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(also nó favor) 1 sth to helpgar masc1 cmu to do sb a favour gar a dhéanamh do dhuine, soilíos a dhéanamh do dhuine to ask sb a favour gar a iarraidh ar dhuine to return a favour to sb an comhar a dhíol le duine I'll return the favour cúiteoidh mé an chomaoin leat kindly do me the favour of not saying that word ar mhiste leat gan an focal sin a rá?do me a favournot to do yourself any favoursnot to do sb any favours 6 support, approve of transitiveaistreachbheith i bhfabharbheith i bhfách le cmu I don't favour that approach níl mé i bhfabhar an chur chuige sin, níl mé i bhfách leis an gcur chuige sin we favour a complete ban táimid ar son cosc iomlán, b'fhearr linn cosc iomlán do me a favour! (also nó do us a favour! informalneamhfhoirmeálta) éist do bhéal!lig as!leag as! in favour of sth/sb 1 supporting, agreeing withi bhfabhar ruda/duine I'm in favour of the proposal tá mé i bhfabhar an mholta, tá mé i bhfách leis an moladh I'm all in favour of that tá mé ag teacht go hiomlán leis sin they voted in favour of the change vótáil siad ar son an athraithe the court found in favour of the plaintiff (also nó the court ruled in favour of the plaintiff) rialaigh an chúirt i bhfabhar an ghearánaí, bhí breith na cúirte leis an ngearánaí they came down in favour of the motion shocraigh siad tacú leis an rún in sb's favour 1 to sb's advantagei bhfabhar duinei leith duinear son duine she changed her will in his favour d'athraigh sí a huacht ina fhabhar, d'athraigh sí a tiomna ina leith that's a point in her favour sin pointe ar a son, sin rud maith fúithi we had the wind in our favour bhí cóir na gaoithe linn he's got everything in his favour tá gach sórt ag rith leis the delay might work in our favour b'fhéidir go mbeadh an mhoill ina cúnamh againn, b'fhéidir go ndéanfadh an mhoill leas dúinn, b'fhéidir go rachadh an mhoill chun sochair dúinn not to do yourself any favours you'll not do yourself any favours if you speak like that ní dhéanfaidh tú aon mhaith duit féin má labhraíonn tú mar sin, ní dhéanfaidh tú sochar ar bith duit féin má labhraíonn tú mar sin not to do sb any favours the photograph doesn't do her any favours ní haon mhaise uirthi an grianghraf, tá droch-chuma uirthi sa ghrianghraf Loading phrases and examples...
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