to keep calling after him, chasing him, urging him on; to raise a hue and cry after him.
3. Bhí siad ag ~úint air dul abhaile, they were urging him to go home.
Tá sé ar ~ chun cainte, he is ready to talk freely, has an urge to speak.
Ag muinniú agus ag saighdeadh an ghasúir, urging and inciting the boy (to mischief).
~ a chur i mba, to urge on cows.
An ~ siúil a chur faoi dhuine, to urge s.o. on his way; to send s.o. on his travels.
2. Bhí siad ag tathant orm ~chtaint lena gcois, they were urging me to come along with them.