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Language
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Phrases
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- Hello, how
are you?
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- Nee-how-mah?
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- One
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- Ee
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- Fine; very
good
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- Hun-how
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- Two
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- Erh
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- No so good
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- Boo-how
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- Three
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- San
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- Goodbye
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- Dzai-jyen
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- Four
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- Ssuh
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- See you
tomorrow
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- Ming-tyen
jyen
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- Five
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- Wu
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- Good
morning
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- Dzao-an
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- Six
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- Lyio
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- Good
evening
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- Wan-an
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- Seven
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- Chee
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- You;
you(plural)
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- Nee;
nee-men
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- Eight
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- Bah
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- I; we
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- Woo;
woo-men
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- Nine
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- Jiou
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- He,She,it;
they
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- Ta;
ta-men
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- Ten
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- Shir
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- Who?
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- Shay?
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- Eleven
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- Shir-ee
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- Mr Lee
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- Lee
syen-sheng
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- Twelve
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- Shir-erh
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- Miss Lee
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- Lee
shiao-jyeh
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- Twenty
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- Erh-shir
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- Mrs Lee
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- Lee
tai-tai
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- Thirty
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- San-shir
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- Thank you
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- Shyieh-shyieh
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- Forty
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- Sshu-shir
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- You're
welcome
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- Boo
keh-chee
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- Fifty-five
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- Wu-shir-wu
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- Where?
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- Nah-lee?
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- Seventy-six
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- Chee-shir-lyio
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- What time?
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- Jee dyen
joong?
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- One hundred
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- Ee-bai
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- What day?
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- Lee-bai
jee?
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- One hundred
twenty-five
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- Ee-bai
erh-shir-wu
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- Today
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- Jin-tyen
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- Two hundred
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- Liang-bai
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- Tomorrow
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- Ming-tyen
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- One
thousand
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- Ee-chyen
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- Yesterday
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- Dzou-tyen
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- Ten
thousand
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- Ee-wan
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- One o'clock
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- Ee
dyen-joong
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- Fifty
thousand
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- Wu-wan
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- Two o'clock
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- Liang-dyen-joong
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- Hotel
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- Fan-dyen
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- Very far
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- Hun yuan
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- Room
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- Fang-jyen
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- Very close
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- Hun jin
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- Airport
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- Fay-jee-chang
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- Restaurant
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- Tsan-ting
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- Bus
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- Goong-goong
chee-chuh
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- Bar
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- Jiou-bah
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- Taxi
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- Jee-cheng-chuh
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- Let's eat;
to eat
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- Chir-fan
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- Telephone
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- Dyen-hwah
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- Let's
drink; to drink
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- Huh-jiou
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- Telegram
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- Dyen-bao
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- Ice
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- Bing
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- Airplane
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- Fay-jee
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- Water; cold
water
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- Shway;bing-shway
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- Train
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- Hwo-chuh
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- Soup
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- Tang
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- Reservation
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- Ding-way
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- Fruit
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- Shway-gwo
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- Key
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- Yao-shir
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- Tea
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- Cha
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- Clothing
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- Ee-fu
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- Coffee
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- Ka-fay
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- Luggage
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- Shing-lee
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- Hot
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- Reh
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- How much?
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- Dwo-shao?
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- Cold
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- Lung
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- Too
expensive
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- Tai-gway
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- Sugar
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- Tang
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- Make it a
bit cheaper
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- Swan
pyen-ee-dyen
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- A little
bit
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- Ee-dyen
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- Money
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- Chyen
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- A little
more
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- Dwo-ee-dyen
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- Credit card
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- Shin-yoong
kah
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- A little
bit less
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- Shao-ee-dyen
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- Old
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- Lao
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- Bottoms up!
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- Gahn-bay!
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- New
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- Shin
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- Settle the
bill
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- Swan-jang
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- Big
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- Dah
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- Let me pay
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- Wo
ching-keh
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- Small
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- Syiao
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- Antique
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- Goo-doong
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- Red
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- Hoong
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- Green
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- Lyu
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- Yellow
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- Hwang
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- Black
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- Hay
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- White
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- Bai
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- Blue
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- Lan
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- Gold
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- Jin
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- Jade
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- Yu
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- Wood
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- Mu
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- Proprietor,
shop-owner
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- Lao-ban
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- Wrap it up
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- Bao-chee-lai
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- I want....
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- Wo
yao....
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- I don't
want....
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- Wo
boo-yao...
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- Where is
...?
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- ... dzai
nah-lee?
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- Do you
have...?
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- Nee yio
may-yio...?
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- We don't
have...
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- Wo-men
may-yio...
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- I like...
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- Wo
shee-hwan...
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- I don't
like...
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- Wo
boo-shee-hwan...
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- I like you
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- Wo
shee-hwan nee
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