--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 100 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, 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/S/page/100/) [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/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 100 [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 storybook is a book of stories for children, often with pictures.[↗](../../storybook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Storybook describes something perfect or magical, like in a fairy tale: a storybook ending.[↗](../../storybook/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum read me a storybook before bed.[↗](../../storybook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The library has a shelf of storybooks for little ones.[↗](../../storybook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The village looked like a storybook picture.[↗](../../storybook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Their friendship had a storybook ending.[↗](../../storybook/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I drew my own storybook about a dragon.[↗](../../storybook/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storybook was full of bright pictures.[↗](../../storybook/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **storyteller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A storyteller is a person who tells stories, often out loud to an audience.[↗](../../storyteller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A storyteller can also be a writer or someone who is very good at telling stories in an interesting way.[↗](../../storyteller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The storyteller held the children spellbound.[↗](../../storyteller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is a wonderful storyteller.[↗](../../storyteller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A storyteller visited our library this week.[↗](../../storyteller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, storytellers passed on stories by heart.[↗](../../storyteller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be a good storyteller: use expression and pauses.[↗](../../storyteller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storyteller used puppets to act out the tale.[↗](../../storyteller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is the storyteller in this book?[↗](../../storyteller/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · \[208\] "Some storytellers," says Afanasief, "substitute the word snake (zmei) in the Skazka for that of witch (vyed'ma)."[↗](../../storyteller/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Rather fat or heavy in body (a polite word).[↗](../../stout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strong and thick: stout boots, a stout stick.[↗](../../stout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Brave and firm: a stout defender.[↗](../../stout/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A strong, very dark beer.[↗](../../stout/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm a little teapot, short and stout.[↗](../../stout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear stout shoes for the hike.[↗](../../stout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He leaned on a stout wooden stick.[↗](../../stout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The stout old man puffed up the hill.[↗](../../stout/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They put up a stout defence and won the match.[↗](../../stout/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Ireland, stout is a popular drink for adults.[↗](../../stout/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A great stout man was Palle Dyre.[↗](../../stout/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: (Prophets ISA.46.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stout/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.[↗](../../stout/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.76.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stout/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **stoutly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stoutly means bravely, firmly and strongly, without giving in.[↗](../../stoutly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stoutly built means made strong and thick.[↗](../../stoutly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Toad stoutly denied that he had taken the car.[↗](../../stoutly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers stoutly defended the castle.[↗](../../stoutly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gate was stoutly made of oak.[↗](../../stoutly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She stoutly refused to give up.[↗](../../stoutly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He stoutly believed his team would win.[↗](../../stoutly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The little dog barked stoutly at the fox.[↗](../../stoutly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But still they kept trudging stoutly forward, and talking as they went.[↗](../../stoutly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stove** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piece of kitchen equipment for cooking, with hot rings or burners on top and often an oven.[↗](../../stove/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A closed metal box that burns wood, coal or gas to heat a room.[↗](../../stove/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soup is heating on the stove.[↗](../../stove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn pan handles inward on the stove.[↗](../../stove/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch the stove — it's hot\![↗](../../stove/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We cooked sausages on a camping stove.[↗](../../stove/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A wood stove keeps the cabin warm.[↗](../../stove/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask an adult before using the stove.[↗](../../stove/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The devils flung themselves on the stove.[↗](../../stove/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stow is to pack things away neatly in a safe place, often on a ship or in a bag.[↗](../../stow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stow away is to hide on a ship or train so you can travel without paying or being seen.[↗](../../stow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stow your bag under the seat.[↗](../../stow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He stowed the gold in a box.[↗](../../stow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A boy stowed away on the ship to see the sea.[↗](../../stow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors stowed the barrels below deck.[↗](../../stow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **stowaway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stowaway is a person who hides on a ship, plane, train or lorry to travel without paying or without being allowed.[↗](../../stowaway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stow away (verb, two words) is to hide on a vehicle like that in order to travel secretly.[↗](../../stowaway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (playful) A stowaway can be an animal or thing that travelled by accident, like a spider in a box of bananas.[↗](../../stowaway/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sailors found a stowaway hiding among the barrels.[↗](../../stowaway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the boy stowed away on a pirate ship.[↗](../../stowaway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A tiny frog was a stowaway in our bag of salad.[↗](../../stowaway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stowing away on a plane is extremely dangerous.[↗](../../stowaway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat had stowed away in the removal van.[↗](../../stowaway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain made the stowaway work in the kitchen.[↗](../../stowaway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A spider was a stowaway in the box of bananas.[↗](../../stowaway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some stowaways were found inside a lorry at the port.