# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 12
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
Á Châu : the Asian continent, Asia
Âu Châu : the European continent, Europe
Bá Linh : Berlin
cách : manner, way, method, fashion
tìm cách : to try to, seek to, endeavor to
cản trở : to hinder, obstruct, prevent
chứng tỏ : to prove, demonstrate
cố gắng : effort
cộng đồng : common, collective; community
cùng : to follow; with, and
cùng nhau : with one another, together
duy trì : to maintain
đàn áp : to repress, quell, suppress
đất đai : territory
đầu hàng : to surrender, submit
Đông Âu : Eastern Europe
đủ : to be sufficient, have enough
không đủ : not to have enough, lack
Đức : Germany; German
gần : to be near
gần đây : not far from here; recently
hồi : moment, time
hồi ba giờ sáng : at 3 a.m.
hội nghị : to confer, meet, convene; meeting, conference, convention
hướng : direction; to be directed at
kết liễu : to come to an end
liên minh : to unite; allied; alliance
lực : strength, ability
một khi : once
mục đích : target, aim, objective
Mỹ Châu : the American continent, America
Nga Sô : Soviet Russia
Phi Châu : the African continent, Africa
quân sự : military affairs, military
sức : strength, ability, force
tạm thời : temporary; temporarily
tất cả : all, the whole; all told, in all
Tây Âu : Western Europe
tìm : to seek, look for
tìm cách : to try to
thiếu : to be insufficient, not to have enough, lack
thừa : to be superfluous, have more than enough
tình trạng : situation, condition, state of affairs
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