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 * when priests have no other lucrative employment, they take their temples to pieces and rebuild them.
 * when priests have no other lucrative employment, they take their temples to pieces and rebuild them.


 * expelled from the monastery.
 * expelled from the monastery.


 * Concave, like the sky.
 * a hollow hemisphere like the sky.
 * a hollow hemisphere like the sky.
 * a hollow hemisphere like the sky.


 * am-bô am-bô nē;
 * convex on the upper surface and concave on the under.


 * do not make it too arching.
 * do not make it too arching.


 * made very concave.
 * made very concave.


 * A garden slug; a snail.
 * two children are trying to make snails fight.
 * two children are trying to make snails fight.
 * two children are trying to make snails fight.


 * snail shells.
 * snail shells.


 * the snails themselves.
 * the snails themselves.


 * Versed in; knowing about.
 * skilled in any craft or art.
 * skilled in any craft or art.
 * skilled in any craft or art.


 * ignorant of the world.
 * ignorant of the world.


 * Obese; fat; dirty.
 * corpulent.
 * corpulent.
 * corpulent.


 * to eat hoggishly.
 * to eat hoggishly.


 * Water in which rice has been boiled.
 * cìm ám;
 * soak in rice-water.
 * soak in rice-water.


 * cîah ám;
 * drink rice-water.


 * Dark; obscure; secret; clandestine; stealthily.
 * it is growing dark.
 * it is growing dark.
 * it is growing dark.


 * at dusk.
 * at dusk.


 * do not come too late in the evening.
 * do not come too late in the evening.


 * misty and dark.
 * misty and dark.


 * utter darkness.
 * utter darkness.


 * midnight darkness.
 * midnight darkness.


 * secretly.
 * secretly.


 * secretly thought.
 * secretly thought.


 * secret compartment.
 * secret compartment.


 * àm húang;
 * secretly ascertain.


 * secretly injure.
 * secretly injure.


 * made a secret sign.
 * made a secret sign.


 * gave a secret signal.
 * gave a secret signal.


 * a visible spear is easily withstood, a secret arrow is hard to guard against.
 * a visible spear is easily withstood, a secret arrow is hard to guard against.


 * vertigo.
 * vertigo.


 * clandestine.
 * clandestine.


 * àm lûn;
 * a concealed spring.


 * àm kau;
 * a covered drain.


 * underhand doings.
 * underhand doings.


 * has this meaning involved in it.
 * has this meaning involved in it.


 * the silent mosquito.
 * the silent mosquito.


 * àm hâh;
 * secretly agreeing.


 * àm ieh;
 * a private understanding.


 * àm-thâu;
 * hades.


 * a hidden pocket.
 * a hidden pocket.


 * secretly went and did it.
 * secretly went and did it.


 * the imagination creates ghosts.
 * the imagination creates ghosts.


 * Are you afraid in the dark?
 * Are you afraid in the dark?


 * Why do you sit where it is so dark?
 * Why do you sit where it is so dark?


 * a private price.
 * a private price.


 * no two prices.
 * no two prices.


 * eat the bread of sorrow.
 * eat the bread of sorrow.


 * had no inconsiderable amount of money privately used up by him.
 * had no inconsiderable amount of money privately used up by him.


 * what is concealed is more than what is manifest.
 * what is concealed is more than what is manifest.


 * what was clandestinely used up.
 * what was clandestinely used up.


 * employ an assassin.
 * employ an assassin.


 * badly lighted.
 * badly lighted.


 * hidden, concealed.
 * hidden, concealed.


 * shut up in the dark.
 * shut up in the dark.


 * The neck; a narrow part of a thing.
 * he went and hung himself, but was rescued by some one, and did not die.
 * he went and hung himself, but was rescued by some one, and did not die.
 * he went and hung himself, but was rescued by some one, and did not die.


 * he was gazing with outstretched neck.
 * he was gazing with outstretched neck.


 * his neck is long and crooked.
 * his neck is long and crooked.


 * weighed down by it so that his neck is awry.
 * weighed down by it so that his neck is awry.


 * cai kio i kùa ăm-ûi;
 * remember to put his bib on him.


 * he wears a rosary around his neck.
 * he wears a rosary around his neck.


 * his neck is rather short.
 * his neck is rather short.


 * he has king's-evil.
 * he has king's-evil.


 * strangle him.
 * strangle him.


 * "Adam's apple."
 * "Adam's apple."


 * he fell and broke his neck.
 * he fell and broke his neck.


 * his neck is short and thick.
 * his neck is short and thick.


 * throttled him.
 * throttled him.


 * he is knocking his head on the ground, and pinching his neck, (as in begging vehemently).
 * he is knocking his head on the ground, and pinching his neck, (as in begging vehemently).


 * lìam ăm;
 * to pinch the neck violently as a counter irritant.


 * a long-necked bottle.
 * a long-necked bottle.


 * he came very near getting his neck cut in two.
 * he came very near getting his neck cut in two.


 * wring the neck of a fowl.
 * wring the neck of a fowl.


 * ăm kṳn tau;
 * a crick in the neck.


 * has goitre.
 * has goitre.


 * To take into the mouth, as for swallowing.
 * What have you got in your mouth?
 * What have you got in your mouth?
 * What have you got in your mouth?


 * it is too big a piece, I cannot take it into my mouth.
 * it is too big a piece, I cannot take it into my mouth.


 * took two at one mouthful.
 * took two at one mouthful.


 * do not take too large mouthfuls.
 * do not take too large mouthfuls.


 * can take it into the mouth, but cannot swallow it.
 * can take it into the mouth, but cannot swallow it.

ang
 * A husband.
 * ; husband and wife.
 * ; husband and wife.
 * ; husband and wife.


 * without husband or sons.
 * without husband or sons.


 * ang-cía kíaⁿ;
 * the young couple.


 * From what place does her husband come?
 * From what place does her husband come?


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 * the