[↗](../../stowaway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **strabismus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strabismus is the medical name for a squint: when a person's two eyes do not point in the same direction at the same time, so one eye may turn in, out, up or down.[↗](../../strabismus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The eye doctor said my little brother has strabismus.[↗](../../strabismus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Strabismus means the eyes point in different directions.[↗](../../strabismus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wears an eye patch to help treat her strabismus.[↗](../../strabismus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Strabismus is often noticed when a child is a baby or toddler.[↗](../../strabismus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Glasses can help some children with strabismus.[↗](../../strabismus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class learned that strabismus can be treated.[↗](../../strabismus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **straddle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To straddle is to stand or sit with one leg on each side of something.[↗](../../straddle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To straddle is to stretch across both sides of something, like a bridge across a river.[↗](../../straddle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She straddled the bench to climb over it.[↗](../../straddle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge straddles the river.[↗](../../straddle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He straddled the log and rode it across the stream.[↗](../../straddle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant straddled the valley.[↗](../../straddle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **straggler** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A straggler is a person or animal that falls behind the others on a march, walk or journey.[↗](../../straggler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Howl, O gate; cry, O city; melt away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.[↗](../../straggler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.14.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straggler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher waited at the gate for the stragglers.[↗](../../straggler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A straggler was still in the woods when the others went home.[↗](../../straggler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The stragglers caught up after an hour.[↗](../../straggler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **straight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Straight means not bent or curved; going in one direction.[↗](../../straight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Straight means at once, without stopping: «go straight home».[↗](../../straight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Straight hair has no curls.[↗](../../straight/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Straight can mean honest: «a straight answer».[↗](../../straight/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In a row with no break: «three days straight».[↗](../../straight/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Draw a straight line 8 cm long.[↗](../../straight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The road goes straight for 3 miles.[↗](../../straight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A triangle has 3 straight sides.[↗](../../straight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He walks straight home.[↗](../../straight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a ruler to draw straight lines.[↗](../../straight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A straight angle is 180 degrees.[↗](../../straight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit up straight at your desk.[↗](../../straight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Go straight ahead and turn left at the shop.[↗](../../straight/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained for five days straight.[↗](../../straight/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She has long straight hair.[↗](../../straight/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They went straight into the courtyard.[↗](../../straight/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight; (Writings PSA.18.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straight/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He restoreth my soul; He guideth me in straight paths for His name's sake.[↗](../../straight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.[↗](../../straight/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.4.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straight/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **straighten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something straight, or to become straight.[↗](../../straighten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (straighten up) To stand up straight, or to make a place tidy.[↗](../../straighten/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (straighten out) To fix a problem or misunderstanding.[↗](../../straighten/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Straighten your back when you sit at your desk.[↗](../../straighten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please straighten the books on the shelf.[↗](../../straighten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Braces will straighten your teeth.[↗](../../straighten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The picture is crooked — can you straighten it?[↗](../../straighten/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's straighten out this misunderstanding.[↗](../../straighten/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He straightened up and smiled.[↗](../../straighten/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Straighten the wire before you use it.[↗](../../straighten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum told us to straighten up the playroom.[↗](../../straighten/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **straightener** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A straightener is a thing that makes something straight.[↗](../../straightener/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hair straighteners are a hot electric tool with two flat plates used to make curly or wavy hair straight.[↗](../../straightener/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister uses straighteners on her hair.[↗](../../straightener/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hair straighteners get very hot, so don't touch the plates.[↗](../../straightener/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Unplug the straighteners when you finish.[↗](../../straightener/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the straighteners on a heat-proof mat.[↗](../../straightener/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The straightener left her hair smooth and flat.[↗](../../straightener/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum keeps the straighteners out of reach of the baby.[↗](../../straightener/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **straightforward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Straightforward means easy to understand or do, with no hidden difficulties: a straightforward question.[↗](../../straightforward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A straightforward person is honest and open and says what they mean.[↗](../../straightforward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first question on the test was straightforward.[↗](../../straightforward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Building the shelf was more straightforward than we expected.[↗](../../straightforward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe is straightforward: mix, pour and bake.[↗](../../straightforward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran is very straightforward; she always tells you the truth.[↗](../../straightforward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Finding the area of a rectangle is straightforward: multiply length by width.