PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá mé as cleachtadh na hoibre, I have lost practice at the work.
Obair, comhrá, sásamh, a bhaint as duine, to get work, conversation, satisfaction, out of s.o.
Bhí sé as obair, gan airgead, le cuthach, he was out of work, without money, in a fury.
Tá ~ air as a chlann, as a chuid oibre, he is proud of his children, of his work.
~ a bhaint as obair, to do a stroke of work.
Duine a choinneáil sa bhaile, ag feitheamh, as a theach, óna chuid oibre, to keep s.o. at home, waiting, out of his house, from his work.
~ a chur as obair, as rud a dhéanamh, to set about a task, about doing sth.
Duine a chur as obair, as a phost, to put s.o. out of work, out of his job.
Éirí as obair, as imirt, to quit work, playing.
~adh as an obair iad, they were laid off the work.
~ean as obair, as imirt, as iomramh, to desist from work, from play, from rowing.
As an ~ a thagann an fhoghlaim, practice makes perfect.
Bheith as ~, to be out of work.
Cuireadh as ~ iad, they were put out of work.
Níor thóg sé ceann as an obair ar feadh an lae, he remained bent over his work all day.