# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 12
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
Ăng lê : Great Britain, England, British, English
bên Ăng lê : in England
người Ăng lê : Englishman, Englishmen
tiếng Ăng lê : English
ầm : to be noisy
ầm ầm : to be noisy
ầm ĩ : to be noisy
bàn giấy : desk
bao : package, pack, box
bắc : north, northern
đông bắc : north-east
tây bắc : north-west
bật lửa : cigarette lighter
buổi : half a day, session
buổi chiều : afternoon
buổi sáng : morning
buổi tối : evening
cả : all, the whole, there is wholly
cạnh : side, to be beside
bên cạnh : to be by the side of, beside
ở (bên) cạnh : to be by the side of, beside
con gì (nữa) : (used at the end of a sentence to denote that something has long started)
cứ : to continue to
chăng : it seems to me, I guess, I presume, I suspect, could it be that
chết : to die, (of a timepiece or motor) to stop
đánh chết : to beat to death
chớp : to flish, blink, wink; lightning
chú : father’s younger brother [CL người, ông]
diêm : match [CL cái]
bao diêm : box of matches
dọn : to arrange, put in order, clear, to prepare
dọn nhà : to move to another house
đại lộ : avenue, boulevard, highway
đây rồi! : oh, here it is!, I found it!
đêm : night
điếu : smoking pipe [CL cái], [CL for cigarettes]
độc lập : to be independent, independence
đông : east, eastern
đông bắc : north-east
đông nam : south-east
Ðông Á : East Asia, East Asian
Ðông Nam Á : Southest Asia, Southeast Asian
đường : road, street, avenue [CL con]
ga : railroad station
nhà ga : railroad station (the building)
gửi : to send
giữa : to be in the middle, between, among
hay : to have the habit of (doing so-and-so), often, frequently
hình : form, shape, appearance; photograph, picture
hình như : to seem, it seems, seemingly
ho : to cough
thuốc ho : cough drops, cough medicine, cough syrup
hút : to inhale, smoke
ít nhất : at least
kia : instead
khách sạn : hotel
khăn : towel
khăn mật : towel, washcloth
khăn tắm : bath towel
lá : leaf
thuốc lá : cigarette [CL điếu]
là ít : at least
lúc : time, moment, instant
lúc đầu : (at) the beginning
mà : and
mát : to be fresh, be cool
mặt : face
cạo mặt : to shave
mình : body, I, we (inclusive)
chúng mình : we (inclusive)
một mình : by oneself
mưa rào : to rain hard, downpour
mực : ink
nam : south, southern
đông nam : south-east
tây nam : south-west
năm ngoái : last year
ngay : right, right away, at once
ngăn : compartment, drawer
ngăn kéo : drawer
ngủ như chết : to sleep like a log
nhiều nhất : at most
nhìn : to look
nhìn thấy : to see, perceive
như : to be like
ô ten : hotel
quá : to go beyond, go past
rửa : to wash, clean
tắm rửa : to wash up
sáng : to become dawn, dawn, morning, forenoon
sao : to matter
có sao : what difference does it make
không sao : no trouble, it doesn’t matter
sấm : to thunder; thunder
tạnh : to stop raining
tắm : to bathe
tây : west, western
tây bắc : north-west
tây nam : south-west
tết : festival, New Year’s Festival
tối : to become dark, evening
túi : pocket
từ từ : to be slow, leisurely
tự do : to be free, freedom
thìa : spoon [CL cái], spoonful
thuốc : drug, medicine; cigarette
trông : to look
trông thấy : to see, perceive
trông kia! : look over there!
uống : to drink
ướt : to be wet
vội : to be in a hurry, be hasty, be urgent, be pressing
vội vàng : to be in a hurry
xà phông : soap
yên tĩnh : to be quiet
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