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 * 1) What does he say?
 * 2) He says he has no money.
 * 3) Give him a little.
 * 4) Can you read?
 * 5) I can't read.
 * 6) Request the teacher to come.
 * 7) What is your honourable name?
 * 8) (To an inferior.) What is your name?
 * 9) Can you talk Chinese?
 * 10) I can.
 * 11) I am a Chinaman.
 * 12) He is an Englishman.
 * 13) You are not a native of the place.
 * 14) He is a man from Swatow.
 * 15) There are plenty of Chinaman at Singapore.
 * 16) Do you like this? (lit. is it good?)
 * 17) Do you like being here?
 * 18) I do (like it).
 * 19) Tell him to go back.
 * 20) Seize this man.
 * 21) Has he been doing anything wrong?
 * 22) He is a thief.
 * 23) What has he stolen?
 * 24) He has stolen nothing just now.
 * 25) Has he struck anybody?
 * 26) He has: he's a dangerous man.
 * 27) He has been doing something wrong.
 * 28) He ought to be punished.
 * 29) Take him to prison for a fortnight.
 * 30) Afterwards give him twenty blows.
 * 31) When he has been beaten, let him go.
 * 32) Warn him not to get into trouble (again).