--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 49 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, 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/R/page/49/) [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/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 49 [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:* A rookery is a group of rooks' nests high in the trees, or the place where rooks live together.[↗](../../rookery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A rookery can also be any noisy, crowded place.[↗](../../rookery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rookery was loud at dawn.[↗](../../rookery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rooks built their nests in the rookery.[↗](../../rookery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The playground was a rookery at home time.[↗](../../rookery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **room** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A room is a part of a building with walls, a floor and a ceiling, like a kitchen or a bedroom.[↗](../../room/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Room means free space for someone or something.[↗](../../room/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Room for» can mean a chance, as in «room for improvement».[↗](../../room/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hotel has 20 rooms.[↗](../../room/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each room has 2 beds.[↗](../../room/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 30 students in the room.[↗](../../room/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there room for 5 more?[↗](../../room/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please tidy your room.[↗](../../room/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Make room for Grandma on the sofa.[↗](../../room/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The room is 12 feet long and 10 feet wide.[↗](../../room/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There's no room in the car for the dog.[↗](../../room/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a music room.[↗](../../room/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Your writing is good, but there is room for improvement.[↗](../../room/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But how light the room was\![↗](../../room/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?'[↗](../../room/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../room/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'[↗](../../room/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../room/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.[↗](../../room/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.6.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../room/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.[↗](../../room/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../room/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their room: (Prophets 1KI.20.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../room/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.'[↗](../../room/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.19.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../room/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **roomful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A roomful is as many people or things as fill a room.[↗](../../roomful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A roomful of guests arrived for the feast.[↗](../../roomful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She brought a roomful of toys.[↗](../../roomful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He stored a whole roomful of corn.[↗](../../roomful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **roommate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A roommate is a person who shares a bedroom with you.[↗](../../roommate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, Canada) A roommate is also a person who shares a flat or house with you (UK: flatmate, housemate).[↗](../../roommate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* At camp my roommate snored all night.[↗](../../roommate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has two roommates at college.[↗](../../roommate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My roommate and I share a desk.[↗](../../roommate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They were roommates for three years.[↗](../../roommate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each room holds 4 roommates; how many rooms for 20 children?[↗](../../roommate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (5)[↗](../../roommate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **roomy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Roomy means having plenty of space inside, so that it is not cramped.[↗](../../roomy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car is roomy enough for five.[↗](../../roomy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new kitchen is roomy.[↗](../../roomy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vault was roomy and cool.[↗](../../roomy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **roost** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep, such as a branch, a perch or a barn.[↗](../../roost/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To roost is for birds or bats to settle down to rest or sleep there.[↗](../../roost/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Rule the roost» means to be the boss of a group or a home.[↗](../../roost/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Come home to roost» means that bad things someone did come back to cause trouble for them.[↗](../../roost/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hens went to roost as the sun set.[↗](../../roost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hundreds of starlings roost under the pier.[↗](../../roost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats roost in the old church roof.[↗](../../roost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You must not disturb a bat roost.[↗](../../roost/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In our house the cat rules the roost.[↗](../../roost/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl roosts in the hollow tree during the day.[↗](../../roost/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His lies came home to roost when the truth came out.[↗](../../roost/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The parrot has a favourite roost by the window.[↗](../../roost/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.[↗](../../roost/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **rooster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An adult male chicken, usually with a bright red comb on its head and colourful tail feathers, known for crowing loudly in the morning.[↗](../../rooster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Rooster: the name of a year in the Chinese zodiac.[↗](../../rooster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rooster crowed at sunrise.[↗](../../rooster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A rooster is a male chicken, and a hen is a female.[↗](../../rooster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Cock-a-doodle-doo!» went the rooster.[↗](../../rooster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep away from the rooster — he can peck hard.[↗](../../rooster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rooster has a red comb on its head.[↗](../../rooster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour's rooster wakes us up every morning.[↗](../../rooster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Where are you going, Jack?” said the rooster.