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_Dress_ (clothe), vesti. _Dress_ (wound), bandagxi. _Dressing case_, necesujo. _Dress coat_, frako. _Dressing gown_, negligxa vesto. _Dressmaker_, kudristino. _Dressing room_, tualetejo, vestejo. _Drill_, bori. _Drill_ (tool), borilo. _Drill_ (military), ekzerco. _Drink_, trinki. _Drink_ (to excess), drinki. _Drink_, trinkajxo. _Drinkable_, trinkebla. _Drip_, guteti. _Drive away_ (expel), forpeli. _Drive_ (in carriage), veturi. _Drive back_ (repel), repeli, repusxi. _Drivel_, kracxeti. _Driver_ (car, etc.), veturisto. _Droll_, ridinda, sxerca. _In order that this Gazette may be useful as a propaganda agent, it has been considered advisable to include in each number a synopsis of the Grammar of Esperanto, so that those hitherto ignorant of its system may be the better able to appreciate the magazine._ SYNOPSIS OF THE GRAMMAR. The ALPHABET is composed of 28 letters. They are the following:-- A B C CX D E F G GX H HX I J JX K L M N O P R S SX T U V Z and UX. The VOWELS are always given a long sound; as in the well-known phrase, "Pa, may we go too?" Shorthand students will at once recognise them as the long vowels of "Pitman." Their sound can also be illustrated by--"Bart, Bait, Beat, Boat and Boot." The following CONSONANTS need special attention. It must be remembered that the sounds given are invariable, because _Esperanto spelling is phonetic and each letter has only one sound_:-- The letter C is sounded as in Czar, or as the "ts" in Bits. " " CX " " Church. " " G " " Gag; _i.e._, the hard sound. " " GX " " George; _i.e._,the soft sound. " " H " " His; _i.e._, it is aspirated and never mute as in French. " " HX " " Loch; _i.e._, the Scotch or German "CH" or Spanish "J." " " J " " the English letter Y. Thus Paroloj is sounded Paroloy. " " JX " " the French J in Bijou or the S in the English word Pleasure. " " S " " in Sun; never as in Rose (Rozo in Esperanto). " " SX " " in She. * * * The English letters Q, W, X and Y do not exist in Esperanto. The letter UX is only found in diphth
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