--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 38 description: The 1215 words of the English dictionary under A, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / A # A — The English dictionary · page 38 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Antisemitism is hatred of, prejudice against or unfair treatment of Jewish people because they are Jewish.[↗](../../antisemitism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Antisemitism is hatred of Jewish people.[↗](../../antisemitism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Holocaust was the worst example of antisemitism in history.[↗](../../antisemitism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school teaches that antisemitism, like all racism, is wrong.[↗](../../antisemitism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone painted antisemitic words on a wall, and the police came.[↗](../../antisemitism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning about Anne Frank helps us understand antisemitism.[↗](../../antisemitism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people marched to stand against antisemitism.[↗](../../antisemitism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling out antisemitism is part of being a good citizen.[↗](../../antisemitism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **antiseptic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An antiseptic is a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and stop infection.[↗](../../antiseptic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Antiseptic means able to kill germs.[↗](../../antiseptic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) Antiseptic can mean very clean but cold and without feeling, like a hospital room.[↗](../../antiseptic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum dabbed antiseptic cream on my grazed knee.[↗](../../antiseptic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse cleaned the cut with an antiseptic wipe.[↗](../../antiseptic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Antiseptics kill germs on skin.[↗](../../antiseptic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph Lister used antiseptic spray during operations.[↗](../../antiseptic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The first-aid box has plasters, bandages and antiseptic.[↗](../../antiseptic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hospital corridor smelled antiseptic.[↗](../../antiseptic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The new office looked antiseptic and unfriendly.[↗](../../antiseptic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **antisocial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Behaving in a way that harms or annoys other people in the community, like vandalism or shouting late at night.[↗](../../antisocial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not wanting to be with other people; unfriendly or shy of company.[↗](../../antisocial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dropping litter in the park is antisocial behaviour.[↗](../../antisocial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The police were called because of antisocial noise in the street.[↗](../../antisocial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm feeling a bit antisocial today, so I'll stay in my room.[↗](../../antisocial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses often work antisocial hours.[↗](../../antisocial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Writing graffiti on walls is antisocial.[↗](../../antisocial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My cat is very antisocial and hides when guests arrive.[↗](../../antisocial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school talks about how to stop antisocial behaviour.[↗](../../antisocial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **antithesis** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The exact opposite of something; a pair of opposites set against each other.[↗](../../antithesis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seven double letters serve to signify the antithesis to which human life is exposed.[↗](../../antithesis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../antithesis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the decay of the individual, the genus is produced by the antithesis of man and wife.[↗](../../antithesis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../antithesis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness.[↗](../../antithesis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../antithesis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **antler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An antler is one of the two branched, bony horns that grow on the head of a deer, elk, moose or reindeer.[↗](../../antler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Antlers fall off and grow again every year, unlike horns, which stay for life.[↗](../../antler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stag's antlers had many points.[↗](../../antler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Deer shed their antlers every year.[↗](../../antler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The moose had wide, flat antlers.[↗](../../antler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Both male and female reindeer grow antlers.[↗](../../antler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Two stags locked antlers in a fight.[↗](../../antler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new antlers were covered in soft velvet.[↗](../../antler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We found an old antler in the woods.[↗](../../antler/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The carved stags pushed out their heads, raised their antlers, and twisted their necks.[↗](../../antler/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **antonym** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A word that means the opposite of another word, like "hot" and "cold".[↗](../../antonym/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **anvil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A heavy iron block with a flat top on which a blacksmith hammers hot metal into shape.[↗](../../anvil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tiny bone in the middle ear, also called the incus.[↗](../../anvil/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (weather) The flat, spreading top of a big thundercloud.[↗](../../anvil/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The blacksmith hammered the red-hot horseshoe on the anvil.[↗](../../anvil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Clang! went the hammer on the anvil.[↗](../../anvil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The anvil is one of the three tiny bones in your ear.[↗](../../anvil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A storm cloud with an anvil top can bring thunder and hail.[↗](../../anvil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the cartoon an anvil fell on the coyote.[↗](../../anvil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An anvil is so heavy that it doesn't move when you hit it.[↗](../../anvil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be the smith who forged it, and the anvil on which it was wrought!’[↗](../../anvil/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering: 'It is good'; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.[↗](../../anvil/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../anvil/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **anxiety** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness or fear about what might happen.[↗](../../anxiety/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anxiety (health) is when strong worry happens often and makes life hard; it can be helped by talking and by doctors.[↗](../../anxiety/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An anxiety is a particular worry.[↗](../../anxiety/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She felt anxiety before her first day at school.[↗](../../anxiety/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Deep breathing can help with anxiety.[↗](../../anxiety/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The waiting filled him with anxiety.[↗](../../anxiety/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Talk to a trusted adult if anxiety stops you sleeping.[↗](../../anxiety/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His biggest anxiety was forgetting his lines.[↗](../../anxiety/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Test anxiety is very common.[↗](../../anxiety/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was nearly ill with anxiety.