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VOCABULARY.
| A. | |
| Ability | Leng gahn. |
| Able to, to be | Oy. |
| Accounts, to make up | Sung seeow. |
| Accuse, to | Kaw. |
| Advantage | Yeeah. |
| 'Afraid, to be | P'ah: keesh-way; khyoong-way. |
| Afternoon | A-kwah. |
| Afterwards | Ow-li. |
| Again | Teng-gwah; dzi. |
| Agreement | Hahp-dahng. |
| Ague, fever and | Kwah-dzooah-pang. |
| All | Loong-dzoong. |
| Already | Ee-keng. |
| Also | Yeeah. |
| Although | Sooee-dzyen. |
| Amah | Ah-baw. |
| America | Mooee-kok. |
| Amuse oneself, to | Koy boon; koy ts'o. |
| Anchor, to | P'ah teng. |
| Anchor, to weigh | Khesay teng. |
| Animals | Sang-khow. |
| Angry, to get | Seeoo khee; sang khee, |
| Another | Paht-gi; kay-gi. |
| Answer, an | Hooay-jee; hooay-seen. |
| Anything | Simmy. |
| Ask, to | Mung. |
| Ask leave of absence, to | Kaw kay. |
| B. | |
| Bad | M haw; ahk. |
| Bag | Taw. |