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1 thoughtsmaoineamh masc1 cmu that's a good idea! sin smaoineamh maith!, an-smaoineamh é sin! what an idea! a leithéid de smaoineamh! he had a brilliant idea bhuail smaoineamh iontach é I got an idea for a novel tháinig smaoineamh chugam le haghaidh úrscéil he's the ideas man is eisean fear na smaointe, sin é fear na cruthaitheachta she's a woman of ideas bean mhór smaointe is ea í to be full of ideas (also nó to be bursting with ideas) bheith lán le smaointe it wasn't my idea! ní mise a smaoinigh air!, ní mise a chuimhnigh air! whose idea was it to get the train? cé a dúirt gur cheart dul ar an traein?, cé a mhol dul ar an traein? the idea never entered my head that you'd do it níor smaoinigh mé riamh go ndéanfá é, is beag a shíl mé go ndéanfá é I hate the idea that ... goilleann sé orm go ...; is oth liom go ... he suddenly had the idea of leaving home go tobann rith sé leis an baile a fhágáil, shocraigh sé go tobann go bhfágfadh sé an baile he couldn't bear the idea of losing her ní fhéadfadh sé an saol a shamhlú gan í I like the idea of spending the winter in Spain is maith liom an smaoineamh sin an geimhreadh a chaitheamh sa Spáinn what gave you the idea of starting a business? cad é a chuir i do cheann gnó a bhunú?, céard a spreag thú le gnó a bhunú?have the bright idea of doing sth to get the idea do you get the idea? an dtuigeann tú?, an bhfeiceann tú an rud atá i gceist? I got the general idea thug mé bunús an scéil liom, thuig mé bunús an scéil we got the idea that she wasn't too happy chonacthas dúinn nach raibh sí róshásta I got the idea that he'd be here today tuigeadh dom go mbeadh sé anseo inniu, cheap mé go mbeadh sé anseo inniu she got the idea into her head that I was against her chuir sí ina ceann é go raibh mé ina haghaidh to get ideas nóisin a bheith agat don't get any ideas about the two of us! ná bíodh aon nóisin agat faoin mbeirt againne! to get the wrong idea don't get the wrong idea ná bíodh dul amú ort, ná bain an chiall chontráilte as seo I wouldn't want you getting the wrong idea about this níor mhaith liom go mbeadh míthuiscint ort faoi seo to have an idea (also nó to have a good idea) I had an idea he'd do that bhí tuairim agam go ndéanfadh sé é sin, bhí barúil agam go ndéanfadh sé é sin we had a good idea that something happened bhí barúil mhaith againn gur tharla rud éigin to have the bright idea of doing sth (also nó to come up with the bright idea of doing sth) usually used ironicallyúsáid íorónta who had the bright idea of doing that? cé aige a raibh an smaoineamh iontach é sin a dhéanamh?, cén t-amadán a smaoinigh air sin? sb has the right idea the French have the right idea tá an ceart ar fad ag na Francaigh it's a good idea to do sth (also nó it's not a bad idea to do sth; it might be an idea to do sth) it's a good idea to book it in advance is maith an smaoineamh é a chur in áirithe roimh ré, is maith is fiú é a chur in áirithe roimh ré it mightn't be a bad idea to speak to her first b'fhéidir nár mhiste labhairt léi ar dtús it wasn't a good idea for you to eat all that chocolate b'amaideach an mhaise duit an tseacláid sin uilig a ithe to put ideas into sb's head (also nó to give sb ideas) smaointe a chur i gceann duine she put the idea into my head ise a chuir i mo cheann é, ise a chuir chuige mé sb's idea of a joke is this someone's idea of a joke? an síleann duine éigin go bhfuil sé seo greannmhar?, an gceapann duine éigin go bhfuil sé seo barrúil? that's an idea (also nó there's an idea; that's not a bad idea) sin smaoineamh maith now there's an idea, Pádraig anois atá tú ag caint, a Phádraig; sin smaoineamh le dealramh, a Phádraig; ní drochsmaoineamh é sin, a Phádraig that's the idea 1 saying action is correct 'Do I sign here?' 'That's the idea.' 'An gcuirfidh mé m'ainm anseo?' 'Sin é é.' the idea! (also nó the very idea!) a leithéid! She said that? The very idea! Dúirt sí é sin? A leithéid! what's the idea? (also nó what's the big idea?) cén diabhal atá ort?cén fáth a ndearna tú é sin?cad é a thug ort é sin a dhéanamh? where did you get that idea? (also nó what gave you that idea?) cá bhfuair tú an tuairim sin?cad é a chuir an smaoineamh sin i do cheann? where did you get the idea that I did it? cén fáth ar cheap tú gur mise a rinne é? you have no idea! it was very difficult, you have no idea bhí sé an-deacair, níl barúil agat; bhí sé an-deacair, ní thuigfeá go brách é; ní chreidfeá cé chomh deacair agus a bhí sé Loading phrases and examples...
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