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100 will be one hundred cash a day.
 * 1) You had better rest here. The road is long, and before you get home you will be tired.
 * 2) You should not say, the sailors dragged the rope along, but you should say, the sailors hauled on the towline; this is right.
 * 3) He truly suffers a great deal. We pity him, but have no way of helping him.
 * 4) He did this on purpose.
 * 5) This burden is too heavy.
 * 6) Tell them to go on first, after a while I will follow them.
 * 7) Formerly there were no foreigners in China, now there are many business men and missionaries.
 * 8) Wait a little, I have almost finished reading this chapter.
 * 9) All men wondered at His teaching, for He taught as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
 * 10) There was ascribe who came to him and said “Master, whithersoever thou goest, I will follow thee”.

XVIII.
 * 1) There is no other Savior.
 * 2) I could not sleep all the night.
 * 3) Is this convenient?
 * 4) It is not certain whether he will come or not.
 * 5) You certainly must return home. I hear that your father so wishes, and it will be better for you to help him than to be a student.
 * 6) Take an umbrella when it is fine, and if it rains it will be convenient to use.
 * 7) It is not convenient to go today, but there is help for it.
 * 8) He cannot read, so I have not engaged him.
 * 9) 9 Were these clothes ready made? Yes, they were ready made.
 * 10) That child is very amiable.
 * 11) Perhaps those books which cannot be found, are on the top of the cupboard. Have you looked there?
 * 12) These plates are very precious, and you must not lose one of them.
 * 13) Do not press this parcel too tightly, lest its contents be broken.
 * 14) These boards are very dirty, you ought to wash them clean.
 * 15) Jesus answered them, “Do you suppose that the sin of these Galileans was greater than that of all the Galileans, that they suffered this calamity?”

XIX.
 * 1) Will this do? No, it will not, as it does not fit.
 * 2) I have no time to gossip with you.
 * 3) There is not enough paper. Add too [sic] sheets.
 * 4) Be careful, lest the glass of the window breaks.
 * 5) Very good, just add a little salt, and it will be good to eat.
 * 6) It has not rained for a very long time, and the Mandarin has forbidden the killing of animals.
 * 7) This rice is spoilt, throw it away! Even the chickens won't