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 been blown down by the wind.
 * cang kha thak tó̤;
 * kicked it over.


 * lô̤h kú hŏ, chîeⁿ tó̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * the wall fell after a long rain.


 * pûah-tó̤ tŏ̤ thô-tī;
 * fell prostrate upon the ground.


 * kîaⁿ lío lŏi-lŏi tó̤;
 * staggered as if about to fall.


 * tîeh lâi tú cìaⁿ bo̤ĭ tó̤;
 * must brace it up then it won't fall.


 * kâi lâu lōi-lōi, àiⁿ tó̤ àiⁿ tó̤;
 * the tower is toppling and about to fall.


 * khṳt i tiak tó̤ khṳ̀;
 * was hit and knocked down by him.


 * lîah-tó̤ cū phah;
 * seized, threw down, and beat.


 * hì-pêⁿ tó̤ lío tăⁿ sieⁿ nŏ̤ nâng;
 * the stage fell and injured two persouspersons [sic] by crushing them.


 * The ground which forms the floor of a house.
 * sàu tò̤;
 * sweep the floor.
 * sweep the floor.


 * sie lûn sàu tò̤;
 * take turns in cleaning the floor.


 * Can; may; able to do.
 * úa thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * I do not understand it when I hear it.
 * I do not understand it when I hear it.


 * úa tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * I do not know what to say.


 * i cò̤ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * he does not know how to do it.


 * jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * cannot identify it.


 * To turn over, or upside down; to pour out; to invert; to subvert; on the contrary.
 * tò̤ cho̤h tê lâi;
 * pour out some tea.
 * pour out some tea.


 * sieh nâng tò̤ chin-chĭeⁿ hēng nâng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * loves people and appears as it he hated them.


 * màiⁿ tin-tò̤ pàng;
 * do not set it upside down.


 * i tŏ chù téng tin-tò̤-thâu sût-lô̤h lâi;
 * he fell head foremost from the roof.


 * sua-pà kîaⁿ lío tò̤-thām tò̤-thām nē;
 * kept slipping backward when walking on the sand bank.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tò̤ m̄-hó̤;
 * it is all spoilt again.


 * tò̤ cín, tò̤ în;
 * to buy wine and oil.


 * tōa kâi tin-tò̤ m̄ pat, sòi kâi tin-tò̤ pat;
 * the eldest did not know it, while on the contrary the younger one did.


 * tò̤-póiⁿ kùe lâi;
 * invert it.


 * tò̤-thâh khṳ̀;
 * piled them in reverse order.


 * tin-tò̤ tàⁿ; tò̤ tàⁿ;
 * reversed the order of the words in speaking.


 * tò̤ kîaⁿ;
 * went backward.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tin-tò̤ kîaⁿ hn̆g;
 * that is retrograding very much.


 * tò̤ khap lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * made the imprint bottom upward.


 * i tò̤-thò̤;
 * he drew back.


 * i tò̤-thò̤ jîp khṳ̀;
 * she withdrew into the house.


 * kè tò̤-thût;
 * he came down in the price.


 * tò̤ cíe;
 * came down to less.


 * tò̤ kíam;
 * diminish the amount demanded.


 * hó̤ kâi li kè tò̤ kíam, m̄-hó̤ kâi li kè tò̤ kûiⁿ;
 * fixed the lower price on the best ones, and the higher price on the poor ones.


 * tò̤ chah jîp khṳ̀;
 * stuck it in wrong end first.


 * kîu tò̤-tīe khui lâi;
 * the ball rebounded.


 * mn̂g sĭ tò̤-khui chut khṳ̀;
 * the door swung outward instead of inward.


 * i tó̤ tò̤-khô̤;
 * she declines to take it at the price she brought him to accept.


 * khṳt i tò̤ hîam;
 * was reproved by him in return.


 * tò̤-kiu;
 * to draw back.


 * tò̤ tńg;
 * to turn back.


 * tò̤-thò̤ kîaⁿ;
 * to walk backwards.


 * tò̤-wn khṳ̀;
 * went by a round-about way.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ tò̤ tīo;
 * take it and pour it off.


 * lîah lâi tò̤-tìo;
 * seize him, and hang him head downwards.


 * hùe-mûeh taⁿ tò̤ lâi pôih khṳ̀;
 * the goods are now being taken back to the place they were brought from.


 * tah lío tò̤-céng;
 * after putting it on the swelling still increased.


 * buah lío tò̤-thìaⁿ;
 * after anointing it, the pain began again.


 * i kâi tùi-lîn tin-tò̤ tìo;
 * his scrolls are hung wrong end upward.


 * tò̤-sáng khṳ̀;
 * grew thin again.


 * hŏ cheⁿ tò̤;
 * the rain is falling heavily again.


 * hŏ li cheⁿ-khûang tò̤;
 * the rain is again falling in torrents.


 * saⁿ táu kaⁿ-ná tò̤ bô̤ lîap jîp hĭⁿ;
 * of his three pecks of olives, I do not put one in my ear; I do not believe one word in a hundred of all that he speaks.


 * cē tò̤ cek cū cai;
 * reckon backwards and you will know; calculate what is gone by and you will see what is to come.


 * jī màiⁿ tò̤-sía;
 * do not write the letters in a reversed order.


 * i kâi cṳ sêk kàu ŏi tin-tò̤-thâu līam;
 * his lesson is so well learned that he can recite it backwards.


 * màiⁿ tò̤ cêk-koiⁿ cúi;
 * do not spill the water all over everything.


 * The left.
 * tò̤ kha;
 * the left foot.
 * the left foot.


 * tò̤ mâk;
 * the left eye.


 * tò̤ chíu pôiⁿ;
 * on the left hand.


 * si1a tò̤ chíu jī;
 * write left-handed.


 * lîm tò̤ chíu tṳ̄;
 * use the chopsticks in the left hand.


 * tò̤ chíu phiang;
 * left-handed.


 * tò̤ chíu sng, ūaⁿ kùe cìaⁿ chíu, cìaⁿ chíu sng, ūaⁿ kùe tò̤ chíu;
 * when one hand aches change it to the other.


 * To conceal one's self; to hide away; to skulk; to escape; to shun.
 * tô̤-síam put kîp, khṳ̄t i sīa tîeh;
 * did not dodge quickly enough, and was hit by his arrow.
 * did not dodge quickly enough, and was hit by his arrow.


 * tô̤-pī m̄ lī, khṳt i thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * could not dodge out of sight and was seen by him.


 * i ka-kī tô̤-bûa, cang pât nâng kio i tàⁿ ūe;
 * he himself kept out of sight, and had some one else conduct the negociationnegotiation [sic].


 * tô̤-pī tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
 * slipped away to one side.


 * tô̤-pī m̄ khṳ̀;
 * could not escape it.


 * tô̤ cè;
 * to evade one's creditors; take leg bail.


 * To abscond; to elude search; to desert; to flee; to escape; to hide; skulking.
 * tô̤-cáu;
 * to run away.
 * to run away.


 * i cêng kúai-tô̤ nâng kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * she has abducred people's child-