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 LESSON CVII.

弓 keng; a bow; a measure. 箭 cìⁿ; arrow; bowshot. 拉 la; pull; tug; drag. 射 sīa; shoot; spurt. 獵 lâh; hunt; the chase. 農 lông; agriculture. 鬼 kúi; ghost; a spirit. 魔 mɵ̂; demon. 屐 kîah; clogs. 桅 ûi; mast. 舵 tŏa; tăi; rudder, 猶 îu; even; so; rather.

1 i chong chong cĭu khʉ̀. 2 bɵ̂ lói. lông hu; lông jìn. 3 i cɵ̀ i tīam tĩam khʉ̀. 4 i tīam tīam tàⁿ cêk jît. 5 i cɵ̀ i tīam tīam tàⁿ, m̄ kù pât nâng. 6 úa pàng i tīam tīam tàⁿ kàu ŵn. lâh káu. 7 thiⁿ tīam tīam lɵ̂h hŏ. 8 la múa keng. la cŭ. 9 khui ngě keng. hɵ́ cìⁿ. 10 jîeh cōi keng põ. 11 híang keng híang cìⁿ. 12 khui keng m̄ pàng cìⁿ. 13 cí ki keng khah tăng, la m̄ khui. húe cìⁿ. 14 pùaⁿ nâng, pùaⁿ kúi. 15 á wn cí kâi keng. 16 lông ke. lah jîn. 17 bé cìⁿ. phah lâh. 18 põ cìⁿ. mɵ̂ kúi. 19 pàng né cìⁿ. tăi kong. 20 cêk cìⁿ kâi tī. sīa cìⁿ. 21 kuang im sʉ̆ cìⁿ. 22 àm cìⁿ sieⁿ nâng. 23 jît íaⁿ sīa jîp lâi. 24 sĩa tîeh cêk ciah cío. 25 phâng cún. ûi búe.

1 He went hurriedly off. 2 Uncivil. A farmer. 3 He went right along. 4 He talked on the whole day. 5 He talked right on without regard to any one else. 6 I let him talk right on till he had done. Hunting dog. 7 It rains incessantly. 8 Draw a bow. Hold fast. 9 Draw a stiff bow. Good shot. 10 How many bowshots is it? 11 A whizzing bow and arrow. 12 Empty threats. 13 This bow is too heavy, I can't draw it. A rocket. 14 Half man, half devil. 15 Bend this bow. 16 Agriculturalists. Sportsman. 17 Mounted bowmen. To hunt. 18 Unmounted bowmen. Evil spirit. 19 Shoot at a venture. Helmsman. 20 A bowshot. Shoot arrows. 21 Time flies like an arrow. 22 To secretly injure. 23 The sunshine streamed in. 24 Shot a bird. 25 Sailing vessels. The mast head.