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(Ar seisean), Tá cúig phunta, cúig mhíle dhéag de phuntaí de thíocht isteach aici sa bhliain.
He said, "She has five pounds, fifteen thousand pounds of income per year".
Chuir siad geall eile.
They placed another bet.
Cén geall a chuirfeas tú?
"What will you bet?"
Goidé an sórt deis theacht i dtír atá agad?.
"What kind of means have you to live on?"
le haghaidh a chuild shaibhreas
in terms of his wealth
dúirt fear acu go dtiontófadh sé ar ais, le haghaidh an t-airgead
one of them said he would turn back, on account of the money
tá sé ag fáil pinsean
he's getting a pension
teannta
a choinneál i n-a theannta, to keep it together (money), not to spend any of it
deachmhaidh
airigead deachmhaidh, tithes money
cúrsaí
ach cúrsaí airigead dó, bhí neart aige, but as for money, he had plenty of it. as regards
séan
(it was in the prophecy) go séanfá do bhó héin ar do dhoras héin, that you would deny your own cow at your own door (people may do this to qualify for state assistance) deny
pointeáiltí
exact, tight in money matters, (even) mean
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