--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, 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/H/page/3/) [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/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 3 [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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1:* (Islam) Halal means allowed by Islamic law; it is used especially for food, such as meat from animals killed in the correct way, and no pork or alcohol.[↗](../../halal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A halal shop or restaurant sells halal food.[↗](../../halal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Islam) Halal can mean anything allowed in Islam; the opposite is haram (forbidden).[↗](../../halal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend eats only halal meat.[↗](../../halal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school canteen has a halal option every day.[↗](../../halal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pork is never halal.[↗](../../halal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought chicken at the halal butcher.[↗](../../halal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Muslims check if sweets are halal because some gelatine comes from pigs.[↗](../../halal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The restaurant sign says «Halal».[↗](../../halal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In Islam, halal means what is allowed and haram means what is forbidden.[↗](../../halal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **halberd** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An old weapon used from about the 1300s to the 1600s: a long wooden pole with an axe blade, a sharp spike on top and often a hook at the back.[↗](../../halberd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Today a ceremonial weapon carried by some guards, for example the Swiss Guard at the Vatican.[↗](../../halberd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The guard at the castle gate held a long halberd.[↗](../../halberd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Swiss Guard still carry halberds at the Vatican.[↗](../../halberd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers with halberds marched Toad down to the dungeon.[↗](../../halberd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A halberd could chop, stab and hook a rider off his horse.[↗](../../halberd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a rusty halberd in the museum.[↗](../../halberd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight ducked under the halberd's blade.[↗](../../halberd/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He could even see soldiers walking about with halberds.[↗](../../halberd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **halberdier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top.[↗](../../halberdier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Two halberdiers stood at the castle gate.[↗](../../halberdier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's halberdiers marched in first.[↗](../../halberdier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Twelve halberdiers guarded the door.[↗](../../halberdier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hale means strong and healthy, usually said about an older person.[↗](../../hale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) To hale someone means to pull or drag them, especially to court.[↗](../../hale/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa is still hale and hearty at ninety.[↗](../../hale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old farmer looked hale and strong.[↗](../../hale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the holiday, everyone came back hale and well.[↗](../../hale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (old) The thief was haled before the judge.[↗](../../hale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My nan is hale enough to walk five miles a day.[↗](../../hale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking out, she saw the lad hale and hearty standing before her, and grew whiter than ever with rage and spite.[↗](../../hale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **half** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A half is one of two equal parts of something.[↗](../../half/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Half as an adjective means one of two equal parts: «half an hour».[↗](../../half/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Half can mean partly: «half asleep».[↗](../../half/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Half past means 30 minutes after the hour.[↗](../../half/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Max gives Sam half of his stickers.[↗](../../half/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben has half as many cookies as Lily.[↗](../../half/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia ate half of the 8 grapes.[↗](../../half/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the apple in half.[↗](../../half/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Half an hour is 30 minutes.[↗](../../half/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · School ends at half past three.[↗](../../half/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The score was 2–1 at half-time.[↗](../../half/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The glass is half full.[↗](../../half/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There was only half of him\![↗](../../half/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred — (Torah NUM.31.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../half/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, (Torah NUM.31.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../half/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.[↗](../../half/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../half/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah; (Writings NEH.12.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../half/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, (Prophets JOS.22.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../half/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Menuhoth.[↗](../../half/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.52, JPS 1917)[↗](../../half/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **halfpenny** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A halfpenny is an old British coin worth half a penny.[↗](../../halfpenny/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A halfpenny's worth means a very small amount of something.[↗](../../halfpenny/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He bought a sweet for a halfpenny.[↗](../../halfpenny/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They lit a halfpenny's worth of coloured fire.[↗](../../halfpenny/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two halfpennies make one penny.[↗](../../halfpenny/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **halfway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Halfway means in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up the hill.[↗](../../halfway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Halfway can mean partly, not fully: halfway finished.[↗](../../halfway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To meet someone halfway means to agree to a compromise where both give up something.[↗](../../halfway/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We stopped halfway up the mountain for a snack.[↗](../../halfway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We are halfway there\![↗](../../halfway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Halfway between 0 and 100 is 50.[↗](../../halfway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I am halfway through my book.[↗](../../halfway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film stopped halfway because of a power cut.