--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 15 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/15/) [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 15 [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:* Leniently means in a gentle, less strict way, giving a smaller punishment than expected.[↗](../../leniently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher treated the late pupils leniently.[↗](../../leniently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge dealt leniently with the young driver.[↗](../../leniently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The test was marked leniently.[↗](../../leniently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad acted leniently because it was my birthday.[↗](../../leniently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rules about lunch were applied leniently on sports day.[↗](../../leniently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was punished leniently for his first mistake.[↗](../../leniently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lens** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lens is a curved piece of glass or plastic that bends light to make things look bigger, smaller or clearer, used in glasses, cameras, microscopes and telescopes.[↗](../../lens/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The lens of the eye is the clear part behind the pupil that focuses light.[↗](../../lens/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A contact lens is a thin lens you wear on your eye.[↗](../../lens/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A magnifying glass has a convex lens.[↗](../../lens/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean the camera lens before you take a photo.[↗](../../lens/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt wears contact lenses.[↗](../../lens/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lens in your eye focuses light.[↗](../../lens/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A microscope uses lenses to make tiny things look big.[↗](../../lens/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The telescope's lens collected light from the stars.[↗](../../lens/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never look at the Sun through a lens.[↗](../../lens/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My glasses have thick lenses.[↗](../../lens/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lense** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «Lense» is a common misspelling of «lens».[↗](../../lense/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A lens is a curved piece of glass or clear plastic that bends light to make things look bigger, smaller or clearer, as in glasses, cameras, microscopes and the eye.[↗](../../lense/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The correct spelling is «lens», not «lense».[↗](../../lense/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A magnifying glass has a convex lens.[↗](../../lense/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The camera lens was dirty, so the photo was blurry.[↗](../../lense/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister wears contact lenses instead of glasses.[↗](../../lense/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lens in your eye focuses light onto the back of the eye.[↗](../../lense/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A microscope uses lenses to make tiny things look big.[↗](../../lense/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not leave a lens in the sun on dry grass; it can start a fire.[↗](../../lense/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean your glasses' lenses with a soft cloth.[↗](../../lense/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Past of «lend»: gave something to someone for a short time, expecting to get it back (I lent him my pen).[↗](../../lent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lent: in the Christian calendar, the forty days before Easter, when many Christians pray and give something up, like sweets.[↗](../../lent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I lent my rubber to Jack and he never gave it back.[↗](../../lent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The library lent us ten books for the project.[↗](../../lent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She lent a hand with the washing up.[↗](../../lent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For Lent, my cousin gave up chocolate.[↗](../../lent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lent lasts forty days, until Easter.[↗](../../lent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We eat pancakes the day before Lent begins.[↗](../../lent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Who lent you that bike?[↗](../../lent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thereupon the rich man lent him twenty roubles.[↗](../../lent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.[↗](../../lent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not exact it of his neighbour and his brother; because the LORD'S release hath been proclaimed.[↗](../../lent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn.[↗](../../lent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.[↗](../../lent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.15.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he is lent to the LORD.'[↗](../../lent/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") And he worshipped the LORD there.[↗](../../lent/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.1.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lent/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **lentil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lentil is a small round flat seed, brown, green, red or yellow, that grows in pods and is cooked and eaten, often in soups and stews.[↗](../../lentil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lentils are a pulse, part of the bean and pea family.[↗](../../lentil/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad made lentil soup for lunch.[↗](../../lentil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Red lentils turn soft and yellow when cooked.[↗](../../lentil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dal is an Indian dish made with lentils.[↗](../../lentil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sprouted lentils on wet cotton wool in science.[↗](../../lentil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lentils are full of protein.[↗](../../lentil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Esau traded his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew.[↗](../../lentil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rinse the lentils before you cook them.[↗](../../lentil/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At midday the maiden took the food, but the lentils had all gone; as on the previous day, the wood birds had eaten them all.[↗](../../lentil/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way.[↗](../../lentil/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lentil/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, (Prophets 2SA.17.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lentil/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.[↗](../../lentil/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.23.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lentil/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **leo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (space) A group of stars, a constellation, said to look like a lion.[↗](../../leo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (star signs) The fifth sign of the zodiac, for birthdays from about 23 July to 22 August.[↗](../../leo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Leo, a boy's name meaning «lion» in Latin; many popes were called Leo.[↗](../../leo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Latin) leo = lion.[↗](../../leo/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found the constellation Leo in the spring sky.[↗](../../leo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Regulus is the brightest star in Leo.[↗](../../leo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My birthday is in August, so my star sign is Leo.[↗](../../leo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leo is the Latin word for lion.[↗](../../leo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Leo plays football with me.[↗](../../leo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Star signs like Leo are fun, but they are not science.[↗](../../leo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · \[paragraph continues\] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.[↗](../../leo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../leo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Teth, predominant in Hearing, crowned, combined, and formed Leo in the world, Ab in the year, and the left kidney in man.[↗](../../leo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../leo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Teth, predominant in Hearing, crowned it, combined and formed with it Leo in the Universe, Ab in the Year,-and the left Kidney in Man.[↗](../../leo/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../leo/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **leopard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A leopard is a big wild cat with yellow fur covered in dark spots called rosettes; it lives in Africa and parts of Asia.[↗](../../leopard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Leopards are strong climbers and often drag their food up into trees to keep it safe from lions and hyenas.[↗](../../leopard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Leopard print» is a pattern on clothes that looks like a leopard's spots.[↗](../../leopard/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The leopard rested on a branch in the afternoon heat.[↗](../../leopard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A leopard's spots help it hide in the long grass.[↗](../../leopard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The leopard dragged its catch up into a tree.[↗](../../leopard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leopards hunt mostly at night.[↗](../../leopard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A black panther is often a leopard with very dark fur.[↗](../../leopard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran wore a leopard-print scarf.[↗](../../leopard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «A leopard can't change its spots», said Dad.