--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 description: The 650 words of the English dictionary under G, 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/G/page/2/) [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/) / G # G — The English dictionary · page 2 [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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perfume and incense.[↗](../../galbanum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be a like weight.[↗](../../galbanum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../galbanum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **gale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very strong wind, stronger than a breeze but weaker than a hurricane.[↗](../../gale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (gales of laughter) A sudden loud burst of laughing.[↗](../../gale/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A gale blew down our fence last night.[↗](../../gale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a gale warning for the coast, so the ferries will not sail.[↗](../../gale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's blowing a gale outside\![↗](../../gale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gale-force winds tore the leaves off the trees.[↗](../../gale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The class burst into gales of laughter.[↗](../../gale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ships stayed in the harbour during the gale.[↗](../../gale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "At that time there was a gale blowing.[↗](../../gale/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **galician** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From Galicia, a region in the north-west of Spain, or about its people.[↗](../../galician/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (language) Galician, a language spoken in Galicia, close to Portuguese.[↗](../../galician/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* From Galicia, a historic region now split between western Ukraine and south-east Poland, around Lviv and Kraków.[↗](../../galician/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Santiago de Compostela is a Galician city.[↗](../../galician/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people in Galicia speak Galician and Spanish.[↗](../../galician/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Galician coast is rocky and green.[↗](../../galician/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Galician is close to Portuguese.[↗](../../galician/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lviv was the chief city of Galicia in Austria-Hungary.[↗](../../galician/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her great-grandparents were Galician farmers from near Lviv.[↗](../../galician/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Galician bagpipes are called gaitas.[↗](../../galician/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gall** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gall is rude, bold cheek: «He had the gall to ask for more after eating mine!».[↗](../../gall/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A gall is a lump on a plant, such as an oak apple, made when an insect lays eggs in it.[↗](../../gall/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) Gall is bile, a bitter liquid from the liver; the gall bladder stores it.[↗](../../gall/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To gall someone is to annoy them a lot because it feels unfair.[↗](../../gall/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had the gall to push in front of me.[↗](../../gall/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What gall\![↗](../../gall/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") He took my seat and asked for my pencil.[↗](../../gall/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We found round galls on the oak leaves.[↗](../../gall/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Old ink was made from oak galls.[↗](../../gall/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gall bladder is near the liver.[↗](../../gall/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It galls me that he got the prize for my idea.[↗](../../gall/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wasps cause galls to grow on plants.[↗](../../gall/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter; (Torah DEU.32.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gall/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Three foes: the liver and the gall and the tongue.[↗](../../gall/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../gall/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The only of the latter four terms found in humans is מָרָה marah ‘gall(bladder), bile’.[↗](../../gall/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../gall/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.[↗](../../gall/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gall/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.[↗](../../gall/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gall/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.[↗](../../gall/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.20.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gall/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **gallant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Brave, especially in a fine, noble way: a gallant knight.[↗](../../gallant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a man, old-fashioned) Very polite and kind to women.[↗](../../gallant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) Grand and splendid to look at: a gallant ship.[↗](../../gallant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, old) a fashionable young man.[↗](../../gallant/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gallant knight rode to save the village.[↗](../../gallant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team made a gallant effort but lost.[↗](../../gallant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He held the door open in a gallant way.[↗](../../gallant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The four friends made a gallant charge into Toad Hall.[↗](../../gallant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gallant soldiers did not run away.[↗](../../gallant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad imagined himself as a gallant hero.[↗](../../gallant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A gallant ship sailed into the harbour.[↗](../../gallant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.[↗](../../gallant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.33.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gallant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gallantly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gallantly means bravely and boldly, showing courage.[↗](../../gallantly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Gallantly means politely and kindly, as a brave knight behaves towards a lady.[↗](../../gallantly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy gallantly saved the puppy from the river.[↗](../../gallantly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight bowed gallantly to the princess.[↗](../../gallantly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They fought gallantly against the dragon.[↗](../../gallantly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gallantry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Great bravery, especially in battle or danger.[↗](../../gallantry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Polite, kind behaviour from a man towards women, such as opening doors or offering a seat (old-fashioned).[↗](../../gallantry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The firefighter got a medal for gallantry.[↗](../../gallantry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight was famous for his gallantry in battle.[↗](../../gallantry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Acts of gallantry during the war are remembered on Anzac Day.[↗](../../gallantry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old novel, the captain showed gallantry by giving up his seat.