# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 23
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
bình bịch : motorcycle [CL xe, cái]
cảnh cáo : to warn
chắc : to be firmly based, firm; certain, sure; certainly, surely
chút : tiny, little but
một chút : a tiny bit 
chứng kiến : to witness
chừng : foreseeable degree, approximately
có chừng : to be moderate; moderately
coi chừng : to watch out, be cautious
độ chừng : approximately
không biết chừng : one cannot foretell, perhaps
quá chừng : excessively, in the extreme
chừng độ : appoximately
chừng nào : when
dẫn : to guide, conduct, lead
dẫn đường : to show the way, guide
dẫn đầu : to lead (a crowd, race)
diễu : to parade
dưa : salted vegetables
đau đớn : to be suffering, sorrowful; sorrow
độ : degress, measure; approximately
độ chừng : approximately
đừng : to restrain (emotion, tears); don't ..., let's not ...
đừng có : don't ..., let's not ...
đừng nên : don't ..., let's not ...
đựng : to contain, hold
chịu đựng : to endure, stand, bear
ghê : to be horrified, to be horrifying
ghê tởm : to be nauseating
hãy : to be sure to; (let's) be sure to
hãy nên : (let's) be sure to
họp : to meet, go to a meeting
hẹp : to be narrow, tight
liền : to be contiguous, touching; immediately
mỉa : to ridicule (indirectly)
mỉa mai : to ridicule, be ironical, be bitter, be sarcastic
nâu : to be brown
nhổ : to spit
phỉ nhổ : to insult
phản động : to react, reactionary
phỉ : to slander, defame
phỉ nhổ : to insult
phũ phàng : to be brutal, be ungrateful, be disloyal
quần : pants, trousers [CL cái]
áo quần : clothes, clothing
quần áo : clothes, clothing
một bộ quần áo : a suit of clothes
rau : vegetables (raw or côked)
rau dưa : vegetables (raw or côked)
rộng : to be wide, spacious; to be lôse
sự thực : reality
thỉnh thoảng : (to happen) occasionally, from time to time
thực : to be true, truthful, real
tịch thu : to confiscate, seize
tởm : to loathe so much as to become nauseous; to be nauseating
vải : cloth, material
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