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Description - Pick me up!
Colin, desperate for cash, and moonlighting as 'Colin's Cabs' has to pick people up by following their descriptions. Here's how the customers describe themselves.

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What do you look like?Cad é an chuma atá ort?
I have got grey hair and black trousersTá gruaig liath agus brístí dubha orm
I have got blond hair and a red coatTá gruaig fhionn agus cóta dearg orm
I have got black hair and a white jumperTá gruaig dhubh agus geansaí bán orm
I have got ginger hair and a yellow coatTá gruaig rua agus cóta buí orm
I have got blond hair and a green shirtTá gruaig fhionn agus léine ghlas orm
I have got grey hair and a white skirtTá gruaig liath agus sciorta bán orm
I have got black hair and a red shirtTá gruaig dhubh agus léine dhearg orm
I have got brown hair and green trousersTá gruaig dhonn agus brístí glasa orm
I have got blond hair and a black coatTá gruaig fhionn agus cóta dubh orm
I have got ginger hair and a white shirtTá gruaig rua agus léine bhán orm
I have got brown hair and yellow trousersTá gruaig dhonn agus brístí buí orm
I have got blond hair and a black shirtTá gruaig fhionn agus léine dhubh orm
I have got black hair and a red coatTá gruaig dhubh agus cóta dearg orm
I have got grey hair and a green shirtTá gruaig liath agus léine ghlas orm
I have got brown hair and red trousersTá gruaig dhonn agus brístí dearga orm

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She has got brown hair, a red shirt and black trousersTá gruaig dhonn uirthi, léine dhearg agus brístí dubha
She has got ginger hair, a green coat and black trousersTá gruaig rua uirthi, cóta glas agus brístí dubha
She has got grey hair, a yellow shirt and red trousersTá gruaig liath uirthi, léine bhuí agus brístí dearga
She has got blond hair, a white jumper and red trousersTá gruaig fhionn uirthi, geansaí bán agus brístí dearga
She has got black hair, a yellow jumper and green trousersTá gruaig dhubh uirthi, geansaí buí agus brístí glasa

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He has got brown hair, a white shirt and red trousers Tá gruaig dhonn air, léine bhán agus brístí dearga
He has got ginger hair, a green shirt and white trousersTá gruaig rua air, léine ghlas agus brístí bána
He has got grey hair, black trousers and a green jumperTá gruaig liath air, brístí dubha agus geansaí glas
He has got blond hair, black trousers and a yellow shirtTá gruaig fhionn air, brístí dubha agus léine bhuí
He has got black hair, a green shirt and yellow trousersTá gruaig dhubh air, léine ghlas agus brístí buí


footnotes "orm" = on me
"ort" = on you (singular)
"air" = on him
"uirthi" = on her
"orainn" = on us
"oraibh" = on you (plural)
"orthu" = on them

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