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96 his meaning is good.
 * 1) This soup is very insipid. I want a little salt.
 * 2) When you have finished writing that character, please bring the book to me here.
 * 3) This sentence is wrong.
 * 4) Bring a little boiling water and make tea.
 * 5) Please go on first, and tell him that I am coming soon.
 * 6) You are walking too slow, please walk a little faster.
 * 7) Sugar is sweet, soup made of meat is salt.
 * 8) I am a little deaf Please speak a little slower.

VIII.
 * 1) Who did this?
 * 2) How will it be next year?
 * 3) Bring two sheets of paper (with you).
 * 4) This stone is two [sic] large, it will not do.
 * 5) These clothes are mildewed. When the sun shines, take them out to dry in the sun.
 * 6) The red cloth must not be sunned, it must be aired, lest the red colour fades.
 * 7) This child can not walk, please carry him on your back.
 * 8) One man cannot carry this box.
 * 9) This knife is not sharp.
 * 10) This teapot is expensive.
 * 11) Please come in and sit down. Don’t stand on ceremony?
 * 12) How many loads of water can he carry in a day? Sixteen.
 * 13) The day before yesterday I bought a pumelo, we peeled it and ate it.
 * 14) Small months have 29 days, large months 30 days.
 * 15) We embark tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock.

IX.
 * 1) We have worship every morning at eight o’clock.
 * 2) He will come tomorrow evening.
 * 3) Don’t let him know.
 * 4) I will now tell you.
 * 5) He will return before long.
 * 6) In a quarter of an hour, at one o’clock, we have our dinner.
 * 7) It will be better to go now. In the evening it is dark.
 * 8) Jesus came down to save men.
 * 9) When will he arrive? On the third of the First Month.
 * 10) It is cooler today, will you come over to supper to-night.
 * 11) I am asking Mrs. Li to come to tea this afternoon at 5 o’clock.
 * 12) What time did you get up? I got up this morning at seven o’clock.
 * 13) In the winter this place is cold, while it is too hot in the summer.
 * 14) We have evidence that his conduct is bad.
 * 15) You must scour the brass and scrub the table.

X.
 * 1) Each man has his own house.
 * 2) Jesus died for us on the cross.
 * 3) Both the men are below.
 * 4) Never mind, tell him to come on Tuesday.
 * 5) Last Wednesday was the 7th of the First Month.
 * 6) He