[↗](../../leopard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There you will see many wild beasts—lions, tigers, leopards, apes, and so on.[↗](../../leopard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?[↗](../../leopard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.13.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leopard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; (Prophets HOS.13.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leopard/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.[↗](../../leopard/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leopard/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **leper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who has leprosy, an illness of the skin and nerves.[↗](../../leper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) In Bible times lepers had to live apart and call out «Unclean!»; Jesus touched and healed lepers.[↗](../../leper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) A person that others avoid or reject: «He was treated like a leper.».[↗](../../leper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jesus healed ten lepers.[↗](../../leper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only one leper came back to thank Jesus.[↗](../../leper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus touched the leper, and he was healed.[↗](../../leper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In old times lepers lived outside the town.[↗](../../leper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the argument he felt like a leper at school.[↗](../../leper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Father Damien worked in a leper colony.[↗](../../leper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This king was a leper, and all his doctors had been unable to cure him, when a very clever physician came to his court.[↗](../../leper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest.[↗](../../leper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; (Torah LEV.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leper/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean.[↗](../../leper/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leper/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart.[↗](../../leper/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leper/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.'[↗](../../leper/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.[↗](../../leper/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leper/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said: 'He is a leper'; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.[↗](../../leper/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.26.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leper/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **leprechaun** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Irish folklore) A small, mischievous fairy, usually shown as a little man with a red or ginger beard, a green coat and hat, who makes shoes and hides a pot of gold.[↗](../../leprechaun/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is a figure from stories, not a real creature.[↗](../../leprechaun/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The leprechaun hid his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.[↗](../../leprechaun/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a leprechaun trap for St Patrick's Day.[↗](../../leprechaun/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the leprechaun tricked the farmer.[↗](../../leprechaun/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leprechauns are said to be shoemakers.[↗](../../leprechaun/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little cousin believes a leprechaun messed up his room.[↗](../../leprechaun/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The leprechaun wore a green hat with a gold buckle.[↗](../../leprechaun/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **leprosy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An illness caused by germs (bacteria) that harms the skin and nerves, so people can lose feeling in their hands and feet.[↗](../../leprosy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) In the Bible, «leprosy» meant several skin diseases; people with it had to live apart, and Jesus healed lepers.[↗](../../leprosy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jesus healed ten men who had leprosy.[↗](../../leprosy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Leprosy can now be cured with medicine.[↗](../../leprosy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In old times people with leprosy had to live outside the town.[↗](../../leprosy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leprosy harms the nerves, so people may not feel pain.[↗](../../leprosy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Father Damien cared for people with leprosy in Hawaii.[↗](../../leprosy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Charities still help people with leprosy around the world.[↗](../../leprosy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The first said: “Let her be struck with leprosy in her face.”[↗](../../leprosy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house; (Torah LEV.14.55, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprosy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall; (Torah LEV.14.54, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprosy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest.[↗](../../leprosy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprosy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.'[↗](../../leprosy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprosy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.'[↗](../../leprosy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.[↗](../../leprosy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprosy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying: 'And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.'[↗](../../leprosy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprosy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **leprous** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having leprosy, or the skin disease described in the Torah.[↗](../../leprous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean: his plague is in his head.[↗](../../leprous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the cloud was removed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam; and, behold, she was leprous.[↗](../../leprous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.12.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said furthermore unto him: 'Put now thy hand into thy bosom.'[↗](../../leprous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.[↗](../../leprous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: 'Why sit we here until we die?[↗](../../leprous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leprous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **ler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «Ler» is not a usual English word on its own; it is most often a piece of a longer word, for example the end of «butler», «sprinkler» or «tumbler».[↗](../../ler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Ler (Lir) is a sea god in old Irish stories; the tale of «The Children of Lir» is about his children turned into swans.[↗](../../ler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The story «The Children of Lir» is an old Irish legend.[↗](../../ler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lir's children were turned into swans.[↗](../../ler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In «butler», the last three letters are l-e-r.[↗](../../ler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some old books spell the sea god's name Ler.[↗](../../ler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Words like «sprinkler» end in -ler.[↗](../../ler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **less** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Less means a smaller amount: less sugar.[↗](../../less/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Less means not so much: less noisy.[↗](../../less/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Less than» compares two amounts: 5 is less than 8 (5 \< 8).[↗](../../less/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths talk, «less» can mean minus: ten less two is eight.[↗](../../less/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Least means the smallest amount of all.[↗](../../less/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* «Nothing less than» means only the very thing named, and nothing smaller.[↗](../../less/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If you give some away to a friend, you have less: subtract.[↗](../../less/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pen costs 3 pounds less than a book.[↗](../../less/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kim has less juice than Tom.[↗](../../less/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 is less than 9.[↗](../../less/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 less 4 is 8.[↗](../../less/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please make less noise.[↗](../../less/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat less sugar and more fruit.[↗](../../less/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Who has the least money?[↗](../../less/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He was accused of nothing less than murder.[↗](../../less/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.[↗](../../less/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../less/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.[↗](../../less/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../less/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; to each one according to those that were numbered of it shall its inheritance be given.[↗](../../less/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.26.54, JPS 1917)[↗](../../less/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.[↗](../../less/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../less/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.[↗](../../less/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../less/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?[↗](../../less/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../less/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … 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