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LESSON CXLIII.

盆 phûn; a basin. 閒 ôiⁿ; leisure; unoccupied. 游 îu; idle; rove and enjoy. 稅 sùe; rent; duties on goods. 租 co; rent; income. 緄 kún; trim; bind; cord.

選 sẃn; choose; select. 擇 tɵ̂h; pick out; prefer. 振 cín; stimulate; rouse. 振 * tin; joggle; stir. 復 hôk; again; return. 圖 tô; map; plan.

1 mīn phûn. îu hìⁿ. 2 ôiⁿ tī; ôiⁿ mûeh; ôiⁿ ūe; ôiⁿ sʉ̄; ôiⁿ nâng; ŭ ôiⁿ. 3 îu chíu hàuⁿ ôiⁿ. 4 úa m̄ kẃn nâng kâi ôiⁿ sʉ̄. úa m̄ ôiⁿ. 5 ôiⁿ sĭ ôiⁿ hui. 6 sùe phò. sùe kẃn. 7 siu tī sùe. cí īeⁿ mûeh àiⁿ kùe sùe ēng jîeh cōi cîⁿ? 8 cí koiⁿ chù sĭ ka kī kâi a sĭ sùe kâi? tī tô. 9 siu hâng co. lú̵ ŭ jîeh cōi koiⁿ hâng phò co nâng? 10 i cêk nî toaⁿ toaⁿ siu co n̂gn cĭu ŭ câp bw̄n. 11 àiⁿ kún o. kún tîo. kún pĭⁿ, kún kim pĭⁿ. 12 sẃn tɵ̂h kâi ngía kâi. 13 che cîⁿ bw̄n sẃn. 14 tô̵h cheng khih cheng khih. 15 lʉ́ tɵ̂h tī cêk kâi? 16 cûn co. hôk seⁿ, hôk ûah. 17 ui cín sì hái. tăi cín ke siaⁿ. 18 mài tin tăng. hûe hôk. 19 chíu bŏi tin tăng.

1 A wash basin. Frequent theatres. 2 Vacant ground; unused thing; idle talk; trifling; idler; at leisure. 3 The idler loves to loaf about. 4 I have nothing to do with their foolishness. I am busy. 5 It is idle gossip. 6 Rent a shop. Custom-house. 7 Collect ground rent. How much is the duty on this article? 8 Is this house your own or is it hired? An atlas. 9 Collect store-rent. How many shops have you rented to people? 10 In a year he receives a hundred thousand dollars of rents alone. 11 Will bind it with black. Trimming. Braid for trimming. Trim with gold braid. 12 Pick out a pretty one. 13 One good cash in ten thousand. 14 Pick it over till it is clean. 15 Which do you prefer? 16 Boat-hire. Return to life. 17 He is one who can arouse the whole country. His energy has made his family famous. 18 Don't stir. Return an answer. 19 Cannot move his hands.