[↗](../../halfway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's meet halfway: you choose the game and I choose the snack.[↗](../../halfway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball crossed the halfway line.[↗](../../halfway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He fell asleep halfway through the story.[↗](../../halfway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Before he was halfway to the farther shore, a storm overtook him.[↗](../../halfway/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.[↗](../../halfway/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../halfway/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.[↗](../../halfway/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../halfway/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **halibut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large flat fish that lives in cold northern seas, such as the North Atlantic and North Pacific, eaten as food.[↗](../../halibut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A halibut has both eyes on one side of its head.[↗](../../halibut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Halibut can grow longer than a grown-up person.[↗](../../halibut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had grilled halibut for dinner.[↗](../../halibut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishermen in Alaska caught a huge halibut.[↗](../../halibut/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Atlantic halibut are now protected because of overfishing.[↗](../../halibut/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Young halibut swim upright, then one eye moves across.[↗](../../halibut/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **halite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The mineral name for natural rock salt, the same chemical as table salt (sodium chloride), often found as clear or white cube-shaped crystals.[↗](../../halite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Halite is the mineral name for rock salt.[↗](../../halite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Halite crystals are shaped like little cubes.[↗](../../halite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Halite forms when salty water evaporates.[↗](../../halite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The council spread crushed halite on icy roads.[↗](../../halite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We tasted a tiny piece of halite in science (with the teacher's permission).[↗](../../halite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are old halite mines in Cheshire.[↗](../../halite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **halitosis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Halitosis is the medical word for bad breath — breath that smells unpleasant.[↗](../../halitosis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Halitosis means bad breath.[↗](../../halitosis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brushing your teeth twice a day helps stop halitosis.[↗](../../halitosis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist said his halitosis came from a bad tooth.[↗](../../halitosis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Garlic and onions can cause short-term halitosis.[↗](../../halitosis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The advert promised to cure halitosis.[↗](../../halitosis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs can get halitosis too, so vets check their teeth.[↗](../../halitosis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hall** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hall is a big room for meetings, concerts, plays or school assemblies.[↗](../../hall/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hall, or hallway, is a passage inside a building, or the space by the front door of a house.[↗](../../hall/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Some big buildings are called halls, like a town hall or a hall of residence.[↗](../../hall/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A Hall of Fame honours famous people.[↗](../../hall/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hall has 20 rows of 15 chairs.[↗](../../hall/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 300 people came to the hall.[↗](../../hall/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school hall is 30 m long.[↗](../../hall/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many seats are empty in the hall?[↗](../../hall/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang at assembly in the hall.[↗](../../hall/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom is down the hall on the left.[↗](../../hall/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave your wet boots in the hall.[↗](../../hall/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You need a hall pass to leave the class.[↗](../../hall/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The banqueting hall was in tumult.[↗](../../hall/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hallelujah** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!".[↗](../../hallelujah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.[↗](../../hallelujah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallelujah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.'[↗](../../hallelujah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Hallelujah.[↗](../../hallelujah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallelujah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **halloo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To halloo is to shout loudly to call hunters or dogs, or to get attention.[↗](../../halloo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A halloo is that loud shout.[↗](../../halloo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The huntsman gave a loud halloo.[↗](../../halloo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hunters hallooed to the dogs.[↗](../../halloo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a halloo from the top of the hill.[↗](../../halloo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hallow** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To make holy, to set apart as holy, or to treat as holy.[↗](../../hallow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* to make something holy, or to honour it as holy.[↗](../../hallow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you, (Torah LEV.22.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · and hallow My sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.[↗](../../hallow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.20.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.[↗](../../hallow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.16.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work; but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers; (Prophets JER.17.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to Mine ordinances shall they judge it; and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed seasons, and they shall hallow My sabbaths.[↗](../../hallow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.44.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.[↗](../../hallow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.5.10, JPS 1917) · And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.[↗](../../hallow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.3, JPS 1917) · And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you,[↗](../../hallow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.32, JPS 1917) **hallowed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Hallowed means holy, made holy, or treated with great respect for God.[↗](../../hallowed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hallowed means greatly respected and honoured because of its history, as a hallowed football ground.[↗](../../hallowed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible, old) To hallow is to make holy or to honour as holy, as in the Lord's Prayer: «hallowed be thy name».