--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, 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/M/page/12/) [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/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 12 [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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meaning 1:* A market is a place, often outdoors with stalls, where people buy and sell food and other things.[↗](../../market/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The market for something is how many people want to buy it.[↗](../../market/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The stock market is where people buy and sell parts of companies.[↗](../../market/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To market something is to tell people about it so they buy it.[↗](../../market/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She bought 3 kg of apples at the market.[↗](../../market/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the market eggs cost $2 a dozen.[↗](../../market/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold 25 melons at the market.[↗](../../market/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much did she spend at the market?[↗](../../market/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We buy fresh vegetables at the farmers' market.[↗](../../market/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The market stalls sell fruit, cheese and flowers.[↗](../../market/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Their old house is on the market.[↗](../../market/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The company marketed the new toy on TV.[↗](../../market/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This little piggy went to market.[↗](../../market/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Next day the mother went to market.[↗](../../market/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **marketplace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marketplace is an open square in a town where people buy and sell things, such as food, cloth and animals.[↗](../../marketplace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Dog went tinkling his bell all over the marketplace.[↗](../../marketplace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers sold apples in the marketplace on Monday.[↗](../../marketplace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone came to the marketplace to hear the news.[↗](../../marketplace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **marking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Markings are the lines, spots or patterns on an animal, road, plane or object.[↗](../../marking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Marking is a teacher's work of checking and scoring pupils' work.[↗](../../marking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In sport, marking means staying close to a player of the other team to stop them.[↗](../../marking/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb form, marking means putting a mark on something.[↗](../../marking/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tiger's markings help it hide in the grass.[↗](../../marking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher spent the evening marking our tests.[↗](../../marking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Road markings show where to stop.[↗](../../marking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy has white markings on its paws.[↗](../../marking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our coach said "Keep marking number nine!"[↗](../../marking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is marking the answers with a red pen.[↗](../../marking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane had blue markings on its tail.[↗](../../marking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · One of them was brown all over, but the other had strange markings under his fur, as though long ago he had been spotted, and the spots still showed through.[↗](../../marking/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marksman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marksman is a person who is very good at hitting a target with a gun or bow.[↗](../../marksman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Who was the best marksman in the canton?[↗](../../marksman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each marksman wore the number of his hits in a garland round his hat.[↗](../../marksman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The marksman hit the bull's-eye every time.[↗](../../marksman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **marlin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large, fast ocean fish with a long pointed spear-like nose (a bill) and a tall fin on its back.[↗](../../marlin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A marlin has a long spear-like nose.[↗](../../marlin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The blue marlin is one of the fastest fish in the sea.[↗](../../marlin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fisherman fought the marlin for hours.[↗](../../marlin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Marlin leap high out of the water.[↗](../../marlin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Marlin swim in warm oceans around the world.[↗](../../marlin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the clownfish dad is called Marlin.[↗](../../marlin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **marmalade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of jam made from oranges or other citrus fruits (like lemons or limes), with thin strips of peel in it.[↗](../../marmalade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (colour) An orange colour, often used for ginger cats: «a marmalade cat».[↗](../../marmalade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had toast and marmalade for breakfast.[↗](../../marmalade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Paddington Bear keeps a marmalade sandwich under his hat.[↗](../../marmalade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran makes marmalade from Seville oranges every January.[↗](../../marmalade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our marmalade cat sleeps on the windowsill.[↗](../../marmalade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lime marmalade is a bit sour.[↗](../../marmalade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Marmalade has thin strips of peel in it.[↗](../../marmalade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you pass the marmalade, please?[↗](../../marmalade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We weighed the sugar and oranges to make marmalade in class.[↗](../../marmalade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marmite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Marmite is a dark brown, sticky, salty spread made from yeast, eaten on toast, especially in the UK; New Zealand has its own Marmite too.[↗](../../marmite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) Something «Marmite» is something people either love or hate, with nobody in the middle.[↗](../../marmite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (French) «Une marmite» is a large cooking pot, shown on the jar.[↗](../../marmite/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have Marmite on toast every morning.[↗](../../marmite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother hates Marmite and says it smells like old socks.[↗](../../marmite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pineapple on pizza is a Marmite thing — you love it or hate it.[↗](../../marmite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Marmite is made from yeast.[↗](../../marmite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You only need a thin layer of Marmite.[↗](../../marmite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, people eat Vegemite instead of Marmite.[↗](../../marmite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer is a bit Marmite: half my class loves her songs.