High Stakes and Heartstrings: The Poker Night That Mattered

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High Stakes and Heartstrings: The Poker Night That Mattered

FluentFiction - Irish

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High Stakes and Heartstrings: The Poker Night That Mattered

Fluent Fiction - Irish: High Stakes and Heartstrings: The Poker Night That Mattered
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Story Transcript:

Ga: Oíche fhliuch D’ollmhain, bhí an chathair ag labhairt ina cuid scáthanna agus scéalta.
En: On a wet night in D’ollmhain, the city was speaking in its shadows and stories.

Ga: Bhí boladh na deatach toiteána le brath sa seomra dorcha, agus bhí ceo éadrom ag báisteach na sráideanna taobh amuigh, ag meabhrú ar Halloween.
En: The smell of smoke lingered in the dark room, and a light mist rained on the streets outside, reminiscent of Halloween.

Ga: Bhí Niamh agus Cian ina suí os comhair a chéile ag bord poker.
En: Niamh and Cian were sitting across from each other at a poker table.

Ga: Bhí imní Niamh ina croí, ach bhí fonn ar a aghaidh.
En: Niamh had anxiety in her heart, but determination on her face.

Ga: Bhí séasúr caisleáin scáile ag gobadh amach taobh amuigh, fós bhí teine istigh ina shúile.
En: The season of shadow castles loomed outside, yet there was a fire inside her eyes.

Ga: Níor tháinig sí anseo don chluiche amháin.
En: She hadn't come here just for the game.

Ga: Bhí gá aici leis an mbua seo.
En: She needed this win.

Ga: Airgead, chun a teach a chaomhnú.
En: Money, to save her house.

Ga: Ach ar an láimh eile, bhí Cian, a cara chomh fada siar is a d’fhéadfadh sí a mheabhrú, ann.
En: But on the other hand, there was Cian, her friend for as long as she could remember.

Ga: Bhí Cian i gátar chomh maith.
En: Cian was in trouble too.

Ga: Bhí sé ag breathnú síos, ag iarraidh a bheith calma, ach is dócha gur thuig sé féin freisin an tábhacht.
En: He sat looking down, trying to remain calm, but likely understood the significance himself.

Ga: Bhí na cártaí curtha amach ar an mbord.
En: The cards were laid out on the table.

Ga: Phreab croí Niamh nuair a d’amharc sí orthu.
En: Niamh's heart jumped when she looked at them.

Ga: Bhí lámh mhaith aici.
En: She had a good hand.

Ga: B’fhéidir lámh ar a bhféadfadh sí bua a thógáil.
En: Maybe a hand that could win.

Ga: Bhí sé in am cinneadh a dhéanamh.
En: It was time to make a decision.

Ga: D’ardaigh sí a ceann, ag féachaint ar Chian.
En: She raised her head, looking at Cian.

Ga: Bhí súil aige, an tsúil bheag sin a rinne sí a thuiscint i gcónaí.
En: He had that look, the little look that always made her understand him.

Ga: Bhí sé ag blafaireacht.
En: He was bluffing.

Ga: Níor amhlaidh an pléisiúr ionraic a bhain sé as cluichí mar seo faoi ghnáthchoinníollacha, ach rud eile bhí ann.
En: It wasn't the genuine pleasure he usually took from games like this under normal conditions, but something else.

Ga: D’fhéach Niamh ar a cártaí arís.
En: Niamh looked at her cards again.

Ga: Anois bhí sé in am rogha a dhéanamh.
En: Now it was time to choose.

Ga: Dul “all-in” nó an cairt a thitim.
En: Go "all-in" or fold.

Ga: D’fhéadfadh bua seo a fhuascailt, ach d’fhéadfadh sé an lámh dheireanach a bhaint de Chian.
En: This win could redeem, but it could also take away Cian's last hand.

Ga: Bhí a fhios aici.
En: She knew it.

Ga: D’fheicfeadh sí an t-athrú éadrom ina shúile.
En: She would see the slight change in his eyes.

Ga: Cé mhéad rudaí a bhí tábhachtach di, níos mó ná airgead.
En: So many things were important to her, more than money.

Ga: D’aontaigh a croí nach mbeadh sí breá léi féin má chuir sí...