[↗](../../rooster/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **root** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The part of a plant that grows under the ground, holding it in place and taking in water and minerals.[↗](../../root/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The part of a tooth or hair under the surface that holds it in.[↗](../../root/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The cause or origin of something: the root of the problem.[↗](../../root/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Roots are where a person's family comes from.[↗](../../root/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In maths, a root of a number, like the square root: the square root of 9 is 3.[↗](../../root/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* In language, a root word is the main part a longer word is built from.[↗](../../root/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* As a verb, to root for a team means to cheer for it; to root around means to search.[↗](../../root/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* Rooted means fixed firmly in one place, as if growing there.[↗](../../root/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Roots take in water from the soil.[↗](../../root/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A carrot is a root we can eat.[↗](../../root/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The square root of 25 is 5.[↗](../../root/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Play" is the root word of "playful".[↗](../../root/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We root for our school team every match.[↗](../../root/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog rooted around in the bin.[↗](../../root/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The tree's roots cracked the pavement.[↗](../../root/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Money was the root of the argument.[↗](../../root/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It seemed to be rooted into the ground.[↗](../../root/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day'. — (Torah DEU.29.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../root/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Were pfodttced ; the Hebrew word BRA, is the root.[↗](../../root/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../root/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The root ספ״ר is also utilized to coin the novel metaphysical term סְפִירוֹת Sefirot, on which see SY 1:2 below.[↗](../../root/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../root/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.[↗](../../root/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../root/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.[↗](../../root/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../root/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.[↗](../../root/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.80.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../root/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **roots** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Roots are the parts of a plant that grow under the ground; they hold the plant in place and take in water and minerals.[↗](../../roots/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The roots of a tooth or hair are the parts that hold it in the body.[↗](../../roots/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Your roots are the place and family you come from.[↗](../../roots/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The roots of a problem are where it starts.[↗](../../roots/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In maths, a root of a number, like the square root, is a number that multiplies by itself to give that number.[↗](../../roots/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The roots take in water from the soil.[↗](../../roots/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tree roots lifted up the pavement.[↗](../../roots/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrots are roots that we eat.[↗](../../roots/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My family has roots in Scotland.[↗](../../roots/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Kind» is the root word of «kindness».[↗](../../roots/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The square root of 16 is 4.[↗](../../roots/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist said the tooth's root was healthy.[↗](../../roots/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We need to find the roots of the problem.[↗](../../roots/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Meet here beneath this ash-tree's roots.[↗](../../roots/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Hebrew has of course several verb roots relating to one or more of each of these three facets of language.[↗](../../roots/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../roots/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It derives from the root נפ״שׁ NPSh, having to do with breathing, refreshing, and resting; its etymological relationships with curiously similar roots like נשׁ״ם NShM ‘to breathe, pant’, נשׁ״ף NShP ‘to blow’, and נשׁ״ב NShB ‘to blow’ are unclear.[↗](../../roots/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../roots/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The Third Path is the Sanctifying Intelligence, and is the basis of foundation of Primordial Wisdom, which is called the Former of faith, and its roots, Amen; and it is the parent of Faith, from which virtues doth Faith emanate.[↗](../../roots/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../roots/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.[↗](../../roots/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../roots/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.[↗](../../roots/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.8.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../roots/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.[↗](../../roots/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../roots/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **rope** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rope is a strong, thick cord made of twisted strands, used for pulling, tying or climbing.[↗](../../rope/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A skipping rope (jump rope in the USA) is a rope you jump over.[↗](../../rope/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To rope is to tie with a rope, or to catch an animal with a loop of rope.[↗](../../rope/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Learn the ropes» means learn how to do a job.[↗](../../rope/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «On the ropes» means in trouble.[↗](../../rope/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A rope is 20 meters long.[↗](../../rope/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He cuts the rope into 4 equal pieces.[↗](../../rope/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She skipped rope 50 times.[↗](../../rope/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They tied two ropes of 6 m and 9 m together.[↗](../../rope/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We climbed the rope in PE.[↗](../../rope/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Both teams pulled hard in the tug-of-war rope.[↗](../../rope/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cowboy roped the calf.[↗](../../rope/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A pulley and a rope can lift heavy loads.[↗](../../rope/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It took her a week to learn the ropes at her new school.[↗](../../rope/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now tie the rope round my body."[↗](../../rope/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope, (Prophets ISA.5.