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Nā-chún Tiâu-sián poàn-tó hoat-seng kín-kip chêng-hóng, Bí-kun ē-sái bô keng-koè Ji̍t-pún tông-ì, ti̍t-chiap tùi chù Ji̍t-pún ki-tē chhut-peng Tiâu-sián poàn-tó.

If an emergency situation develops on the Korean Peninsula, the United States can send troops directly there without getting agreement from Japan.

Literally: Big same little differing

A more literary way of saying chha put to.

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Phōng-kó chioh tio̍h pêⁿ-pán tiān-náu iPad ê jia̍t-siau, bo̍k-chiân chhī-chiàm-lu̍t pâi-miâ tē sì ê chū-ka liû-lám-khì Safari, tī sì-goe̍h-hūn ê chhī-chiàm-lu̍t iā sió-khoá cheng-ka chha-put-to lêng tiám it pha, ta̍t kàu sì tiám chhit-jī pha.

Drawing on the hot sales of its iPad tablet computer, the market share of Apple’s fourth-ranked own-brand browser, Safari, crept up about 0.1 percent in April to 4.72 percent.

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Some other vocab here:

Browser: liû-lám-khì

Market share: chhī-chiàm-lūt

Literally: Non-alcoholic beverage

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Lîn-sng-iâm tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ pī thiam-ka tī hui-chiú-cheng ím-liāu tiong, sú khì-bī koh khah kāu.

Phosphates are often added to soft drinks to make the flavors stronger.

Literally: More people more fortune

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Thàu-koè ko kái-sek-tō͘ siòng-ki, cheng-chhat-ki ē-tàng cheng-chhat kàu A-hù-hān ta-sò nî-thô͘ lō͘-bīn ê soè-bî piàn-hoà, in-ūi Sîn-ha̍k-sū cho͘-chit sî-siông tī tē-bīn-hā tâi kán-ī chà-toâⁿ.

Using high-resolution cameras, reconnaissance planes can discern minute changes in the dried-mud roads of Afghanistan that come about because the Taliban often bury improvised explosives under the ground.

Literally: first courtesy afterward arms

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Chūi-sǹg sī bī-lâi tī nāi-bí kho-ki kap seng-bu̍t kho-ki-siōng ū tu̍t-phoà-sèng hoat-tián, tān-sī bô tit khap mā ài tī kúi-cha̍p nî āu chiah ē-tàng hiáng-siū sêng-kó.

Even though there are going to be breakthrough developments in nanotech and biotech in the future, we will likely not be able to enjoy the results for another few decades.

Literally: Good has good’s payback