lost
1 personcaillte adj3 cmu we were lost bhíomar caillte, bhíomar imithe ar strae, bhíomar imithe amú he got lost on the way chuaigh sé ar strae ar an mbealach, chuaigh sé amú ar an mbealachget lost all is not lost níl deireadh caillte fósní fíon faoi lár é get lost! 1 dismissing what sb saysan ag magadh atá tú?bíodh ciall agat!éist leat! to give sth/sb up for lost 1 assume sb is dead we'd given them up for lost bhíomar cinnte go raibh siad caillte, ní raibh aon súil againn go raibh siad fós beo, bhí deireadh dúile bainte againn díobh lost for words he was lost for words níor fágadh focal aige, fágadh ina staic é, rinneadh stangaire de she stared at him, lost for words stán sí air gan focal féin fanta aici lost on sb the humour of the poem was lost on her níor léir di an greann sa dán, bhí sí dall ar an ngreann sa dán, chuaigh an greann sa dán amú uirthi lost without sth/sb I'd be lost without her bheinn caillte gan í, bheinn caillte murach í, bheinn caillte dá huireasa he feels lost without his computer airíonn sé caillte gan a ríomhaire to make up lost ground (also nó to recover lost ground) an bhris a thabhairt isteach not lost on sb the irony wasn't lost on them ba mhaith ba léir dóibh an íoróin, ní dheachaigh an íoróin amú orthu Loading phrases and examples...
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