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LESSON CXXIV.

ka; shear; clip. ka; pivot; hasp. ai; sorrow; woful. līo; estimate; strass; stuff. chîo; dynasty; facing. cio; early.

khĕng; rainbow. bîh; splints; slats. ngîap; patrimony; trade. sʉ̄; scholar; statesman. tha; that; other. ui; majesty; awful.

1 cai cŭe. jīn cŭe. 2 ka to̵. ka pò. ka saⁿ khò. 3 i ŏi ka ŏi cɵ̀. cêk cho. 4 lãi tɵ kuah cúi m tn̆g. 5 bûa ka tɵ phah sɵ́ sî. 6 hũi khì cn̂g kai pit khʉ̀. 7 i ɵ̂h chùi ɵ̂h cîh. 8 lʉ́ mài ɵ̂h īeⁿ ɵ̂h sìeⁿ. 9 àiⁿ ɵ̂h sía jī pit soiⁿ tîeh ɵ̂h bîe. 10 bói cêk peh ki thih teng. 11 ai khàu. ai ẁn kâi siaⁿ. 12 thâu khàu, thâu khîu. 13 ai cʉ́. ai ai pě bɵ́. 14 ai khîu. cìo līo. 15 līo lí. līo sʉ̄ jû kìⁿ. 16 put chut úa sɵ́ līo. 17 bé līo. put līo. cʉ̆ līo. 18 kiaⁿ līo. līo khì. 19 chân līo. îeh līo. sek līo. 20 līo mûeh. lân līo. 21 cʉ̆ līo cɵ̀ m̄ lâi. 22 cá chîo. cɵ́ chîo. 23 chîo kìⁿ. pńg chîo. 24 chîo pâng. chîo hôk. 25 cɵ̆ tang chîo sai. 26 nɵ̆ nâng cɵ̆ sie chîo. 27 sʉ̄ ngîap; ke ngîap.

1 Aware of his sin. Confess sin. 2 Scissors. Cut cloth. Cut out clothes. 3 She can cut and fit. In a trice. 4 No knife will divide water. 5 Preparing to do mischief. 6 The crockery is all cracked. 7 He mimics them. 8 Don't you imitate him. 9 If you would learn to write, you must first learn tracing. 10 Buy a hundred nails. 11 Weeping. A piteous wailing. 12 Crying while she besought. 13 Motherless bairn. Alas, my parents. 14 Supplicate. To oversee. 15 Manage. You will find it so. 16 It is no more than I expected. 17 Provender. Unforeseen. I think. 18 Best sort of strass. Imitation stone. 19 Fertilizers. Drugs. Coloring stuff. 20 Materials. It is hard to say. 21 I think it cannot be done. 22 Ancient dynasties. Hold court. 23 Go to court. Our dynasty. 24 Audience room. Court dress. 25 Sit on the east facing west. 26 The two sit facing each other. 27 Employment; estate.