--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, 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/L/page/10/) [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/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 10 [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:* (informal) A lazybones is a lazy person, someone who does not want to get up or do any work; it is usually a playful, joking word.[↗](../../lazybones/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Wake up, lazybones, it's nearly nine!» called Mum.[↗](../../lazybones/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat is a real lazybones; it sleeps all day.[↗](../../lazybones/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a lazybones; help me carry the shopping.[↗](../../lazybones/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad called us lazybones when we stayed in bed.[↗](../../lazybones/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog is a lazybones on hot afternoons.[↗](../../lazybones/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Who's the lazybones who left the dishes?»[↗](../../lazybones/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Next day the lazybones went to church.[↗](../../lazybones/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **le** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «Le» means «the» in French, used before a masculine word: «le chat» is «the cat».[↗](../../le/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It sounds like «luh» to an English ear, with a short soft vowel.[↗](../../le/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It is not an English word, but you meet it in French names and phrases that English has borrowed.[↗](../../le/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In French, «le chat» means «the cat».[↗](../../le/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher wrote «le livre» on the board and said it means «the book».[↗](../../le/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Le» sounds a bit like «luh».[↗](../../le/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Quebec street sign said «Le Vieux-Port».[↗](../../le/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In French class we sorted words into «le» words and «la» words.[↗](../../le/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Le garçon» means «the boy».[↗](../../le/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The café in our town is called «Le Petit Café».[↗](../../le/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · From ‘Le Foyer Breton,’ par E.[↗](../../le/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yod is variously written in English letters as I, Y, or J, or sometimes le.[↗](../../le/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../le/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.[↗](../../le/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../le/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **leach** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) To leach is when water slowly washes chemicals or minerals out of soil, rock or another material.[↗](../../leach/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To leach is when a substance slowly seeps out of something, like colour or chemicals from plastic.[↗](../../leach/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Heavy rain leaches nutrients out of the soil.[↗](../../leach/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chemicals from the tip leached into the river.[↗](../../leach/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Colour leached from the red sock into the white shirt.[↗](../../leach/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Over years, salt leaches out of the rock.[↗](../../leach/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plastics can leach chemicals into hot food.[↗](../../leach/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers added fertiliser because the soil was leached.[↗](../../leach/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lead** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lead (leed) is to go in front and show the way, or to be in charge of a group.[↗](../../lead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To lead is to be winning: «Our team leads by two goals».[↗](../../lead/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To lead to something is to cause it or go to it: «This path leads to the beach».[↗](../../lead/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A lead (leed) is a strap for a dog (US: leash), or a wire for electricity.[↗](../../lead/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The lead (leed) is first place, or the main part in a play.[↗](../../lead/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Lead (led) is a soft, heavy, grey metal, poisonous if swallowed.[↗](../../lead/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* Pencil «lead» (led) is really graphite, not the metal.[↗](../../lead/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please lead the way to the hall.[↗](../../lead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team is in the lead.[↗](../../lead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your dog on a lead near the road.[↗](../../lead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This road leads to the village.[↗](../../lead/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She will lead the class assembly.[↗](../../lead/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much screen time can lead to poor sleep.[↗](../../lead/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Lead is a very heavy metal.[↗](../../lead/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My pencil lead broke.[↗](../../lead/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · False confidence often leads to disaster.[↗](../../lead/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.[↗](../../lead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, (Torah NUM.31.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lead/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.[↗](../../lead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Leader; upon the Nehiloth.[↗](../../lead/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.5.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lead/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Leader; upon the Gittith.[↗](../../lead/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.8.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lead/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Leader; on the Sheminith.[↗](../../lead/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.12.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lead/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **leaden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of lead, the grey heavy metal: a leaden gutter.[↗](../../leaden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dull grey, like lead: leaden skies.[↗](../../leaden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Heavy and slow, as if weighed down: leaden legs.[↗](../../leaden/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rain fell from the leaden sky.[↗](../../leaden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My legs felt leaden after the long walk.[↗](../../leaden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The roof had a leaden gutter.[↗](../../leaden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her heart was leaden with grief.[↗](../../leaden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **leaders** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* People who lead or are in charge of a group, a team, a country or an organisation.[↗](../../leaders/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* People or teams that are winning or in first place in a race or competition.[↗](../../leaders/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Companies or things that are the best or most important in their area (market leaders).