Work      - Obair   

 

Jobs

Saothar            - work, job 

Rí       - king

Cigire          – inspector

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Working hard

Ag dhul féadú              – going at it hard

a'dhul dó           -  going hard at it

a'roundáil           - busy working with something

a'dhul dó gur mhalair sé é             - he kept working at it until it was finished

a'rúscadh            - busy working on something

Fuair sé a lán bhoilg uaidh            - he overcome a difficult task

Fuair sé an wire deireadh air            - he finished the work

Fuair sé chomh cruaí é leis a'cat a d'ith a'tongs            - he overcame a difficult task

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Avoiding work 

a'sioscadh is a'caint              - talking and putting someone off their work

Ní bheadh sé a'déanamh oir'd leis an duine eile            - he wouldn't be doing as much as the other person

Ní bheadh sé ag imeacht a'chomh tiuf' leis an duine eile           - he wouldn't be going as fast as the other guy

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The homeless 

Trumpa         - a tramp

Bacach         – a beggar

Fánadóir           - wanderer, vagrant