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his meaning is good.

1. This soup is very insipid. I want a little salt.
2. When you have finished writing that character, please bring the book to me here.
3. This sentence is wrong.
4. Bring a little boiling water and make tea.
5. Please go on first, and tell him that I am coming soon.
6. You are walking too slow, please walk a little faster.
7. Sugar is sweet, soup made of meat is salt.
8. I am a little deaf Please speak a little slower.

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VIII.

1. Who did this?
2. How will it be next year?
3. Bring two sheets of paper (with you).
4. This stone is two large, it will not do.
5. These clothes are mildewed. When the sun shines, take them out to dry in the sun.
6. The red cloth must not be sunned, it must be aired, lest the red colour fades.
7. This child can not walk, please carry him on your back.
8. One man cannot carry this box.
9. This knife is not sharp.
10. This teapot is expensive.
11. Please come in and sit down. Don’t stand on ceremony?
12. How many loads of water can he carry in a day? Sixteen.
13. The day before yesterday I bought a pumelo, we peeled it and ate it.
14. Small months have 29 days, large months 30 days.
15. We embark tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock.

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IX.

1. We have worship every morning at eight o’clock.
2. He will come tomorrow evening.
3. Don’t let him know.
4. I will now tell you.
5. He will return before long.
6. In a quarter of an hour, at one o’clock, we have our dinner.
7. It will be better to go now. In the evening it is dark.
8. Jesus came down to save men.
9. When will he arrive? On the third of the First Month.
10. It is cooler today, will you come over to supper to-night.
11. I am asking Mrs. Li to come to tea this afternoon at 5 o’clock.
12. What time did you get up? I got up this morning at seven o’clock.
13. In the winter this place is cold, while it is too hot in the summer.
14. We have evidence that his conduct is bad.
15. You must scour the brass and scrub the table.

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X.

1. Each man has his own house.
2. Jesus died for us on the cross.
3. Both the men are below.
4. Never mind, tell him to come on Tuesday.
5. Last Wednesday was the 7th of the First Month.
6. He