Sentence Composition
| 1 | 瑪莉 | Mǎlì | a transliteration of the English female given name Mary |
| =2 | 告訴 | gàosù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| =2 | 告訴 | gàosu | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 3 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 4 | 她 | tā | she |
| 5 | 以為 | yǐwéi | to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief) |
| 6 | 約翰 | Yuēhàn |
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| 7 | 不在 | bùzài |
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| 8 | 波士頓 | Bōshìdùn | Boston, capital of Massachusetts |