[↗](../../straightforward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is not as straightforward as it looks.[↗](../../straightforward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The directions to the park were straightforward.[↗](../../straightforward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a straightforward answer to a tricky question.[↗](../../straightforward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I am a straightforward girl," she said, "and I will tell you myself how it is.[↗](../../straightforward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Folly is joy to him that lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment walketh straightforwards.[↗](../../straightforward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straightforward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **straightway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Straightway means at once, without any delay; it is the same as «straight away».[↗](../../straightway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They ate the apples and straightway became young.[↗](../../straightway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king gave the order and straightway the guards came.[↗](../../straightway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Go home straightway.[↗](../../straightway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He begged them to sell him the incense straightway.[↗](../../straightway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.[↗](../../straightway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.48.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straightway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool; (Writings PRO.7.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straightway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For how can this servant of my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.'[↗](../../straightway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.10.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straightway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **strain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To strain is to try very hard or push your body or mind to its limit.[↗](../../strain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To strain a muscle is to hurt it by stretching or using it too much.[↗](../../strain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To strain food or liquid is to pour it through a sieve to separate the solid bits.[↗](../../strain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Strain is worry or pressure that makes someone tired or tense.[↗](../../strain/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A strain is a type of a plant, animal or germ, like a strain of flu.[↗](../../strain/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A strain is a tune or melody of music.[↗](../../strain/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He strained to lift the heavy box.[↗](../../strain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I strained a muscle in my leg playing football.[↗](../../strain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Strain the pasta in a colander.[↗](../../strain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't strain your eyes reading in the dark.[↗](../../strain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We strained to hear the whisper.[↗](../../strain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is under a lot of strain at work.[↗](../../strain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a new strain of flu.[↗](../../strain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The rope began to strain under the weight.[↗](../../strain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A glorious strain of music sounded--now distant, now near.[↗](../../strain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.[↗](../../strain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore said I: 'Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'[↗](../../strain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.22.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **strait** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strait is a narrow passage of sea between two pieces of land that joins two larger seas.[↗](../../strait/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «In dire straits» means in a very difficult or dangerous situation, often with money.[↗](../../strait/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Strait of Gibraltar separates Spain and Morocco.[↗](../../strait/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ferry crosses Cook Strait from Wellington.[↗](../../strait/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bass Strait lies between Victoria and Tasmania.[↗](../../strait/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago people walked across the Bering Strait when sea levels were low.[↗](../../strait/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ships sail through the narrow strait.[↗](../../strait/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the flood, the family were in dire straits.[↗](../../strait/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the strait on the map and colour it blue.[↗](../../strait/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The black horse leaped the strait.[↗](../../strait/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He answered me with great enlargement.[↗](../../strait/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.118.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strait/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.[↗](../../strait/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.116.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strait/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha: 'Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.[↗](../../strait/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.6.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strait/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **straiten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To straiten is to make someone poorer or to limit what they have.[↗](../../straiten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) To straiten is to make something narrow or tight.[↗](../../straiten/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «In straitened circumstances» (formal) means having very little money.[↗](../../straiten/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the factory closed, the family lived in straitened circumstances.[↗](../../straiten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The village was straitened by the long winter.[↗](../../straiten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In straitened times, people mend their clothes instead of buying new ones.[↗](../../straiten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The war straitened the whole country.[↗](../../straiten/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old story tells of a widow in straitened circumstances who shared her last loaf.[↗](../../straiten/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school's straitened budget meant fewer trips.[↗](../../straiten/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom the LORD thy God hath given thee; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall straiten thee.[↗](../../straiten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.53, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straiten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the spirit of the LORD straitened?[↗](../../straiten/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straiten/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.[↗](../../straiten/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straiten/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.[↗](../../straiten/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straiten/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **straitly** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Strictly, firmly, or solemnly, so that something must be done.[↗](../../straitly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.'[↗](../../straitly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.19, JPS 1917) 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