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about adverb

  /əˈbaʊ̯t/ , /əˈbuːt/ , /əˈbɛʊ̯/ , /əˈbɛʊ̯t/ , [əˈboʊ̯t] , [əˈbɐʊ̯t] , [əˈbɛʊ̯t] , [əˈbɛʊ̯ʔ] , [əˈbɵu̯t] , [əˈbʌʊ̯t]
  • On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150]
  • Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down. [from before 1150]
 thart

about preposition

  /əˈbaʊ̯t/ , /əˈbuːt/ , /əˈbɛʊ̯/ , /əˈbɛʊ̯t/ , [əˈboʊ̯t] , [əˈbɐʊ̯t] , [əˈbɛʊ̯t] , [əˈbɛʊ̯ʔ] , [əˈbɵu̯t] , [əˈbʌʊ̯t]
  • (with present participle, obsolete, or, dialect) On the point or verge of.
  • (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of. [from ca. 1350–1470]
 ar tí
  • Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place. [from ca. 1350–1470]
 i dtrátha
  • In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. [from before 1150]
 timpeall, um
what about
agus
about to
ar tí
about time
is mithid
set about
ionsaigh, scaoil faoi
much ado about nothing
duifean mór ar bheagán fearthainne, glór mór ar bheagán cúise, mórán cainte ar bheagán cúise
nothing to write home about
cuibheasach gan a bheith maíteach
go about
bí i mbun
put about
scaip
something to write home about
thar mholadh beirte
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