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rope/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.'[↗](../../rope/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber.[↗](../../rope/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rope/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto her: 'If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.'[↗](../../rope/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rope/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **rosary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A string of beads used by Catholic Christians to count prayers.[↗](../../rosary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) The set of prayers said with these beads, including the Hail Mary and the Lord's Prayer.[↗](../../rosary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare, old) A rose garden.[↗](../../rosary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Rosary beads are also used by people of other faiths, such as Buddhists, to count their prayers.[↗](../../rosary/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Granny says the rosary every evening.[↗](../../rosary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rosary has five groups of ten beads, called decades.[↗](../../rosary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She held her rosary beads during the service.[↗](../../rosary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Catholics pray the rosary to think about Jesus's life.[↗](../../rosary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rosary was a gift for his First Holy Communion.[↗](../../rosary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Muslims use prayer beads called misbaha, which are like a rosary.[↗](../../rosary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They took their rosaries in hand and knelt before their household shrines, and burned precious incense, praying to Buddha to give them their heart’s desire.[↗](../../rosary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **rose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rose is a flower with a sweet smell and sharp thorns on its stem.[↗](../../rose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Rose» is the past form of «rise»: the sun rose means it came up.[↗](../../rose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Rose is a soft pink color.[↗](../../rose/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Rose is also a girl's name.[↗](../../rose/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were 12 roses in the vase.[↗](../../rose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jessica cut 10 more roses.[↗](../../rose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are now 22 roses.[↗](../../rose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more roses than orchids?[↗](../../rose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun rose at six o'clock.[↗](../../rose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful of the thorns on the rose.[↗](../../rose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The river rose after the heavy rain.[↗](../../rose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave her a red rose.[↗](../../rose/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The price of milk rose by 10 cents.[↗](../../rose/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The walls were painted rose pink.[↗](../../rose/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The water rose higher and higher.[↗](../../rose/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; (Torah GEN.31.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rose/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke unto the children of Heth, saying: (Torah GEN.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rose/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.[↗](../../rose/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rose/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.[↗](../../rose/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.16.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rose/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Then they rose up, and went away that night.[↗](../../rose/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.28.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rose/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.[↗](../../rose/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rose/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **rosebud** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rosebud is a rose flower before it has opened fully.[↗](../../rosebud/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") \|.[↗](../../rosebud/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A rosebud is a rose that has not yet opened.[↗](../../rosebud/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prettiest rosebud began to speak.[↗](../../rosebud/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She found a wreath of rosebuds on her head.[↗](../../rosebud/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken stem left the rosebuds faded and withered.[↗](../../rosebud/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **rosemary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small evergreen bush with needle-like leaves that smell strong and fresh, used as a herb in cooking.[↗](../../rosemary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Rosemary is also a girl's name.[↗](../../rosemary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum put rosemary on the roast potatoes.[↗](../../rosemary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rosemary smells lovely when you rub its leaves.[↗](../../rosemary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees buzzed round the rosemary bush.[↗](../../rosemary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, people wear a sprig of rosemary on Anzac Day.[↗](../../rosemary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted rosemary in the school herb garden.[↗](../../rosemary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt's name is Rosemary.[↗](../../rosemary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The girl went out, and soon collected a large bundle, and then she plucked at a sprig of sweet-smelling rosemary for herself.[↗](../../rosemary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **rosette** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A round badge made of ribbon, given as a prize, for example at a horse or pet show.[↗](../../rosette/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A rose-shaped decoration in building or on clothes.[↗](../../rosette/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) A ring of leaves growing from one point near the ground, like a dandelion's.[↗](../../rosette/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Rosette is also a girl's name.[↗](../../rosette/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My pony won a blue rosette at the show.[↗](../../rosette/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog got a rosette for best tail.[↗](../../rosette/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The candidates wore party rosettes.[↗](../../rosette/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A dandelion's leaves grow in a rosette.[↗](../../rosette/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She pinned the rosette to her jacket.[↗](../../rosette/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ceiling has a plaster rosette around the light.[↗](../../rosette/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rosette thought she had never seen anything so pretty.[↗](../../rosette/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/48/) **49** [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/50/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) 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