[↗](../../marmite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **marmoset** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marmoset is a very small monkey with a long tail, soft fur and often tufts of hair on its ears, which lives in the rainforests of South America.[↗](../../marmoset/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A marmoset can fit in the palm of an adult's hand.[↗](../../marmoset/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pygmy marmoset is one of the smallest monkeys in the world.[↗](../../marmoset/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Marmosets scratch tree bark to lick the gum.[↗](../../marmoset/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At the zoo we saw marmosets with white ear tufts.[↗](../../marmoset/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Marmosets usually have twins.[↗](../../marmoset/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The marmoset leapt from branch to branch.[↗](../../marmoset/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Marmosets live in the rainforests of Brazil.[↗](../../marmoset/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **marmot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marmot is a large, plump ground squirrel that lives in mountains and grasslands of Europe, Asia and North America, digs burrows and hibernates through the winter.[↗](../../marmot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A marmot whistled to warn the others of an eagle.[↗](../../marmot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Marmots hibernate in burrows all winter.[↗](../../marmot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw marmots sunbathing on rocks in the Alps.[↗](../../marmot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The groundhog is a kind of marmot.[↗](../../marmot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Marmots live in family groups.[↗](../../marmot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A marmot is about the size of a big cat.[↗](../../marmot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **maroon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Maroon is a dark brownish-red colour, like the colour of some school uniforms.[↗](../../maroon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To maroon someone means to leave them alone in a place they cannot escape from, like a desert island; if you are marooned, you are stuck.[↗](../../maroon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Maroons were people in Jamaica and other places who escaped slavery and built free communities in the mountains.[↗](../../maroon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK) A maroon is a loud firework rocket used as a signal, once used to call lifeboat crews.[↗](../../maroon/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (Australia) The Maroons is the nickname of the Queensland rugby league team.[↗](../../maroon/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school jumpers are maroon.[↗](../../maroon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirates marooned the captain on a tiny island.[↗](../../maroon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were marooned at home because of the snow.[↗](../../maroon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Maroon is darker than red.[↗](../../maroon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Maroons of Jamaica fought for their freedom.[↗](../../maroon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Robinson Crusoe was marooned for many years.[↗](../../maroon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) The Maroons won the State of Origin match.[↗](../../maroon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The flood marooned the village for a week.[↗](../../maroon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marquee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A very large tent used for outdoor events like weddings, fairs and garden parties.[↗](../../marquee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, Canada) A sign or roof over the entrance of a theatre or cinema, showing the names of shows and stars in lights.[↗](../../marquee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective, US) Most famous and important: «a marquee player».[↗](../../marquee/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school fête had a big white marquee for the cake stall.[↗](../../marquee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When it rained, everyone crowded into the marquee.[↗](../../marquee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wedding party danced in a marquee in the garden.[↗](../../marquee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cinema marquee showed the name of the new film in lights.[↗](../../marquee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The club's marquee signing scored in his first game.[↗](../../marquee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It took ten people to put up the marquee.[↗](../../marquee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The flower show was held in three marquees.[↗](../../marquee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The marquee pegs were hammered deep into the grass.[↗](../../marquee/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marquis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marquis is a nobleman with a high title, ranking below a duke and above an earl or count.[↗](../../marquis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In Britain the title is usually spelled «marquess»; «marquis» is used in France and other countries.[↗](../../marquis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The wife of a marquis is a marchioness (UK) or a marquise (France).[↗](../../marquis/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The marquis lived in a grand castle in France.[↗](../../marquis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A marquis ranks below a duke.[↗](../../marquis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the novel, the cruel marquis rode past the starving villagers.[↗](../../marquis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Marquess of Bath owns a safari park in England.[↗](../../marquis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The marquis bowed to the queen.[↗](../../marquis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His title passed from the old marquis to his son.[↗](../../marquis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Truly a fine estate," said the King to the Marquis of Carabas.[↗](../../marquis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **marred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mar something is to spoil it so that it is less good than it was.[↗](../../marred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After three happy years an accident marred their happiness.[↗](../../marred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain marred our picnic.[↗](../../marred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A scratch marred the new table.[↗](../../marred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. — (Prophets NAM.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · According as many were appalled at thee — so marred was his visage unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons of men — (Prophets ISA.52.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I went to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.[↗](../../marred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.13.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **marriage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Marriage is the legal relationship between two people who are husband and wife, or partners, joined in law.[↗](../../marriage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A marriage is a wedding, the ceremony where two people get married.[↗](../../marriage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A marriage is the time two people are married: a long, happy marriage.[↗](../../marriage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Their marriage lasted fifty years.[↗](../../marriage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt's marriage was in a little church.[↗](../../marriage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince asked for her hand in marriage.[↗](../../marriage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A marriage is celebrated with a wedding.