[↗](../../anxiety/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety; (Prophets EZK.12.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../anxiety/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with appalment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.[↗](../../anxiety/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.12.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../anxiety/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover He said unto me: 'Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and in appalment; (Prophets EZK.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../anxiety/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **anxious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Anxious means worried or nervous about something that might happen.[↗](../../anxious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "she was anxious about the test".[↗](../../anxious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anxious can also mean wanting something very much.[↗](../../anxious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "he was anxious to help".[↗](../../anxious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt anxious before my first swimming lesson.[↗](../../anxious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum was anxious when I was late home.[↗](../../anxious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The anxious puppy hid under the table during the storm.[↗](../../anxious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He is anxious about moving to a new school.[↗](../../anxious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were anxious to see who had won.[↗](../../anxious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an anxious wait for the results.[↗](../../anxious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Take deep breaths if you feel anxious.[↗](../../anxious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not be anxious about food.[↗](../../anxious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him: 'Come and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and become anxious concerning us.'[↗](../../anxious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.9.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../anxious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **anxiously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a worried, nervous way: she waited anxiously for the results.[↗](../../anxiously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wanting something very much and impatient for it: anxiously awaiting the holidays.[↗](../../anxiously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The White Rabbit looked anxiously at his watch.[↗](../../anxiously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited anxiously for the doctor.[↗](../../anxiously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked anxiously at the dark sky.[↗](../../anxiously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice asked anxiously, «Will I grow again?»[↗](../../anxiously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole peered anxiously into the Wild Wood.[↗](../../anxiously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The parents anxiously watched the rescue.[↗](../../anxiously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He checked his answers anxiously.[↗](../../anxiously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “But not really, Wendy?” he asked anxiously.[↗](../../anxiously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good; because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.[↗](../../anxiously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../anxiously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **any** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Any means one or some, it does not matter which.[↗](../../any/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Not any» means none, zero.[↗](../../any/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Any means every one, all: «Any child can join».[↗](../../any/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Any (adverb) means at all: «Is it any better?».[↗](../../any/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Any more, with a negative, means no longer or no further.[↗](../../any/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I have no money any more.[↗](../../any/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Does he have any marbles left?[↗](../../any/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She did not eat any cookies.[↗](../../any/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Any student can take 2 pencils.[↗](../../any/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Are there any seats left?[↗](../../any/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pick any card from the deck.[↗](../../any/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Call me any time.[↗](../../any/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't have any brothers.[↗](../../any/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you need any help?[↗](../../any/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Is your cold any better?[↗](../../any/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · You can sit in any chair.[↗](../../any/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He mustn't have that any more!"[↗](../../any/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.[↗](../../any/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../any/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Is any thing too hard for the LORD.[↗](../../any/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../any/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.[↗](../../any/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../any/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there any number of His armies?[↗](../../any/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.25.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../any/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Call now; is there any that will answer thee?[↗](../../any/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../any/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.[↗](../../any/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.44.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../any/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **anyhow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Anyway; used to go back to the main point or to say something is true whatever happened: «Anyhow, we got home safely.».[↗](../../anyhow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In spite of something: «It was raining, but we went anyhow.».[↗](../../anyhow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Carelessly, in no order: «clothes thrown down anyhow».[↗](../../anyhow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Anyhow can also mean in any way at all, or by any means.[↗](../../anyhow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Anyhow, that's enough about my holiday — how was yours?[↗](../../anyhow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop was shut, but we didn't need milk anyhow.[↗](../../anyhow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was tired, but she finished her homework anyhow.[↗](../../anyhow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He threw his school bag down anyhow and ran outside.[↗](../../anyhow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't know how it got broken; anyhow, we need a new one.[↗](../../anyhow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's too late to go swimming anyhow.[↗](../../anyhow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The books were piled up anyhow on the floor.[↗](../../anyhow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no freeing it anyhow.[↗](../../anyhow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **anymore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Anymore means now, as before but no longer, used with not or no.[↗](../../anymore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I don't live there anymore.[↗](../../anymore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In some American speech it means nowadays, but this is less common.[↗](../../anymore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I don't play with that toy anymore.[↗](../../anymore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She doesn't live next door anymore.[↗](../../anymore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We can't go to the beach anymore today because it is raining.[↗](../../anymore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you hungry anymore?