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Focail chosúla: dozen · half-dozen · dozens · frozen · bat down · lay down · pat down · saw down

dozen

noun MEASdosaen masc4 c m uonly half a dozen people turned up níor tháinig ach leathdhosaen daoine, ní raibh ann ach leathdhosaena few dozen eggs cúpla dosaen uibheachatwo dozen dhá dhosaen€2 a dozen €2 an dosaen

dozens

(also a dozen) nounna scórtha mpl1there are dozens more like that tá na scórtha eile mar sin annI've done it dozens of times tá sé déanta agam go mion minicI have dozens of things to do tá míle rud le déanamh agam

phrases

by the dozen

they're sold by the dozen díoltar an t-uafás acuthey came by the dozen tháinig siad ina sluaite, tháinig siad ina scórthato send e-mails by the dozen na scórtha ríomhphost a chur, moll ríomhphost a chur

to talk ten to the dozen

(also

to talk nineteen to the dozen

) informalshe talks ten to the dozen ní stadann sí de bheith ag caint, ní thagann druidim ar a béal, tá sí ina claibín muilinn

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