[↗](../../marriage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma showed us photos of her marriage.[↗](../../marriage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In some countries, marriage is allowed only from age 18.[↗](../../marriage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And then the marriage was celebrated.[↗](../../marriage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.[↗](../../marriage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marriage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · neither shalt thou make marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.[↗](../../marriage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marriage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.[↗](../../marriage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.63, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marriage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.[↗](../../marriage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.18.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marriage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; (Prophets JOS.23.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marriage/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **married** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having a husband or wife.[↗](../../married/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (past form) Became husband and wife, or joined two people in marriage.[↗](../../married/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* married to (informal): very involved in something, such as work.[↗](../../married/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt and uncle are married.[↗](../../married/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They got married on a beach.[↗](../../married/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is married to a teacher.[↗](../../married/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The married couple went on holiday.[↗](../../married/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A priest married them in the church.[↗](../../married/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He's married to his job\![↗](../../married/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How long have your grandparents been married?[↗](../../married/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She said "Yes," and they were married.[↗](../../married/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.[↗](../../married/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.36.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../married/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.[↗](../../married/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.12.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../married/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.[↗](../../married/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../married/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.[↗](../../married/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../married/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab; (Writings NEH.13.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../married/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.[↗](../../married/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.10.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../married/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **marrieth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «marrieth» means «marries», a form of «marry».[↗](../../marrieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To marry someone means to become their husband or wife in a wedding.[↗](../../marrieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **marrow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (bone marrow) The soft tissue inside bones where new blood cells are made.[↗](../../marrow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A large, long, green vegetable like a giant courgette (zucchini).[↗](../../marrow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (to the marrow) Completely, deeply: «chilled to the marrow».[↗](../../marrow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bone marrow makes new blood cells.[↗](../../marrow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa grew a huge marrow in his garden.[↗](../../marrow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog chewed a marrow bone.[↗](../../marrow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We were frozen to the marrow after the snow walk.[↗](../../marrow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Marrow is like a big courgette.[↗](../../marrow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People can donate bone marrow to help sick patients.[↗](../../marrow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He heard them crack the small round bones with their strong long teeth and eat out the oily marrow.[↗](../../marrow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.[↗](../../marrow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marrow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.[↗](../../marrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth doth praise Thee with joyful lips; (Writings PSA.63.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marrow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **marry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To marry someone means to become their husband or wife in a wedding.[↗](../../marry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To marry means to perform the wedding.[↗](../../marry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The priest married them."[↗](../../marry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To marry two things means to join or combine them well.[↗](../../marry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Marry is an old word, used to mean "indeed" or "truly" to show strong feeling.[↗](../../marry/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt is going to marry her boyfriend next summer.[↗](../../marry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They got married in a small church.[↗](../../marry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince married the princess and they lived happily ever after.[↗](../../marry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandparents have been married for fifty years.[↗](../../marry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge married the couple at the town hall.[↗](../../marry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This dish marries sweet and sour flavours.[↗](../../marry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Marry, I'm in earnest," said the tinker.[↗](../../marry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?'[↗](../../marry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.13.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marseille** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Marseille is a large port city on the Mediterranean coast in southern France, the second-largest city in France.[↗](../../marseille/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) The name is French; in older English it is often spelled «Marseilles».[↗](../../marseille/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Marseille is a busy port in the south of France.[↗](../../marseille/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Greek sailors founded Marseille long ago.[↗](../../marseille/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The French national anthem is called «La Marseillaise».[↗](../../marseille/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We took a ferry from Marseille to Corsica.[↗](../../marseille/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Marseille has a famous football club.[↗](../../marseille/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish soup called bouillabaisse comes from Marseille.[↗](../../marseille/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/11/) **12** [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/13/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← 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