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LESSON CXXIII

îaⁿ; camp; military. îong; plan; cast about. ki; secret; moving power. kui; machine; loom. sîap; ooze; divulge. cè; debt; freight.

hak; ɵ̂h; learn. sîp; practice: used to. sī; make known. jíam; lîam; moustache. nî; a nun. phûa; an old wife.

1 kòi khui mêng pêh. 2 ēng kòi hām hāi nâng. 3 kāng kòi jîeh cōi? 4 àm kòi. îaⁿ pûaⁿ. 5 kòi sǹg hɵ́, cìaⁿ lâi. 6 îaⁿ pâng. jîp îaⁿ tng piaⁿ. 7 thau îaⁿ. keng îong. 8 îong seⁿ. îong ûi. 9 mîa ke keng îong. 10 kun ki. chia kui thâu. 11 ki hŭe. ki khì. 12 ki bât. thien ki. chia kui. 13 kìⁿ ki. ki pêh pò. 14 ēng cĭn sim ki. 15 cit pò kui. cêk kui pò. 16 sū̵ ki sîap lāu. 17 sîap tîeh khì. cè cú. 18 thien ki m̄ hɵ́ sîap lāu. cè kíaⁿ. 19 khìam cè su hâiⁿ cè. 20 pàng cè. cíu cè. 21 cîⁿ cè sòi kù. 22 hâk sîp. khui ɵ̂h. 23 ɵ̂h bú; ɵ̂h tn̂g; ɵ̂h kuaⁿ; lʉ́ ɵ̂h tit pat, mē? 24 kà sī. nî ko. tau lâu. 25 lău phûa. lău a phûa.

1 Compute it exactly. 2 Use a malicious stratagem. 3 How much altogether? 4 A dark plot. A camp. 5 Decide upon it, then come. 6 Barracks. Enlist as a soldier. 7 Surprise a camp. Shrewd. 8 Get a living. Attend to business. 9 Fertile in ways and means. 10 Army tactics. A chain pump. 11 Opportunities. Machine. 12 Occult. Destiny. Lathe. 13 Improve the chance. Long cloth. 14 Use every device to attain it. 15 A loom. A web of cloth. 16 The plan has leaked out. 17 Lost its savour. Creditor. 18 Should not divulge the designs of heaven. Debtor. 19 Debts must be paid. 20 Shave notes. Tavern score. 21 The debt is of little consequence. 22 Learn. Begin to study. 23 Practice military exercises; school-room; superintendent of schools; can you learn? 24 Educate. A nun. Detain. 25 The wife. My good woman.