[↗](../../leaders/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* World leaders met to talk about the climate.[↗](../../leaders/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The group leaders gave out the maps.[↗](../../leaders/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaders of the race are on the last lap.[↗](../../leaders/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Good leaders listen to their team.[↗](../../leaders/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has student leaders in every class.[↗](../../leaders/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two club leaders shook hands.[↗](../../leaders/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scouts have adult leaders who help them.[↗](../../leaders/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Seven leaders were now chosen, each at the head of a separate detachment of troops.[↗](../../leaders/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And these are the Twelve Leaders in the Person: two hands, two legs, two kidneys, spleen, liver, gall, rumen, abomasum, craw.[↗](../../leaders/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 2: Identification of the latter four terms is very strange.[↗](../../leaders/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../leaders/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flock\![↗](../../leaders/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.25.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaders/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.[↗](../../leaders/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.25.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaders/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria.[↗](../../leaders/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.32.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaders/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **leadership** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leadership is being the leader of a group, team or country.[↗](../../leadership/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Leadership is the ability to lead people well: to guide, decide and help others work together.[↗](../../leadership/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The leadership is the group of people who lead an organisation or party.[↗](../../leadership/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team won the cup under her leadership.[↗](../../leadership/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Being a school prefect helps you learn leadership.[↗](../../leadership/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good leadership means listening to others.[↗](../../leadership/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The party's leadership met to plan the campaign.[↗](../../leadership/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He showed real leadership when the tent fell down.[↗](../../leadership/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leadership is not just giving orders.[↗](../../leadership/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The class voted for Ava because of her leadership skills.[↗](../../leadership/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The leadership of the Pack is with the Pack alone.”[↗](../../leadership/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **leadest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «leadest» means «you lead», a form of «lead».[↗](../../leadest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To lead (leed) is to go in front and show the way, or to be in charge of a group.[↗](../../leadest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* “O mighty Death! thy silence teaches nought, Thou leadest only to the near grave's brink; Is broken now the ladder of my thoughts?[↗](../../leadest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) **leaf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A leaf is one of the flat, usually green parts that grow on a plant or tree.[↗](../../leaf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A leaf is also one sheet of paper in a book, with a page on each side.[↗](../../leaf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To leaf through a book is to turn its pages quickly without reading closely.[↗](../../leaf/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A leaf of a table is an extra flat piece that makes it bigger.[↗](../../leaf/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plant has 12 leaves.[↗](../../leaf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 leaves fell off.[↗](../../leaf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each clover has 3 leaves.[↗](../../leaf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many leaves are on 4 clovers?[↗](../../leaf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In autumn the maple leaves turn red and orange.[↗](../../leaf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves use sunlight to make food for the plant.[↗](../../leaf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We raked the leaves into a big pile and jumped in it.[↗](../../leaf/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She leafed through the comic book in the library.[↗](../../leaf/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A four-leaf clover is said to bring good luck.[↗](../../leaf/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He promised to turn over a new leaf and do his homework on time.[↗](../../leaf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Round about him, not a leaf stirred.[↗](../../leaf/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.[↗](../../leaf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.[↗](../../leaf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?[↗](../../leaf/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaf/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.[↗](../../leaf/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.1.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaf/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other.[↗](../../leaf/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.41.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaf/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **leafless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having no leaves; bare, as trees are in winter.[↗](../../leafless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In winter the trees stand leafless.[↗](../../leafless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The leafless oak looked cold and bare.[↗](../../leafless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the leafless branches showed against the sky.[↗](../../leafless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **leaflet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A leaflet is a small printed sheet of paper, sometimes folded, that gives information or advertises something.[↗](../../leaflet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A leaflet is a small leaf that is part of a bigger leaf, like on a clover.[↗](../../leaflet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To leaflet an area is to hand out leaflets there.[↗](../../leaflet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A leaflet about the school fair came home in my bag.[↗](../../leaflet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the leaflet before taking the medicine.[↗](../../leaflet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We delivered 50 leaflets on our street.[↗](../../leaflet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire safety leaflet says to check smoke alarms.[↗](../../leaflet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A clover leaf has three leaflets.[↗](../../leaflet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They leafleted the town about the lost cat.