ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ orm ag an obair seo, I am tied down to this work.
Cheansaigh an obair, an saol, é, work, life, tamed him, calmed him down.
I dtosach mo dhreasa, just as I was getting down to work.
Do dhroim a chromadh, to bend one’s back; to get down to work.
Oibreacha, muileann, a dhúnadh, to close down works, a mill.
~ na hoibre a chur ort féin, to bend one’s back to the work, to get down to it.
Luí chun na hoibre, to get down to the work.
Seadú in obair, to settle down to a job of work.