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LESSON CXXXVIII.

可 * thang; the wherewith. 針 cam; needel; pin. 暑 sú; summer heat. 䌜 * nn̂g; to hem; overstitch. 䌜 nîap; to darn; fell. 縫 * thīⁿ; sew; baste.

渴 kuah; thirsty; dry. 吞 thun; swallow; gulp. 嚼 * pō; chew; ruminate. 剃 thì; shave. 臨 lîm; lîam; while; come to. 織 * chiah; crochet; knit.

1 pùaⁿ sìn, pùaⁿ gî. 2 úa bɵ̂ thang hɵ́ hâiⁿ. 3 bɵ̂ thang ēng, tîeh lâi bói. 4 bɵ̂ thang hɵ́ chẽng. 5 bɵ̂ thang hɵ́ cɵ̀. 6 ŭ thang cîah, ŭ thang ēng. 7 cam khang, cam búe. 8 sî pie cam, sî ceng cam. 9 cam pō khah tn̂g; mài chiah hìeⁿ tn̂g. 10 phang chì. huang hŏ cam. hâng sú cam. cam tùi. 11 cí kúi kù cʉ sĭ cam tùi kuaⁿ hú sueh. kau cam. 12 cí cieⁿ cu̵ kâi ì kio tŏiⁿ it cieⁿ kâi ì cam tùi. 13 cam phīⁿ. chng cam. 14 hâng lâi sú úang. 15 sĭu sú. sieⁿ sú. 16 sú khì. khʉ̀ sú. 17 âu ta; âu kuah. thì thâu. 18 cí kuah; kói kuah. pō mî. 19 kîam cúi âu ta nâng cîah. 20 thun lɵ̂h khù̵. thun m̄ lɵ̂h. 21 thun lîap îeh îⁿ. thì tɵ. 22 lîam kuah khʉ̀ kût céⁿ. 23 chiah lâi ngía căi.

1 Half believing, half doubting. 2 I have not the wherewith to pay. 3 If you have not what you need use, you must buy some. 4 Not wherewith to be clothed. 5 Nothing to do it with. 6 Something to eat and to use. 7 Eye and point of a needle. 8 Hand of a watch and clock. 9 The stitches are too long; do not take them so long. 10 Sting of a bee. Barometer. Thermometer. Identical. 11 These sentences are indicative of the official words. Backstitch. 12 The meaning of this chapter elucidates that of the first. 13 Eye of needle. Thread a needle. 14 Heat and cold alternate. 15 Sun-stroke. Injured by the heat. 16 Sultry heat. Cooling. 17 Thirsty. Shave the head. 18 Quench thirst. Chew fine. 19 The thirsty will drink any water- 20 Swallow it. Could not swallow. 21 Swallow a pill. Razor. 22 Wait till thirsty, then dig a well. 23 It is very neatly stitched.