# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 09
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
bàn : to discuss, deliberate (đến or về = about)
bắn : to fire, shoot (vào = at)
biết : to know; to know how to
bớt : to subtract, reduce, cut down
cả : to be or act or have wholly; there is wholly; all, the whole, completely; there is also; also, even
cả đến : even
đến cả : even
cây : plant, tree, [CL for names of plants and stick-like objects]
cây số : milestone; kilometer
chẳng : to be not; to do not
cũ : to be used, old
đại bác : cannon [CL khẩu]
đến : to come (to), arrive (at); at, to, until, up to
từ ... đến ... : from ... to ...
Đông Đức : East Germany
Đông Kinh : Tokyo
đương cục : authorities [CL nhà]
gần : to be near
gần đây : not far from here; recently
gì : what?, anything
ít : to be or have little, few; there is little, there are few; to act to a small degree, act only rarely; at least
ít nhất : at least
ít nhiều : a little, a few, some
ít ra : at least
khác : to be other, different; to differ from
hai nước khác : two other countries
hai nước khác nhau : two different countries
lại : to act contrary to expectation
Luân Đôn : London
lượm : to pick up, gather (news, etc.), have (results, etc.)
mặt : face, side, hand, respect
có mặt : to be present
thay mặt (cho) : to represent, speak for
mới : to be new; to have just recently happened
mới đây : recently, lately
Nga : Russia; Russian
Nga Sô : Soviet Russia
ngầm : to act secretly
ngỏ : to be open (of a door); to open, reveal, express
nguyên tử : atom; atomic
nhà : [CL for experts]
Nhật Bản : Japan; Japanese
nhiều : to be or have much or many; there is much, there are many; to act much or often
nhiền nhất : at most
ít nhiều : a little, a few, some
quan sát : to observe
quan sát viên : observer
số : figure, digit, number [CL con]; sum, amount, quantity
cây số : kilometer
sư đoàn : (army) division, corps
Tây Đức : West Germany
thay thế : to replace, substitute for
thêm : to add (vào = to), do or have in addition
thôi : to stop, cease, quit (doing something); that's all
mà thôi : that's all
tới : to come, arrive; to come to, arrive at; until, up to
từ ... tới ... : from ... to ....
trái : to act contrary to, be contrary to; wrong, left, wrongly
trái lại : on the contrary
bên (tay) trái : (on, to) the left-hand side
phải trái : right and wrong
tiệt thoái : (of troops) to withdraw
tuyên bố : to declare, announce, state
từ : to leave, from
từ ... đến ... : from ... to ...
viên : [CL for officials, officers, etc.], suffix denoting agents or actors, -er
biên tập viên : editor
quan sát viên : observer
xa : to be far, far away
gần xa : far and wide
xa gần : far and wide
ý : thought, idea, intention, opinion
để ý : to notice, pay attention (đến or tới = to)
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