--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 96 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, 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/C/page/96/) [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/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 96 [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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[99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) **cupbearer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In old royal courts, a trusted servant whose job was to pour and serve wine to the king, and often to taste it first to check it was not poisoned.[↗](../../cupbearer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) Used of Nehemiah, who was cupbearer to the Persian king, and of Pharaoh's cupbearer in the story of Joseph.[↗](../../cupbearer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nehemiah was cupbearer to King Artaxerxes.[↗](../../cupbearer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pharaoh's cupbearer told Joseph about his dream of a vine.[↗](../../cupbearer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cupbearer tasted the wine before handing it to the king.[↗](../../cupbearer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the most trusted servant could be the royal cupbearer.[↗](../../cupbearer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cupbearer promised to remember Joseph, but he forgot.[↗](../../cupbearer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the play, Sam was the cupbearer with a golden goblet.[↗](../../cupbearer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she called to the cupbearers for new wine, for she thought that when his head was hot with it he might consent to stay.[↗](../../cupbearer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cupboard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cupboard is a piece of furniture or a space in a wall with doors and shelves, where you keep cups, plates, food or clothes.[↗](../../cupboard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 24 cups in the cupboard.[↗](../../cupboard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cupboard has 4 shelves with 6 plates on each.[↗](../../cupboard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She took 3 cans from the cupboard.[↗](../../cupboard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many jars are left in the cupboard?[↗](../../cupboard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the plates back in the cupboard.[↗](../../cupboard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cereal is in the top cupboard.[↗](../../cupboard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cleaning sprays are kept in a locked cupboard.[↗](../../cupboard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Close the cupboard door.[↗](../../cupboard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a whole cupboard-full of poetry in bottles.[↗](../../cupboard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cupcake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cupcake is a small cake baked in a paper or foil cup, often with icing on top.[↗](../../cupcake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A dozen cupcakes is 12 cupcakes.[↗](../../cupcake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mom baked 24 cupcakes.[↗](../../cupcake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each cupcake costs $2.[↗](../../cupcake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She shared 18 cupcakes among 6 friends.[↗](../../cupcake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tray holds 12 cupcakes.[↗](../../cupcake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sold cupcakes at the bake sale.[↗](../../cupcake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She put pink icing on each cupcake.[↗](../../cupcake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the cupcakes cool before you ice them.[↗](../../cupcake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He brought cupcakes for his birthday.[↗](../../cupcake/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cupful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The amount that a cup holds.[↗](../../cupful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In cooking, a measure of about one cup of an ingredient.[↗](../../cupful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Add a cupful of milk to the mixture.[↗](../../cupful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She poured a cupful of water onto the plant.[↗](../../cupful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe needs two cupfuls of flour.[↗](../../cupful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He scooped a cupful of sand into the bucket.[↗](../../cupful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If one cupful is 250 ml, four cupfuls make one litre.[↗](../../cupful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Half a cupful of sugar is plenty.[↗](../../cupful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cupola** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small rounded dome on top of a roof or tower.[↗](../../cupola/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The church had a gold cupola.[↗](../../cupola/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We could see cupolas above the city.[↗](../../cupola/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **cuppa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK/Australia/NZ/Ireland) A cup of tea.[↗](../../cuppa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, less often) A cup of any hot drink, such as coffee.[↗](../../cuppa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fancy a cuppa?[↗](../../cuppa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") I'll put the kettle on.[↗](../../cuppa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nan sat down with a cuppa and a biscuit.[↗](../../cuppa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the long walk, everyone wanted a hot cuppa.[↗](../../cuppa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum always makes a cuppa when she's had bad news.[↗](../../cuppa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's have a quick cuppa before we leave.[↗](../../cuppa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders stopped for a cuppa at ten.[↗](../../cuppa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad's idea of breakfast is toast and a strong cuppa.[↗](../../cuppa/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cupping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb form) Holding your hands in a curved shape like a cup: «cupping water in her hands», «cupping his ear to hear».[↗](../../cupping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) Cupping therapy: an old treatment in which cups are placed on the skin and the air in them is reduced so the skin is sucked up, leaving round marks; some people believe it helps aches, but there is little good scientific evidence for it.[↗](../../cupping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) In the coffee and tea trade, cupping is a careful tasting of coffee by smelling and slurping it to judge its quality.[↗](../../cupping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was cupping a tiny frog in her hands.[↗](../../cupping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He shouted with his hands cupped around his mouth.[↗](../../cupping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad was cupping his ear because he couldn't hear me.[↗](../../cupping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The swimmer had round red marks on his back from cupping.[↗](../../cupping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists say there is not much evidence that cupping therapy works.[↗](../../cupping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We drank from the stream by cupping the water in our hands.