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51 ments must all be washed. 
 * 1) My horse has short hair, but my hair is long.
 * 2) The dollar only changes at 1050 cash.
 * 3) When you have finished writing your letter, please return my pen and ink.
 * 4) Please bring the matches and light the lamp.
 * 5) The bread must be baked this morning. I have four guests coming to dinner.
 * 6) The girls’ school is higher up, this is a boy’s school.
 * 7) Tell the cook to call four chair coolies.
 * 8) The lady wants to know if you are willing to bring your child to school.
 * 9) You must look for your pencils yourself, when you have found them come and tell me.
 * 10) I have not found my pencils, but I have found your knife.

 LESSON XI.


 * 野 iā: very
 * 俊 cóng: fine, nice
 * 和 huò: peace
 * 倍 buôi: times
 * 越 uŏk, [sic] 莽 muōng: sign of comparative
 * 樣 iông: a pattern, kind
 * 及 gĭk: to reach to
 * 雙 sĕ̤ng: double
 * 深 chĭng: deep
 * 淺 chiēng: shallow
 * 高 gèng: high
 * 矮 ā̤: low, of small stature
 * 生 săng: to beget
 * 生 chăng: raw, unseasoned
 * 毛拿 mò̤-niăh, [sic] 不如 bók-ṳ̀: not equal to
 * 故輸 gó-siŏ - [sic]: loses by comparison
 * 熟 sṳ̆k: ripe, familiar
 * 圓 ièng: round
 * 比 bī: compared with
 * 如 ṳ̀: like
 * 斤 gṳ̆ng: catty, a Chinese pound
 * 尺 chióh: foot
 * 寸 cháung: an inch
 * 慈悲 cṳ̀-pĭ: merciful
 * 清潔 táh-gáik: clean
 * 清楚 chĭng-chū: clear
 * 聰明 chŭng-mìng: clever
 * 智慧 dé-hîe: wisdom
 * 向換 hióng-uâng: in that manner
 * 口音 kēu-ĭng: pronunciation
 * 只滿 cī-muāng: so very
 * 一㮼墻 siŏh-siéng chiòng: a wall
 * 一㮼門 siŏh-siéng muòng: a door