[↗](../../gallantry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeboat crew's gallantry saved six sailors.[↗](../../gallantry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest award for gallantry.[↗](../../gallantry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ugly sister was dressed all in her best and was put up behind the prince on horseback, and off they rode in great gallantry.[↗](../../gallantry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **galleon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A galleon was a large sailing ship with several masts and decks, used long ago by Spain, England and other countries for war and trade.[↗](../../galleon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Galleons carried gold, silver and goods across the oceans, so pirates often attacked them.[↗](../../galleon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Spanish galleon was full of gold and silver.[↗](../../galleon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pirates chased the slow galleon across the sea.[↗](../../galleon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A galleon had tall masts and many sails.[↗](../../galleon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Divers found the wreck of a sunken galleon.[↗](../../galleon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a model galleon out of cardboard.[↗](../../galleon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Galleons had cannons on their lower decks.[↗](../../galleon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The galleon sailed from Mexico to Spain.[↗](../../galleon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the treasure was hidden on a galleon.[↗](../../galleon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gallery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A building or room where paintings, sculptures and other art are shown.[↗](../../gallery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A raised floor or balcony inside a large building, like a theatre or church, where people can sit or look down.[↗](../../gallery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A long narrow room or passage.[↗](../../gallery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (on a phone or computer) The place where your photos are kept.[↗](../../gallery/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We visited the art gallery on our school trip.[↗](../../gallery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The gallery has paintings that are hundreds of years old.[↗](../../gallery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our drawings are in the school gallery by the office.[↗](../../gallery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat in the gallery and looked down at the stage.[↗](../../gallery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The photo is in the gallery on my phone.[↗](../../gallery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't touch the paintings in the gallery.[↗](../../gallery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shooting gallery at the fair had wooden ducks.[↗](../../gallery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They entered a long gallery, where the boy had been before.[↗](../../gallery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.[↗](../../gallery/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.42.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gallery/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court; with gallery against gallery in three stories.[↗](../../gallery/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.42.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gallery/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits.[↗](../../gallery/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.41.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gallery/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **galley** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A galley is the kitchen on a ship, boat or plane.[↗](../../galley/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) A galley was a long ship moved mainly by many oars, often rowed by slaves or prisoners, used by ancient Greeks, Romans and in the Mediterranean.[↗](../../galley/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (printing) A galley (or galley proof) is a long first printing of a text, used to check for mistakes.[↗](../../galley/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cook made soup in the ship's galley.[↗](../../galley/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Roman galleys had rows of oars.[↗](../../galley/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Galley slaves rowed in chains.[↗](../../galley/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The flight attendant went to the galley to get drinks.[↗](../../galley/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The narrow galley on our boat had a tiny stove.[↗](../../galley/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pirates attacked the galley near the coast.[↗](../../galley/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars."[↗](../../galley/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.[↗](../../galley/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.33.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../galley/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gallon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A unit for measuring liquids.[↗](../../gallon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A UK (imperial) gallon is about 4.55 litres; a US gallon is about 3.79 litres.[↗](../../gallon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, plural) A very large amount, as in «gallons of tea».[↗](../../gallon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought a gallon of milk at the store.[↗](../../gallon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One gallon is 8 pints.[↗](../../gallon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car does 40 miles per gallon.[↗](../../gallon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A bath holds about 20 gallons of water.[↗](../../gallon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If 1 gallon is 8 pints, then 3 gallons is 24 pints.[↗](../../gallon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He drank gallons of lemonade at the party.[↗](../../gallon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish tank holds ten gallons.[↗](../../gallon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There were about a hundred gallons of oil in this caldron, and the fire was burning beneath it.[↗](../../gallon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gallop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To gallop is to run very fast, the way a horse does, with all four feet off the ground at one moment.[↗](../../gallop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A gallop is a horse's fastest way of running, or a ride at that speed.[↗](../../gallop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Gallop also means to do something very fast (informal).[↗](../../gallop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse galloped across the field.[↗](../../gallop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We went for a gallop on the beach.[↗](../../gallop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Children galloped around the hall like ponies.[↗](../../gallop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight galloped off to save the princess.[↗](../../gallop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The days galloped by during the holidays.[↗](../../gallop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At a gallop, a horse is very fast.[↗](../../gallop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gallows** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gallows is a wooden frame with a beam, used in the past to hang criminals.[↗](../../gallows/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The gallows is the punishment of being hanged.[↗](../../gallows/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The villain was led to the gallows.[↗](../../gallows/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge sent the thief to the gallows.[↗](../../gallows/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They built a gallows on the hill.