Ceist bheag A dhaoine córa, ceist bheag agam oraibh. Chonaic mé fógra siopa agus bhí "sluisithe" scríofa air (i measc rudaí eile). Is bia/deoch é, chomh fada le mo thuiscint, ach cad é go díreach a chiallaíonn sé sin?

Beirt mhanaigh lá amháin (aistriúchán dílis) Bhí an ghaoth ag sianaíl an oíche sin agus bhí sé ag cur is ag báistigh Buaileadh an doras, d'oscail mé é láithreach Manach fliuch báite a bhí ann Lig mé isteach é. Chuir mé ina shuí ag an tábla é Agus bhí sé ina thost Chuir mé tae amach dó Ach buaileadh cnag ar an doras uair amháin eile. Bhí an manach céanna ina sheasamh sa doras Agus d'amharc sé suas orm: "Tabhair dídean domh don oíche anocht, chuaigh mé ar strae!" Ach ansin dúirt mé leis: "Nach bhfuil ciall ar bith do náire agat! Nach dána an mhaise duit a bheith ag magadh fúm?" Agus dúirt sé liom: "Tá aithne agat orm, bhuail mé isteach i do theach aréir." Dhún mé an doras agus aoibh an gháire orm, níor lig mé isteach sa teach é: "Níl mé róthógtha leis, tá cleas níos fearr ná sin agat!" Shiúil mé ar ais teach agus bhain an radharc geit asam: Bhí m'aoi le muga tae ina shuí ansin Chonaic mé é... agus mé féin féin taobh leis (2x) (c) "Rí agus Abhlóir" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ucLgGYEJ66E Liricí: http://korol-i-shut.su/songs/text/dva-monaha-v-odnu-noch.html

"Ещё южнее" in English Hi! Let's say you're showing someone a map and want them to find a certain place on it. They point to Nottingham, then to Oxford, but you want them to find Southampton. So what would you say? "Even southerner"? "Even more southern"? "Even more to the south"? Something else?

There's only so long There's a quote by Jude Law I've come across, "Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage." Could someone please rephrase the "there's only so long you can go from film to film" part for me? Am I right thinking it means something like "An actor can be in cinematography for a limited amount of time" (after which most turn to theatre). I'm just not sure I understand this construction correctly (or at all). И если вы вдруг говорите по-русски — подскажите, пожалуйста, как это правильно перевести?

Dry law Hi everyone! Could someone please tell me, is there a specific way in English to refer to a ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages? In Russian we have the term "сухой закон" (lit. "dry law"), but the English Wikipedia article on the topic calls it "prohibition", which is, as far as I understand, rather a broad term that can refer to some other bans as well. It's just that I'm trying to say "Они рассматривали возможность введения сухого закона", but I'm not sure the literal translation, "They were considering the possibility of introducing a dry law", would work, and it seems to me that "They were considering imposing prohibition" doesn't speak for itself and it's not clear I'm talking about alcohol here. Or does it? What are some better ways to say it?

"Éa" pronunciation Hello everyone! I know it's probably a very insignificant thing, but I'm doing spelling exercises (trying to write down words "by ear"), and there are a few things I don't quite understand. As for this one, I'm not even sure it's a correct observation, maybe I'm just mishearing it for some reason, but I can't confirm it by myself so I'd really appreciate it if you could explain it to me. So, my question is: could that be that "éa" can stand for slightly different sounds in different environments? It's just that it seems to me that the same person is pronouncing it in at least two ways. When he said "céanna", it sounded like /ˈcʲeː(ə)n̪ˠə/, but when he said "téann siad" it was more like /tʲeːjən̪ˠ ʃiəd̪ˠ/, it sounded kind of longer and with this distinct /j/ sound. So I'm just wondering, why is that? Is there a rule I should know or maybe it's just a natural individual variation in pronunciation and I shouldn't worry about it and can pronounce it as [eː(ə)] in both words?

Lá na Spásaireachta Bhí Lá na Spásaireachta ann inné — tá naoi mbliana is caoga imithe ón lá a chuaigh an chéad fhear sa spás. Bhuel, sílim go bhfuil aithne ag gach duine ar Yury Gagarin, ach an bhfuil a fhios agaibh cérbh é Sergei Korolev? Tá súil agam go bhfuil a fhios agaibh, mar gurbh eisean a rinne an obair innealtóireachta go léir. Ba phríomhinnealtóir an chláir spáis sin é. Nuair a bhí mé i mo scoláire, deireadh ollamh de mo chuid arís agus arís: "mar a dúirt Sergei Korolev, "is é cúram an príomhinnealtóra dearadh an mhodheolaíocht, agus is an príomhinnealtóir atá i bhfeighil an chórais sábháilteachta, ó thaobh na moráltachta agus dlíthiúlachta de. Ná bímis ag ceapadh go gcuirfidh sibh dallamullóg ar saol: déanaigí faillí i rud éigin agus feicfidh sibh go millfidh sé gach rud in antráth." Focail eagnaí; bhí an-chliste Korolev, níl aon amhras faoi. Ach déanta na fírinne, ní raibh sé chomh leadránach i gcónaí: ná déanaimis dearmad gurbh é an duine céanna a maíomh go daingean "Tá talamh daingean ag an ghealach" nuair a bhí eolaithe Sóivéadacha eile in amhras faoi seo roimh an chéad shiúlóid ar an ngealach (conas faoin spéir a bheadh a fhios aige sin, arsa sibhse? bhuel, ní raibh a fhios aige sin go cinnte, ach b'fhiú é a thriail). Ar aon nós, rinne sé obair mhór ar son spásaireachta agus eolaíochta, agus tá cuid dár gcuimhne tuillte aige chomh maith. Ach maidir le Yury Gagarin, anseo féadann sibh agallamh leis a fheiceál — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvAe7_GjJM (Dála an scéil, nach Béarla an-mhaith ag an t-aistritheoir Sóivéadach? Ba bhreá liom bheith ábalta aistriú ó Rúisis chomh furasta lá éigin) *Brón orm, tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an nóta seo lán de bhotúin, ach chuaigh mé amú ar fad i bhfochlásail agus rudaí eile...

Regift A very small question: can I use the word "regift" as a verb? For example, can I say "She regifted me the same thing I gave her yesterday"? Does it sound OK?

An tuiseal gairmeach Cuidígí liom, a dhaoine uaisle! Fan, a strainséir ghalánta, ná himigh! Éist liom, a bhuachaill bhig! Go raibh maith agaibh as teacht, a dhaoine córa. Éirigh, a chodlatáin, tá sé a naoi a chlog ar maidin! Cad é mar a mhothaíonn tú, a chara chléibh? Cois, a éin amaidigh! Bainigí do lámha di, bithiúnacha suaracha! Bí i do shuí, a aoi chroí.   Rith, a bhanphrionsa álainn, tá tú i gcontúirt bháis! Cén míniú atá agaibh ar seo, a chomrádaithe?