[↗](../../cupping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At the coffee shop, the staff were cupping new beans to taste them.[↗](../../cupping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old) A cur is a dog of no special breed, especially a bad-tempered or dirty one.[↗](../../cur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, insulting) Calling a man a cur means he is mean, cowardly or worthless.[↗](../../cur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A mangy cur barked at the beggar.[↗](../../cur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Out of my way, you cowardly cur!»[↗](../../cur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The village curs chased the cart.[↗](../../cur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cur snarled and showed its teeth.[↗](../../cur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a cur would hit someone smaller.[↗](../../cur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fury, the dog in the Mouse's tale, acts as judge and jury.[↗](../../cur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **curable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of an illness or injury) Able to be cured or made completely better.[↗](../../curable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a problem) Able to be fixed or put right.[↗](../../curable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most ear infections are easily curable with medicine.[↗](../../curable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said Grandpa's illness is curable.[↗](../../curable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many diseases that were once deadly are now curable.[↗](../../curable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Head lice are annoying but curable.[↗](../../curable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Shyness is curable — with a bit of practice.[↗](../../curable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If it is found early, the illness is often curable.[↗](../../curable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **curative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to cure an illness or make someone healthy again.[↗](../../curative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Meant to correct or put right a problem, not just to stop it from getting worse.[↗](../../curative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, rare) A medicine or treatment that cures.[↗](../../curative/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old woman believed the spring water had curative powers.[↗](../../curative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors hoped the new medicine would be curative.[↗](../../curative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants have curative properties.[↗](../../curative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Surgery can be curative if the problem is found early.[↗](../../curative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rest and fluids have a curative effect on a cold.[↗](../../curative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The council took curative measures to fix the flooding.[↗](../../curative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **curb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To curb something is to hold it back or keep it under control: curb your temper.[↗](../../curb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A curb is the stone edge of a pavement by the road.[↗](../../curb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Try to curb your appetite at the party.[↗](../../curb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rider used the bit to curb the horse.[↗](../../curb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stand back from the curb when the bus comes.[↗](../../curb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked is before me.'[↗](../../curb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.39.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **curd** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Curds are the thick white lumps that form when milk goes sour or is made to separate; they are used to make cheese.[↗](../../curd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Curd is a thick, creamy spread made with fruit juice, sugar, eggs and butter, as in lemon curd.[↗](../../curd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Curd can mean soft cheese, like cottage cheese, or bean curd (tofu).[↗](../../curd/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Little Miss Muffet ate her curds and whey.[↗](../../curd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Add lemon juice and the milk turns into curds.[↗](../../curd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cheesemakers press the curds into blocks.[↗](../../curd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I love lemon curd on toast.[↗](../../curd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Poutine is chips with gravy and cheese curds.[↗](../../curd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Squeaky cheese curds are a snack in Canada.[↗](../../curd/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bean curd is another name for tofu.[↗](../../curd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Give me some curds, too, Dovey!"[↗](../../curd/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he took curd, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.[↗](../../curd/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curd/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.[↗](../../curd/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curd/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.[↗](../../curd/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.20.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curd/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.[↗](../../curd/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curd/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Curd and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.[↗](../../curd/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.7.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curd/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **curdled** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Turned into soft lumps, as milk does when it thickens.[↗](../../curdled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?[↗](../../curdled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.10.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curdled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **cure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cure is a medicine or treatment that makes an illness go away completely.[↗](../../cure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To cure someone or an illness is to make them well again.[↗](../../cure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cure a problem is to solve it.[↗](../../cure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To cure meat or fish is to keep it from going bad by salting, smoking or drying it, like bacon.[↗](../../cure/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is no cure for the common cold.[↗](../../cure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Medicine cured her infection.[↗](../../cure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists are looking for a cure for the disease.[↗](../../cure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Prevention is better than cure.[↗](../../cure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A good sleep is the best cure for tiredness.[↗](../../cure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard searched for a cure for the sleeping princess.[↗](../../cure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bacon is cured meat.[↗](../../cure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Fresh air cured my headache.