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probably favour me at first with a vacant stare, will then take the paper offered to him, and searching for the words in the vocabulary, as directed, will make out something of this kind:

Mi	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	mi = I	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	I
ne	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	ne = not	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	not
sci,as	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	sci = know	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	do know
sci,as	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	as = sign of the present tense	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	do know
kie	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	kie = where	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	where
mi	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	mi = I	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	I
las,is	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	las = leave	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	have left
las,is	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	is = sign of the past tense	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	have left
la	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	la = the	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	the
baston,o,n	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	baston = stick	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	stick;
		о = sign of a substantive
		n = sign of the objective case
ĉu	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	ĉu = whether, if, employed in questions	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	whether
vi	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	vi = you, thou	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	you
ĝi,n	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	ĝi = it, this	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	it
ĝi,n	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	n sign of the objective case	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	it
ne	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	ne = not	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	not
vid,is?	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	vid = see	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	have seen?
vid,is?	$\left\{{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right.$	is = sign of the past tense	$\left.{\begin{aligned}\\\\\end{aligned}}\right\}$	have seen?

And thus the Englishman will easily understand what it is I desire. If he wishes to reply, I show him an english-international vocabulary, on which are printed these words: „To express anything by means of this vocabulary, in the international lan-