# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 13
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
bao nhiêu (là) ... : so much, so many ...
bằng : equal to, as ... as
bé : to be small, be young
thằng bé (con) : little boy
con bé (con) : little girl
bít tất : sock [CL chiếc for one, đôi for a pair]
cả : also, as well as, even
đến (cả) : even (verb preceded by cũng)
cả (đến) : even (verb preceded by cũng)
cả ... nửa : also, as well as, too
cây : plant, tree
con : to be young, be small
con : [CL for young girls, CL for “contemptible women”]
chảy : (of a liquid) to run, flow
chỉ : to show, point (vào “at”)
chiếc : [CL for one of a pair]
đằng : way, direction, side
để : to put, place, to let (someone do something)
để mà : in order to
để cho : in order that, so that 
để khi khác : some other time
đâm : to prick, stab; to collide (vào : against)
đến nơi : to arrive
đó : that, there, that place
gẫy : (of stick-like objects, tooth, bone) to be broken
giặt : to wash, launder
thợ giặt : laundryman
giầy : shoe [CL chiếc for one, đôi for a pair]
hay là : or
khác : to be other, be different; to differ from, have different
khóa : lock, to lock
lạc : to be lost, go astray, lose one’s way
máu : blood
chảy máu : to bleed
may : to sew, make clothes
thợ may : tailor
me : tamarind [CL cây for tree, quả for pod-like fruit]
nó : it (child, animal), he, she, they (familiar)
chúng nó : they
nơi : place, location
ngã : to fall (as by stumbling or tripping)
dấu ngã : tilde, diacritical mark used to indicate the high broken tone
ngáp : to yawn
nghe! : (used at the end of imperative sentences) hear me?
nguy : to be dangerous, be perilous
nhà thương : hospital
nhân tiện : incidentally
ô tô : automobile, car
phải : to be right (opp of left and opp of wrong)
bên (tay) phải : right (hand) side
tay phải : right arm, right hand, right (hand side)
rẽ tay phải : to turn to the right
phở : a dish of noodles served with beef or chicken
rẽ : to turn (right or left)
tay trái : left arm, left hand, left (hand side)
to tướng : to be huge, enormous
tội nghiệp : what a pity, poor thing
tướng : to be huge, be enormous
tượng : statue
thằng : [CL for young boys], [CL for “contemptible men”]
thằng bé (con) : little boy
thẳng : to be straight
thợ : artisan, workman, worker
thước : yardstick, ruler [CL cái], yard, meter
thương : to be wounded
bị thương : to be wounded, be injured
trái : to be left (opp of right), to be wrong (opp of right)
bên (tay) trái : left (hand) side
tay trái : left arm, left hand, left (hand) side
rẽ tay trái : to turn to the left
vỡ : (of glassware, chinaware, etc.) to be broken
đánh vỡ : to break (glassware, chinaware, etc.)
xe : to transport, take
xem nào : let me see, let’s see
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