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 worth a cash.
 * tâk ŭ kúi kâi ngṳn̂;
 * worth several dollars.


 * hía tâk ío ke, cía tâk ío cìe;
 * that is worth more than this is.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ tâk a m̄ tâk?
 * Do you think it worth that?


 * úa thóiⁿ li sît căi kham tâk;
 * consider it really worth its price.


 * cía tâk bô̤ cîⁿ-thih kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * this is not worth a copper.


 * koi-n̆ng ío tâk ŭ lâk kâi cîⁿ;
 * to have borne you is of loss benefit than to lay an egg, for a egg is worth six cash.


 * To calculate; to estimate; to reckon.
 * chúi chêng tâk lí; chúi-tâk chêng-lí;
 * to think out the correct method.
 * to think out the correct method.


 * tîeh lĭang-tâk ka-kī kâi lâk cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤;
 * must make a correct estimate of your own strength before beginning the job.


 * khuah káu m̄ hó chek-tâk;
 * so wide that it cannot bo measured.


 * lĭang jîp tâk chut;
 * reckon the income and the outlays.


 * To take up in order; successively.
 * lṳ́ hó̤ tâk î tâk jī tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;
 * you take up the heads one by one in their order and recite them to me.
 * you take up the heads one by one in their order and recite them to me.


 * tâk kâ tâk kâi to kìⁿ cheng-chó̤ lío;
 * they are all recoi'ded, in their order.


 * sìo, tâk jît sǹg;
 * reckon the accounts, as taken day by day.


 * Noxious, poisonous, hurtful, destructive, baneful, malevolent; a poison, a virus, a baneful exudation.
 * i kâi sim tâk căi;
 * his feelings are very malicious.
 * his feelings are very malicious.


 * ak-tâk;
 * malignant.


 * íⁿ tâk kong tâk;
 * counteract one poison with another.


 * cía mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ;
 * this case is one in which a person has poisoned himself in order to unjustly implicate another in a charge of murder, it is not a real case of murder.


 * hôk-tâk;
 * suicide by poisoning.


 * cía cìⁿ sĭ cìm tâk îeh kâi : īa sĭ khṳt cía tâk cìⁿ sīa tîeh cū sí;
 * this arrow is one that has been sleeped in poison: if you are hit by a poisoned arrow you will die.


 * put jím hĭa tâk-chíu;
 * cannot endure the thought of such a destructive act.


 * pńg sĭ àiⁿ tâk sí káu, tì kàu tâk sí tîeh nâng;
 * meant to poison a dog, and eventually poisoned a person.


 * i kâi tâk-khì cē hwt cū o̤h ui;
 * if once the poison takes effect it is difficult to counteract it.


 * seⁿ tâk mûeh;
 * has scrofulous or syphilitic ulcers.


 * cûa ŭ kâi tâk, ŭ kâi bŏi;
 * some serpents are poisonous, and some are not.


 * tâk kùe sí-cûa;
 * more poisonous than a viper.


 * tîeh ēng ngṳ̂n-khì lâi kehh tīo i kâi tâk hueh;
 * must use a silver instrument to scrape off the poisoned blood.


 * lap tîeh tâk;
 * poisoned by syphilitic virus.


 * cíkâi ŏi kói-sú tâk;
 * this is an antidote to poison.


 * i in-ūi tòng tâk tì-kàu sàng sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * she lost her life through having been inoculated with a poisonous virus.


 * i sĭ hó̤ ì a sĭ tâk ì?
 * Are his designs good or bad?


 * kam-cháu ŏi kói peh tâk;
 * liquorice is an antidote to all sorts of poisons.


 * kim-ngṳ̂n-hue lêk-tāu sĭ ŏi sio tâk kâi mûeh;
 * honeysuckles and peas will dissipate poison that is in the system.


 * tâk thâng;
 * poisonous reptiles.


 * ngó tâk;
 * all sorts of poisonous creatures.

tam


 * To bear, to sustain, to un ertake, to be responsible for, to offer security.
 * úa kio lṳ́ tam-pó̤;
 * I will go bail for you.
 * I will go bail for you.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ sĭ úa tam jīn;
 * whatever happens I will be responsible it.


 * i tam-sim căi;
 * he is terribly apprehensive.


 * tam-sêng;
 * to guarantee; to warrant; to insure.


 * i m̄ káⁿ tam-sêng, úa cū káⁿ tam-sêng;
 * if he will not venture to guarantee it, then I will.


 * tī-tîang káⁿ tam-tng cía sṳ̄?
 * Who dare undertake this?


 * ŭ sṳ̄ úa tam-tài;
 * if any trouble comes out of it, I will take the responsibility.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ tam-tāⁿ úa;
 * do not you fail to fulfill the appointment; do not disappoint me.


 * tam chî, bô̤ tam-gō;
 * may be delayed, but shall not fail altogether in carrying out the arrangement.


 * cièⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ khṳt i tam-gō khṳ̀;
 * it seems that we have depended on him to our cost; he has apparently failed to carry out his part in the plan.


 * ŏi cò̤-nî, i tam-sêng căi tit phû?
 * If anything happens, how can he sustain the responsibility he has assumed?


 * cí kâi tam-sêng m̄ phû, tîeh chíaⁿ kâi tam-sêng tit phû kâi lâi tam-sêng;
 * this one is not one who can stand as security against loss to us, and we must ask some one who is competent to do so to guarantee it.


 * To obstruct; to prevent.
 * tam-ko̤h;
 * to retard; to delay.
 * to retard; to delay.


 * chíaⁿ kio i tam-ko̤h māng cē;
 * please slow off a little.


 * tam-gō;
 * to thwart by delay, to put off.


 * tam-gō kàu kùe sî-hāu;
 * procrastinated till the time for it had passed.


 * tam-ĭen ke kúi jît;
 * put off for a few days longer.


 * kio i tam cē, màiⁿ khah méⁿ;
 * retard it a little, do not do it too rapidly.


 * To dip and wet, as a pen in ink.
 * bâk cúi màiⁿ tàm khah lông;
 * do not take to much ink in your pen.
 * do not take to much ink in your pen.


 * pit tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ tàm ke cêk ē bâk;
 * you must dip your pen in the ink once more.


 * cúa khin-khin lô̤h khṳ̀ tàm cē