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LESSON XXXVI (continued).
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- ūe-thâu ūe-búe,
- introduction and conclusion; initial words and final words.
- kiah-phùa i lân-ló,
- to suggest to him « little ; give a hint.
- thok-chhéⁿ i,
- to arouse him. .
- bô-chn̂g-kâi kâi i-tàⁿ,
- did not tell him the whole of it.
- tńg che̍k-pit,
- to amplify a little; advance a step.
- àm-ha̍h,
- an unexpected coincidence.
- ha̍h sī-mih ēng?
- what use can be made of this?
- chí sī chiap-chiēⁿ a-sī chiap-ẽ?
- does it connect with what precedes or with what follows?
- so̍k tõ-chiēⁿ a-sĩ so̍k-tõ-ẽ,
- does it belong to what goes before or to what follows?
- chiēⁿ-ẽ kùan-chhùan,
- the passages above and below are mutually connected.
- Iak-hân sĩ sùa-tie̍h huap-lu̍t a-sĩ sùa-tie̍h hok-im?
- does John connect with the law or with the Gospel.
- liên tõ chiēⁿ-kù iā liên ẽ-kù,
- it is connected with what precedes and also with what follows.
- i kâi sêng-chiēⁿ khí-ẽ,
- its context.
- hûan-iáu ũ-huap khó-íⁿ chheng-ngĩ,
- there remains yet a way whereby one may be justified.
- khǹg-kòi i hó-àiⁿ,
- persuade him to it.
- khǹg-kòi i hó-màiⁿ,
- dissuade him from it.
- tie̍h chãm-tàⁿ,
- divide it up into sections.
- hó-pun a,
- divide into branches.
- m̄-thàng-sṳ̄,
- don’t fully apprehend things.
- chiá sĩ-úa só-liāu m̄-kàu,
- this is something I did not reckon on.
- kùe i só-siẽⁿ,
- beyond what he thought.
- chí-kâi tõ-lí úa hán-ēng,
- this precept is of limited use.
- ha̍h-ēng,
- it suits my purpose.
- chí-tie̍h sĩ o̍ih,
- of limited application.
- chí-tie̍h sĩ-khùaⁿ,
- of broad application.
- chang-chúi tàⁿ chò-nâng,
- to personify water as man.
- chang-nâng tàⁿ chò-chúi,
- to speak of man as water.
- thòi-nâng siet-mn̄g,
- to suppose a question put by another.
- lâi sím-si̍t,
- judge what is truth.
- lâi-sím sĩ-hui,
- discriminate between the true and false.
- chang chí pêng-kṳ̃ lâi sím-chhat,
- take this evidence and sift it.
- tiâu-sùaⁿ jṳ̂-jṳ̂ kek-kiù kek-kiù,
- a tangled thread all mixed up