[↗](../../anymore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") No, not anymore.[↗](../../anymore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother doesn't cry at night anymore.[↗](../../anymore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop doesn't sell sweets anymore.[↗](../../anymore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you have any more biscuits?[↗](../../anymore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (more food, written as two words)[↗](../../anymore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the witch said: "I'm not a witch anymore.[↗](../../anymore/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **anyway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Anyway means even so; in spite of something: «It was raining, but we went anyway».[↗](../../anyway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anyway is used to change the subject or come back to the main point in talking: «Anyway, what did you do today?».[↗](../../anyway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Anyway can mean in any case, whatever happens.[↗](../../anyway/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was cold, but we swam anyway.[↗](../../anyway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Anyway, let's get back to work.[↗](../../anyway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't need it, but thanks anyway.[↗](../../anyway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was told not to, but he did it anyway.[↗](../../anyway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop was closed — we didn't have money anyway.[↗](../../anyway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Anyway, how was your weekend?[↗](../../anyway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I knew the answer anyway.[↗](../../anyway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It might rain, but we'll play anyway.[↗](../../anyway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **anywhere** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Anywhere means in, at or to any place.[↗](../../anywhere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not anywhere means in no place.[↗](../../anywhere/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You can sit anywhere you like.[↗](../../anywhere/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't find my pencil anywhere.[↗](../../anywhere/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you seen my cat anywhere?[↗](../../anywhere/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never go anywhere with someone you don't know.[↗](../../anywhere/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We could go anywhere in the world\![↗](../../anywhere/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there a toilet anywhere near here?[↗](../../anywhere/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip takes anywhere from two to three hours.[↗](../../anywhere/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It could not be more pleasant anywhere.[↗](../../anywhere/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Please do not assume that a book's appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world.[↗](../../anywhere/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../anywhere/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **anzac** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soldier of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the First World War; the name is made from the first letters (A-N-Z-A-C).[↗](../../anzac/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anzac Day: a day in late April when Australia and New Zealand remember the people who served and died in wars.[↗](../../anzac/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Anzac biscuit: a sweet oat and golden syrup biscuit from Australia and New Zealand.[↗](../../anzac/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On Anzac Day we went to the dawn service with Grandpa.[↗](../../anzac/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Anzacs landed at Gallipoli in the First World War.[↗](../../anzac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We baked Anzac biscuits with oats and golden syrup.[↗](../../anzac/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone stood still for a minute's silence.[↗](../../anzac/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad wore his medals at the Anzac Day march.[↗](../../anzac/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Lest we forget,» said the speaker at the end of the service.[↗](../../anzac/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **apace** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* (old use) Quickly, at a fast pace; «grow apace» means grow fast.[↗](../../apace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the king said: 'If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.'[↗](../../apace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") And he came apace, and drew near.[↗](../../apace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.18.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.[↗](../../apace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.58.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore do I see them dismayed and turned backward? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and they are fled apace, and look not back; terror is on every side, saith the LORD.[↗](../../apace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The seedlings grew apace in the warm sun.[↗](../../apace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Time passed apace while we played.[↗](../../apace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **apart** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Apart means away from each other, with space between.[↗](../../apart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Apart means into pieces: «it fell apart».[↗](../../apart/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Apart from» means except, not counting.[↗](../../apart/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Apart means separate, alone: «He stood apart».[↗](../../apart/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Apart can be used with "tell" or "distinguish" to mean to see the difference between things: can you tell the twins apart?[↗](../../apart/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two towns are 30 miles apart.[↗](../../apart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Trees are planted 4 meters apart.[↗](../../apart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their birthdays are 3 days apart.[↗](../../apart/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The posts stand 2 feet apart.[↗](../../apart/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He took the clock apart to see inside.[↗](../../apart/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old book fell apart.[↗](../../apart/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Apart from Sam, everyone came.[↗](../../apart/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't tell the twins apart.[↗](../../apart/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the magnets apart.[↗](../../apart/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The cousins live far apart.[↗](../../apart/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · We are thirty sisters so exactly alike that our own father can hardly distinguish us apart.’[↗](../../apart/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD; (Torah LEV.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apart/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the LORD.[↗](../../apart/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apart/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses gave the tribute, which was set apart for the LORD, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../apart/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apart/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.[↗](../../apart/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.12.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apart/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · that thou hast slain My children, and delivered them up, in setting them apart unto them?[↗](../../apart/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apart/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; (Prophets ZEC.12.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apart/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/37/) **38** [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/39/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/37/) - next →: [page 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