PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ le hobair, taken up with work.
Tá sé ~ le hobair chrua, he is inured to hard work.
Duine a fhostú (ar feadh tréimhse, le hobair a dhéanamh), to hire s.o. (for a period, to do a job).
Bheith ~ le hobair, to be behindhand with work.
~ le hobair, le foghlaim, inclination to work, to learn.
Le h~ a fuair mé uaidh é, I had difficulty in getting it from him.
Duine a thuar le haimsir, le hobair, to accustom s.o. to climate, to work.