[↗](../../cure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will bring it healing and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.[↗](../../cure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no cure for thee.[↗](../../cure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Contentious; but he is not able to heal you, neither shall he cure you of your wound.[↗](../../cure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **curfew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A curfew is a rule that says people must be indoors or at home by a certain time, especially at night.[↗](../../curfew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A curfew is the time by which a child or teenager must be home, set by their parents.[↗](../../curfew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) In the Middle Ages, the curfew was a bell rung in the evening telling people to put out their fires.[↗](../../curfew/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My big sister's curfew is ten o'clock on Saturdays.[↗](../../curfew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The army set a curfew, and nobody could go out after dark.[↗](../../curfew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He broke his curfew and was grounded for a week.[↗](../../curfew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The campers had to be in their tents by curfew.[↗](../../curfew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · During the storm, the town had a night-time curfew.[↗](../../curfew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In medieval towns, a bell rang for curfew.[↗](../../curfew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **curie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Marie Curie was a scientist born in Poland who worked in France; she discovered the elements radium and polonium, studied radioactivity, and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win two in different sciences.[↗](../../curie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Pierre Curie was her husband and work partner.[↗](../../curie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A curie is an old unit for measuring radioactivity, named after the Curies.[↗](../../curie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes.[↗](../../curie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium.[↗](../../curie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Marie Curie studied radioactivity.[↗](../../curie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her notebooks are still radioactive and are kept in lead boxes.[↗](../../curie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Marie Curie was born in Poland.[↗](../../curie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Marie Curie charity helps people at the end of their lives.[↗](../../curie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Radioactivity can be measured in curies.[↗](../../curie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We dressed up as Marie Curie for our science day.[↗](../../curie/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **curiosity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strong wish to know or learn about something.[↗](../../curiosity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A strange or rare object that people find interesting.[↗](../../curiosity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Curiosity is also the name of a NASA rover exploring Mars.[↗](../../curiosity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Out of curiosity, how old is your dog?[↗](../../curiosity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists are driven by curiosity.[↗](../../curiosity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten's curiosity led it into the cupboard.[↗](../../curiosity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her curiosity about the stars made her want to be an astronaut.[↗](../../curiosity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum is full of curiosities from long ago.[↗](../../curiosity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Curiosity is good, but never open bottles you don't know.[↗](../../curiosity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Curiosity rover sends photos from Mars.[↗](../../curiosity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Curiosity made him put his eye to the keyhole.[↗](../../curiosity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **curious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wanting to know or learn about something; eager to find out.[↗](../../curious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strange, unusual or interesting in a surprising way (a curious noise).[↗](../../curious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Kittens are very curious and explore every box.[↗](../../curious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm curious about how volcanoes work.[↗](../../curious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was curious to know what was inside the parcel.[↗](../../curious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A curious smell came from the kitchen.[↗](../../curious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Curious scientists ask «Why?» and «What if?»[↗](../../curious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's good to be curious, but don't touch a needle you find on the ground.[↗](../../curious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · What a curious little shell — it's shaped like a spiral\![↗](../../curious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I am curious to hear the end."[↗](../../curious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **curiously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that shows you want to know or learn about something: «The cat sniffed the box curiously.».[↗](../../curiously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strangely or oddly: «The house was curiously quiet.».[↗](../../curiously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (at the start of a sentence) «Curiously, …» means «It is strange that …».[↗](../../curiously/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Alice peeped curiously into the little door.[↗](../../curiously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy curiously sniffed the new toy.[↗](../../curiously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The street was curiously empty that morning.[↗](../../curiously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Curiously, nobody had heard the bell.[↗](../../curiously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked curiously at the strange box.[↗](../../curiously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole asked curiously what lived in the Wild Wood.[↗](../../curiously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As Dorothy entered they looked at her curiously, and one of them whispered:[↗](../../curiously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It derives from the root נפ״שׁ NPSh, having to do with breathing, refreshing, and resting; its etymological relationships with curiously similar roots like נשׁ״ם NShM ‘to breathe, pant’, נשׁ״ף NShP ‘to blow’, and נשׁ״ב NShB ‘to blow’ are unclear.[↗](../../curiously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../curiously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · the Pythagorean philosophy, corresponds curiously to Joseph ben Uziel who wrote down the Sefer Yetzirah.[↗](../../curiously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../curiously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.[↗](../../curiously/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../curiously/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/95/) **96** [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/97/) [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/98/) [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/95/) - next →: [page 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