The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 11

Vocabulary

Cuối

Cuối — End, last, final position in a sequence

cùng

cùng — Together, also, same; used for emphasis or joining

mẹ

mẹ — Mother, mom

của

của — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

kẻ

kẻ — Person, individual (often with negative connotation)

thù

thù — Enemy, hatred, enmity

xuất

xuất — To emerge, appear, come out

hiện

hiện — To appear, present, current

gọi

gọi — To call, name, summon someone

là

là — To be; linking verb indicating identity or description

đứa

đứa — Classifier for children or persons (informal/derogatory)

trẻ

trẻ — Child, young person; young

hư

hư — Naughty, spoiled, bad-behaved

hỏng

hỏng — Broken, ruined, spoiled, damaged

xấu

xấu — Bad, ugly, poor in quality or character

xa

xa — Far, distant, remote

thô

thô — Crude, rough, coarse, unrefined

lỗ

lỗ — Rude, impolite; also means hole or loss

và

và — And; conjunction connecting words or phrases

đuổi

đuổi — To chase away, expel, dismiss

cậu

cậu — You (informal, between friends); young male

đi

đi — To go; also used as imperative particle

Vậy

Vậy — So, thus, therefore; discourse marker

bỏ

bỏ — To abandon, leave, give up, drop

nhưng

nhưng — But, however; adversative conjunction

nói

nói — To speak, say, tell

sẽ

sẽ — Will; future tense marker

rình

rình — To lurk, spy, lie in wait for someone

để

để — To place, let, in order to, so that

xử

xử — To deal with, handle, punish, process

thằng

thằng — Classifier for males (informal or derogatory)

bé

bé — Small, little; young child

đó

đó — That, there; demonstrative pronoun or adverb

Đêm

Đêm — Night, nighttime

về

về — To return, go back; about, regarding

nhà

nhà — House, home, building

khá

khá — Quite, rather, fairly; moderately good

muộn

muộn — Late, behind schedule

khi

khi — When, at the time of

rón

rón — Part of 'rón rén': to tiptoe, move stealthily

rén

rén — Part of 'rón rén': quietly, stealthily, on tiptoe

trèo

trèo — To climb, clamber up

vào

vào — To enter, go into, inside

qua

qua — Through, past, via, across

cửa

cửa — Door, gate, entrance

sổ

sổ — Window (in 'cửa sổ'); also means notebook

vấp

vấp — To stumble, trip over something

phải

phải — Must, have to; right side; to encounter

một

một — One; the number one, also indefinite article

cuộc

cuộc — Classifier for events, matches, encounters

phục

phục — To ambush, lie in wait; to serve, admire

kích

kích — To attack, strike; part of 'phục kích' (ambush)

chính

chính — Main, principal, exactly, precisely

người

người — Person, human being, people

dì

dì — Maternal aunt (mother's sister)

bà

bà — Grandmother; elderly woman; she (formal)

nhìn

nhìn — To look at, gaze, observe

thấy

thấy — To see, perceive, feel, notice

tình

tình — Situation, condition; love, sentiment

trạng

trạng — State, condition; part of 'tình trạng' (situation)

quần

quần — Pants, trousers; clothing (lower body)

áo

áo — Shirt, jacket, upper garment, clothing

quyết

quyết — To decide, determine, be resolute

tâm

tâm — Heart, mind, intention, determination

biến

biến — To transform, change, turn into

ngày

ngày — Day, daytime

nghỉ

nghỉ — To rest, take a break, day off

thứ

thứ — Ordinal marker; rank, type, sort

Bảy

Bảy — Seven; Saturday (thứ Bảy)

thành

thành — To become, turn into; city, fortress

lao

lao — To labor, toil; part of 'lao động' (labor)

động

động — Movement, motion; labor (lao động)

khổ

khổ — Hard, suffering, miserable, painful

sai

sai — Wrong, incorrect; to order someone to do

đã

đã — Already; past tense marker

trở

trở — To return, become, turn (trở nên: to become)

nên

nên — To become; should, ought to

cứng

cứng — Hard, firm, rigid, stiff

rắn

rắn — Hard, solid; also means snake

như

như — Like, as, similar to

đá

đá — Stone, rock; to kick