A Tale of Two Cities — Page 11

Vocabulary

Sự

Sự — Nominalizing particle for abstract nouns or concepts

giống

giống — Similar to; resembling something else

nhau

nhau — Each other; one another; mutually

đó

đó — That; there; referring to something mentioned

không

không — Not; no; negation word in Vietnamese

hề

hề — At all; used to emphasize negation strongly

giảm

giảm — To decrease; to reduce in amount or degree

đi

đi — To go; directional complement indicating away

bởi

bởi — Because of; due to; by reason of

tình

tình — Situation; feeling; love; emotional state

huống

huống — Situation; circumstance (used in compound tình huống)

ngẫu

ngẫu — Random; accidental; by chance (in compounds)

nhiên

nhiên — Natural; spontaneous (used in ngẫu nhiên: random)

rằng

rằng — That; conjunction introducing a quoted clause

già

già — Old; elderly; aged in years

nhai

nhai — To chew food or something in the mouth

và

và — And; connecting two words or clauses

nhổ

nhổ — To spit out; to expectorate something from mouth

rơm

rơm — Straw; dried stalks of grain

ra

ra — Out; outward directional complement

trong

trong — In; inside; within a space or time

khi

khi — When; while; at the time that

đôi

đôi — Pair; a couple of two things

mắt

mắt — Eye; the organ of sight

long

long — Sparkling; glittering (used in long lanh)

lanh

lanh — Bright; shining (used in long lanh: sparkling)

của

của — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

trẻ

trẻ — Young; child; youthful person

theo

theo — To follow; to track; according to

dõi

dõi — To watch closely; monitor (used in theo dõi)

ông

ông — He; him; grandfather; respectful term for older man

ta

ta — He; they; used after ông as pronoun

một

một — One; a; the number one

cách

cách — Way; manner; method of doing something

bồn

bồn — Restless; anxious (used in bồn chồn)

chồn

chồn — Uneasy; fidgety (used in bồn chồn: restless)

kém

kém — Less; inferior; not worse than (kém gì: no less than)

gì

gì — What; anything; something (interrogative/indefinite)

mọi

mọi — Every; all; each without exception

thứ

thứ — Thing; item; ordinal marker

khác

khác — Other; different; another one

trên

trên — On; above; on top of

phố

phố — Street; urban road; city street

Đầu

Đầu — Head; top; beginning of something

những

những — Those; plural marker for nouns

người

người — Person; people; human being

đưa

đưa — To deliver; to hand over; to give

tin

tin — News; message; to believe or trust

nhà

nhà — House; home; family; building

thường

thường — Usually; ordinary; often; normal

trực

trực — On duty; direct; straight (in compounds)

cơ

cơ — Base; foundation; mechanism (in compounds)

sở

sở — Office; agency; establishment (cơ sở: base/facility)

ló

ló — To peek out; to appear slightly from behind

qua

qua — Through; past; across; via

cửa

cửa — Door; gate; entrance to a building

lời

lời — Word; words; a statement or message

nhắn

nhắn — To send a message; to pass word along

được

được — To be able to; to receive; passive marker

truyền

truyền — To transmit; to spread; to pass on

Cần

Cần — To need; necessary; to require something

khuân

khuân — To carry; to haul heavy loads physically

vác

vác — To carry on shoulder; to lug something heavy

Hoan

Hoan — Joyful; hurrah (in hoan hô: cheer/hooray)

hô

hô — To shout; exclaim (hoan hô: hooray/cheer)

cha

cha — Father; dad; priest (term of address)

Đây

Đây — Here; this place; this thing nearby

là

là — Is; am; are; to be (copula verb)

công

công — Work; labor; effort; public (in compounds)

việc

việc — Job; work; task; matter to be done

sớm

sớm — Early; soon; ahead of expected time

để

để — To; in order to; so that; to place

bắt

bắt — To start; to catch; to begin (bắt đầu: begin)

đầu

đầu — Beginning; head; to start (bắt đầu: to begin)

đấy

đấy — There; that; emphatic sentence-final particle

Sau

Sau — After; behind; later in time

đã

đã — Already; past tense marker in Vietnamese

chúc

chúc — To wish someone well; to congratulate

lên

lên — Up; upward; to go up; directional complement

đường

đường — Road; path; street; way to go

bình

bình — Peace; calm; safe (bình an: safe and sound)

an

an — Safe; peaceful (bình an: safe journey/peace)

như

như — Like; as; such as; similar to

vậy

vậy — So; like that; thus; in that way

ngồi

ngồi — To sit; to be seated

xuống

xuống — Down; downward; to go down

chiếc

chiếc — Classifier for single objects like vehicles or furniture

ghế

ghế — Chair; seat; piece of furniture to sit on

đẩu

đẩu — Stool; low small seat without back

thừa

thừa — To inherit; to have leftover; surplus

hưởng

hưởng — To enjoy; to benefit from; to receive

quyền

quyền — Right; authority; power; entitlement

lợi

lợi — Benefit; advantage; profit; interest

kế

kế — Next; following; plan; strategy

tiếp

tiếp — To continue; next; to receive or follow

mình

mình — Self; oneself; body; informal first-person pronoun

đối

đối — Toward; facing; opposite; in relation to

với

với — With; together with; toward (preposition)

nắm

nắm — To grasp; to hold; a handful of something

mà

mà — But; yet; while; contrastive conjunction

cậu

cậu — You; informal pronoun for young male peer

rồi

rồi — Already; then; after that; done

suy

suy — To think deeply; to decline; ponder (suy nghĩ: think)

nghĩ

nghĩ — To think; to consider; to ponder

miên

miên — Continuous; prolonged (miên man: endlessly wandering)

man

man — Rambling; wandering (miên man: lost in thought)

Lú-c

Lúc — Time; moment; at the time of

nào

nào — Which; any; what (interrogative/indefinite)

cũng

cũng — Also; always; too; used with nào: always

rỉ

rỉ — To rust; to corrode (rỉ sét: to rust)

sét

sét — Rust; lightning (rỉ sét: rust/corrode)

Ngón

Ngón — Finger; digit of the hand

tay

tay — Hand; arm; person with a skill

ấy

ấy — That; those; referring to something known

lú-c

lúc — Time; moment; at the time of

lẩm

lẩm — To mutter; mumble (lẩm bẩm: to mutter)

bẩm

bẩm — Mumbling; muttering (lẩm bẩm: to mutter quietly)

Cha

Cha — Father; dad; term of address for elder male

tôi

tôi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun

lấy

lấy — To take; to get; to marry (colloquial)

hết

hết — All; entirely; to run out of something

chỗ

chỗ — Place; spot; space; location

sắt

sắt — Iron; metal; iron material

từ

từ — From; since; word; gentle (preposition)

đâu

đâu — Where; somewhere; interrogative of place

Ông

Ông — He; grandfather; respectful term for older man

chẳng

chẳng — Not; never; emphatic negation word

ở

ở — To live; to stay; to be located at

đây

đây — Here; this place; nearby location

cả

cả — All; even; entirely; emphatic particle