[↗](../../gallows/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.[↗](../../gallows/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gallows/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said Esther: 'If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.'[↗](../../gallows/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.9.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gallows/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew: 'Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.[↗](../../gallows/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gallows/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gallus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Gallus is the Latin scientific name for the group (genus) of jungle fowl that includes the chicken: the chicken is Gallus gallus domesticus.[↗](../../gallus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Scotland, slang) Gallus means bold, cheeky and full of confidence, often in a fun, likeable way.[↗](../../gallus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (dialect, old) Galluses are braces, the straps that hold up trousers.[↗](../../gallus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (a name) Gallus was the name of some Romans and of an early saint, Saint Gall.[↗](../../gallus/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chicken's scientific name is Gallus gallus domesticus.[↗](../../gallus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The red junglefowl, Gallus gallus, lives in the forests of Asia.[↗](../../gallus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Scotland) That wee lad is pure gallus, he sang in front of the whole school.[↗](../../gallus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (Scotland) She gave the teacher a gallus grin.[↗](../../gallus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (dialect) Grandpa hitched up his galluses.[↗](../../gallus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientific names like Gallus are written in italics.[↗](../../gallus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **galosh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A galosh is a rubber overshoe worn over a boot or shoe in wet weather.[↗](../../galosh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use, in fairy tales) A galosh is a magic shoe that can carry the wearer far away.[↗](../../galosh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He pulled on his galoshes before splashing in the puddles.[↗](../../galosh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her galoshes were bright yellow.[↗](../../galosh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the tale, the magic galoshes carried him across the sky.[↗](../../galosh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **galvanise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To galvanise people means to shock or excite them into acting quickly.[↗](../../galvanise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To galvanise iron or steel means to coat it with zinc so that it does not rust.[↗](../../galvanise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science, old) To galvanise once meant to give something an electric shock, from the scientist Luigi Galvani.[↗](../../galvanise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fence posts are made of galvanised steel so they will not rust.[↗](../../galvanise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Galvanising coats iron with a layer of zinc.[↗](../../galvanise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain's speech galvanised the team.[↗](../../galvanise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The flood galvanised the whole town into action.[↗](../../galvanise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested whether a galvanised nail rusts in salty water.[↗](../../galvanise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach hoped to galvanise the players at half-time.[↗](../../galvanise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer filled a galvanised bucket with water.[↗](../../galvanise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gamble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To gamble is to bet money on a game, race or event, hoping to win more but risking losing it.[↗](../../gamble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To gamble is to take a risk, hoping things turn out well.[↗](../../gamble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A gamble is a risky action or choice.[↗](../../gamble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a gamble to leave without umbrellas, and we got wet.[↗](../../gamble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain took a gamble and it paid off.[↗](../../gamble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People who gamble usually lose more money than they win.[↗](../../gamble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She gambled on the weather staying sunny.[↗](../../gamble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gambling is only for adults, by law.[↗](../../gamble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some online games use tricks like gambling to get you to spend money.[↗](../../gamble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Was it a good gamble or a silly one?[↗](../../gamble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gambler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who plays games of chance for money, such as cards, betting or slot machines.[↗](../../gambler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who takes big risks hoping to win something.[↗](../../gambler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gambler lost all his money on one bet.[↗](../../gambler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Most gamblers lose more than they win.[↗](../../gambler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He's a bit of a gambler — he took a big risk with his business.[↗](../../gambler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the gambler bet his horse on a card game.[↗](../../gambler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A gambler bets $10 and loses; he has $10 less.[↗](../../gambler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gambling can become a harmful habit.[↗](../../gambler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The luck was on his side, and soon the money of the other gamblers found its way from their pockets into his.[↗](../../gambler/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gambling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gambling is playing games or betting money on something whose result depends on luck, hoping to win more money.[↗](../../gambling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Gambling is also taking a big risk in the hope that things will turn out well.[↗](../../gambling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gambling is not allowed for children.[↗](../../gambling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle stopped gambling because he kept losing money.[↗](../../gambling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The film showed people gambling at a casino in Las Vegas.[↗](../../gambling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Buying lottery tickets every week is a kind of gambling.[↗](../../gambling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some video games have loot boxes that feel a lot like gambling.[↗](../../gambling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths we learned why gambling usually loses money in the long run.[↗](../../gambling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Crossing the road without looking is gambling with your life.[↗](../../gambling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach said trying a new player in the final was gambling.[↗](../../gambling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · While the tree was advancing, everything else at the castle was going backward, through feasting and gambling, for these are two rollers upon which nobody stands safely.[↗](../../gambling/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/3/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) - ← previous: [page 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