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4 benevolent.
 * your daughter.
 * your daughter.


 * many thanks for your great kindness.
 * many thanks for your great kindness.


 * blind love.
 * blind love.


 * lovable.
 * lovable.


 * lovely.
 * lovely.


 * love others as well as yourself.
 * love others as well as yourself.


 * love people rather than things.
 * love people rather than things.


 * love in reality rather than in appearance.
 * love in reality rather than in appearance.


 * ài mîn jîak cṳ́;
 * loved the people as if they were his children.


 * too indulgent affection.
 * too indulgent affection.


 * sparing of time.
 * sparing of time.


 * A defile; a pass.
 * a gorge.
 * a gorge.
 * a gorge.


 * a dangerous pass.
 * a dangerous pass.


 * A mother; one's mother.
 * it is his mother.
 * it is his mother.
 * it is his mother.


 * an own mother.
 * an own mother.


 * a step-mother.
 * a step-mother.


 * ăi-ă;
 * an exclamation denoting surprise.
 * an exclamation denoting surprise.

 àiⁿaiⁿ [sic]


 * To desire, to wish, to long for; about to, ready to, on the point of.
 * Do you want it or not?
 * Do you want it or not?
 * Do you want it or not?


 * he wants to but I will not.
 * he wants to but I will not.


 * as for wanting it I want it, but I cannot have it.
 * as for wanting it I want it, but I cannot have it.


 * it is what my heart desires.
 * it is what my heart desires.


 * ; màiⁿ;
 * does not want it.


 * i àiⁿ lâi;
 * he is about to come.


 * i ;
 * he is about to go.


 * Are you going to return to you native land yet?
 * Are you going to return to you native land yet?


 * he is going to make it.
 * he is going to make it.


 * he said he should go.
 * he said he should go.


 * I will come and get it.
 * I will come and get it.


 * What does he want?
 * What does he want?


 * he is going to build a house.
 * he is going to build a house.


 * he is bent upon it.
 * he is bent upon it.


 * he fixedly desires it.
 * he fixedly desires it.


 * he especially wishes it to be made thus.
 * he especially wishes it to be made thus.


 * i kù-ì aiⁿàiⁿ [sic] lâi;
 * he is set upon coming.


 * he desires it in his heart, but dare not say so.
 * he desires it in his heart, but dare not say so.


 * Do you wish to?
 * Do you wish to?

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 * To water, by pouring from above.
 * to water flowers.
 * to water flowers.
 * to water flowers.


 * to wet by pouring on water.
 * to wet by pouring on water.


 * wet by the rain.
 * wet by the rain.


 * To seize, to arrest, to gripe.
 * pursued him to that point and there caught him.
 * pursued him to that point and there caught him.
 * pursued him to that point and there caught him.


 * caught him by the cue.
 * caught him by the cue.


 * caught at and came very near missing it.
 * caught at and came very near missing it.


 * Evil, vile, wicked, iniquitous.
 * the wicked.
 * the wicked.
 * the wicked.


 * wickedness.
 * wickedness.


 * all sorts of crimes.
 * all sorts of crimes.


 * ak sôk;
 * evil ways, ; great crimes.


 * ak căi;
 * very wicked.


 * malicious.
 * malicious.


 * venomous.
 * venomous.


 * heap up iniquity.
 * heap up iniquity.


 * vicious looking.
 * vicious looking.


 * wickedness brings its own retribution.
 * wickedness brings its own retribution.


 * where there is no iniquity, there is no fear.
 * where there is no iniquity, there is no fear.


 * more malignant than a serpent.
 * more malignant than a serpent.


 * wise sons of wicked fathers.
 * wise sons of wicked fathers.


 * virulent disease.
 * virulent disease.


 * sim cṳ̂, mău ak;
 * a gentle heart under a savage exterior.


 * the wicked extripate the wicked.
 * the wicked extripate the wicked.


 * their wickedness reaches to the heavens.
 * their wickedness reaches to the heavens.


 * obscene talk.
 * obscene talk.


 * To quiet, to calm, to pacify.
 * allay fear.
 * allay fear.
 * allay fear.


 * tell his mother to boil two cats' eggs with which to quiet his alarm.
 * tell his mother to boil two cats' eggs with which to quiet his alarm.


 * he is the one who must go, then they will be pacified, no one else can tranquilize them.
 * he is the one who must go, then they will be pacified, no one else can tranquilize them.


 * To terminate; to stop.
 * to bring to a standstill.
 * to bring to a standstill.
 * to bring to a standstill.


 * to put a stop to.
 * to put a stop to.


 * repress iniquity and encourage righteousness.
 * repress iniquity and encourage righteousness.


 * To repress, to restrain, to abate; else, moreover.
 * to stop.
 * to stop.
 * to stop.


 * irked.
 * irked.


 * to repress.
 * to repress.


 * could not curb it.
 * could not curb it.


 * could not restrain it.
 * could not restrain it.


 * restrain him.
 * restrain him.


 * could not himself control it.
 * could not himself control it.


 * play fast and loose with.
 * play fast and loose with.


 * should it be.
 * should it be.


 * should it be thus.
 * should it be thus.


 * should he come, then I need not go.
 * should he come, then I need not go.


 * Should there be that kind, how many do you want?
 * Should there be that kind, how many do you want?

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 * A religious house; a Buddhist temple.
 * a convent or monastery.
 * a convent or monastery.
 * a convent or monastery.


 * monastic estalishmentsestablishments [sic].
 * monastic estalishmentsestablishments [sic].


 * a nunnery.
 * a nunnery.


 * a monastery.
 * a monastery.


 * to become a monk or a nun.
 * to become a monk or a nun.


 * our wretched hermitage.
 * our wretched hermitage.


 * in religious
 * in religious