[↗](../../hallowed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Hallowed be thy name,» we said together in assembly.[↗](../../hallowed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cemetery is hallowed ground.[↗](../../hallowed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing at the hallowed stadium was the player's dream.[↗](../../hallowed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old church felt hushed and hallowed.[↗](../../hallowed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Halloween comes from «All Hallows' Eve», the night before All Saints' Day.[↗](../../hallowed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem is one of the hallowed classics of English literature.[↗](../../hallowed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.[↗](../../hallowed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallowed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.[↗](../../hallowed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallowed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you, (Torah LEV.22.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallowed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The hallowed stones are poured out at the head of every street.[↗](../../hallowed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallowed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the hallowed things.[↗](../../hallowed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallowed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · What hath My beloved to do in My house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the hallowed flesh is passed from thee?[↗](../../hallowed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.11.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hallowed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **halloween** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A festival held in the evening at the very end of October, when children dress up in costumes, carve pumpkins and go trick-or-treating.[↗](../../halloween/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Its old meaning: the evening before All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Eve).[↗](../../halloween/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We carved a pumpkin for Halloween.[↗](../../halloween/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At Halloween I dressed up as a witch.[↗](../../halloween/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Children go trick-or-treating on Halloween night.[↗](../../halloween/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Carry a torch when you go out at Halloween.[↗](../../halloween/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Halloween began long ago in Ireland and Scotland.[↗](../../halloween/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class had a Halloween party with apple bobbing.[↗](../../halloween/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Only knock on doors with a pumpkin or lights on.[↗](../../halloween/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hallucinate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To see, hear or feel things that are not really there, for example because of high fever, illness, lack of sleep or drugs.[↗](../../hallucinate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computing, informal) Of an AI chatbot: to make up facts that sound true but are false.[↗](../../hallucinate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* With a very high fever, some people hallucinate.[↗](../../hallucinate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost explorer was so thirsty he hallucinated a lake.[↗](../../hallucinate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After three nights without sleep, he began to hallucinate.[↗](../../hallucinate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The chatbot hallucinated a book that doesn't exist.[↗](../../hallucinate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Am I hallucinating, or is that a kangaroo in the garden?[↗](../../hallucinate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drugs can make people hallucinate and are dangerous.[↗](../../hallucinate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hallucination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hallucination is seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something that is not really there, as if it were real.[↗](../../hallucination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can be caused by high fever, some illnesses, lack of sleep, some medicines or drugs.[↗](../../hallucination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers) An AI hallucination is when a computer program confidently says something false or made up.[↗](../../hallucination/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* With a high fever, he had hallucinations of spiders on the wall.[↗](../../hallucination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A hallucination feels real to the person having it.[↗](../../hallucination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lack of sleep can cause hallucinations.[↗](../../hallucination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorer in the desert saw a hallucination of a lake.[↗](../../hallucination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some drugs cause dangerous hallucinations.[↗](../../hallucination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chatbot gave a hallucination: it invented a book that does not exist.[↗](../../hallucination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Always check facts, because AI can produce hallucinations.[↗](../../hallucination/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor asked if she had any hallucinations.[↗](../../hallucination/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hallux** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The big toe, the first and largest toe of the foot; in birds, the toe that points backwards.[↗](../../hallux/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hallux is the scientific name for your big toe.[↗](../../hallux/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A perching bird uses its hallux to grip the branch.[↗](../../hallux/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the bunion was on her hallux.[↗](../../hallux/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Your hallux helps you balance when you walk.[↗](../../hallux/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Apes have a hallux that can grab like a thumb.[↗](../../hallux/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **hallway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hallway is a long narrow passage inside a building, with doors to rooms.[↗](../../hallway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hallway is also the space just inside the front door of a house.[↗](../../hallway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hallway is 12 metres long.[↗](../../hallway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 8 lockers on each side of the hallway.[↗](../../hallway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They put a carpet 2 m wide along the hallway.[↗](../../hallway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 doors open onto the hallway.[↗](../../hallway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · No running in the hallway\![↗](../../hallway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My classroom is at the end of the hallway.[↗](../../hallway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hang your coat in the hallway.[↗](../../hallway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hallway was dark, so I switched on the light.[↗](../../hallway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/4/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/2/) - next →: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/4/) - ↑ back to [The English 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