[↗](../../leaflet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pick up a free leaflet at the museum.[↗](../../leaflet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If each house gets 2 leaflets, 30 houses need 60 leaflets.[↗](../../leaflet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was written on a leaflet of paper heavily flecked with gold-dust.[↗](../../leaflet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **leafy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having lots of leaves: «a leafy tree».[↗](../../leafy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a place) With many trees and gardens, green and pleasant: «a leafy street».[↗](../../leafy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of vegetables) Eaten as leaves: «leafy greens».[↗](../../leafy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked down a leafy lane.[↗](../../leafy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat your leafy greens like spinach and lettuce.[↗](../../leafy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The leafy branches gave us shade.[↗](../../leafy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They live in a leafy part of town.[↗](../../leafy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The leafiest tree in the park is the old oak.[↗](../../leafy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Caterpillars love leafy plants.[↗](../../leafy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Overgrown with thistles and rank weeds, in the centre of which a leafy lime tree reared itself.[↗](../../leafy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations that ye are to dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every leafy tree.[↗](../../leafy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.12.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leafy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.[↗](../../leafy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leafy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.[↗](../../leafy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leafy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every leafy tree; (Prophets 2KI.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leafy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **league** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A group of sports teams or clubs that play matches against each other to see who is best.[↗](../../league/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A level of quality: «He is not in the same league».[↗](../../league/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A group of people or countries who join together for a shared aim.[↗](../../league/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An old measure of distance, about three miles (about 5 kilometres).[↗](../../league/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our team is top of the league.[↗](../../league/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She plays in a girls' football league.[↗](../../league/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We get three points for a win in our league.[↗](../../league/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the league table to see who is winning.[↗](../../league/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That chess player is out of my league.[↗](../../league/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirates were in league with the guards.[↗](../../league/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, they walked seven leagues in one day.[↗](../../league/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; and he shall come up and become strong, with a little nation.[↗](../../league/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.11.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../league/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.[↗](../../league/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../league/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.[↗](../../league/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.5.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../league/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **leak** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To leak means to let liquid or gas escape through a hole or crack by accident.[↗](../../leak/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A leak is a small hole or crack that lets things through, or the liquid or gas that escapes.[↗](../../leak/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To leak a secret means to tell it to people who should not know.[↗](../../leak/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The roof leaks when it rains.[↗](../../leak/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a leak in the bucket.[↗](../../leak/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you smell gas, there may be a gas leak; get out and tell an adult.[↗](../../leak/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My water bottle is leaking in my bag.[↗](../../leak/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.[↗](../../leak/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old batteries can leak acid.[↗](../../leak/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone leaked the surprise, so she knew about the party.[↗](../../leak/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a pot under the leak to catch the drips.[↗](../../leak/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The main mast was split asunder, the ship sprang a leak, and the pumps became useless, while all around was black as night.[↗](../../leak/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **leakage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leakage is liquid, gas or light escaping through a hole or crack.[↗](../../leakage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Leakage is also the amount that escapes.[↗](../../leakage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Leakage of information is when secret or private facts get out to people who should not have them.[↗](../../leakage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water leakage made a stain on the ceiling.[↗](../../leakage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The plumber found the cause of the leakage.[↗](../../leakage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old batteries can have leakage of acid.[↗](../../leakage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A gas leakage can cause a fire, so open the windows and get out.[↗](../../leakage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tank lost ten litres through leakage.[↗](../../leakage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The company worried about the leakage of secret plans.[↗](../../leakage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **leaky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leaky describes something with a hole or crack that lets liquid or gas escape or get in: a leaky tap, a leaky roof.[↗](../../leaky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Leaky can describe a person or group that lets secrets out.[↗](../../leaky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The leaky tap dripped all night.[↗](../../leaky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a bucket under the leaky roof.[↗](../../leaky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My wellies are leaky, so my socks are soaked.[↗](../../leaky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They rowed across the lake in a leaky old boat.[↗](../../leaky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A leaky pen left ink all over my pencil case.[↗](../../leaky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The team was so leaky that the coach's plan reached the other side.[↗](../../leaky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") 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