# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 07
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
bàn : table [CL cái]; tableful
bàn tay : hand
bàn chân : foot
cái : object, thing, [CL for most nouns denoting inaminate things]
chán : to have had enough of, to get sick and tired of; to be boring, dull
chân : foot, leg
bàn chân : foot
ngón chân : toe
có chân (trong) : to be a member (of)
chú / chớ : but, and
dành : to disput, fight over, to claim
dành lại : to wrest, claim
dành riêng : to reserve (cho = for)
dàng : to offer (as a tribute or gift), submit (to a king or god)
đắp : to pile up, pack (earth, stone), to construct (a mound, dike, road); to fill up (a lack, gap)
xây đắp : to build up
đem : to take, bring along
độc lập : to be independent / independence [CL nền]
đời : life, existence; generation
ghét : to hate
hay : or
lắm : very, quite
nên : therefore, as a result, consequently
cho nên : therefore, as a result
nền : foundation, basis, [CL for nouns denoting institutions]
nền dân chủ : democracy
nền độc lập : independence
Nga : Russia, Russian
ngón : finger, toe
ngón chân : finger
ngón tay : toe
nô lệ : slave; slavery; slave's
phải : to be correct, right / correctly, rightly
rồi : to finish / already; then
vừa rồi : to be recent; recently
rồi đây : later, in the future
Tàu : China; Chinese
tay : hand, arm
bàn tay : hand
ngón tay : finger
thích : to like, be fond of
tự do : to be free; freedom [CL nền]
xây : to build, construct
xây đắp : to build, construct
yêu : to love
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