--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 59 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/59/) [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 59 [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:* To slump is to sit or fall down heavily because you are tired, ill or sad.[↗](../../slump/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To slump also means to fall suddenly by a large amount, like prices or sales.[↗](../../slump/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A slump is a time when business, trade or a team does badly (money, sport).[↗](../../slump/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A slump is also a sudden fall in numbers or in how well someone is doing.[↗](../../slump/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the long race, Mia slumped onto the grass.[↗](../../slump/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad slumped in his armchair and fell asleep.[↗](../../slump/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy slumped over his desk, too tired to finish.[↗](../../slump/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sales of ice cream slump in winter.[↗](../../slump/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team is in a slump and has lost five games in a row.[↗](../../slump/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · During the slump, many shops in town closed.[↗](../../slump/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · House prices slumped last year.[↗](../../slump/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit up straight and don't slump at the table\![↗](../../slump/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **slur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To slur means to speak words unclearly, so the sounds run together, for example when someone is very tired, ill or drunk.[↗](../../slur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slur is an insult or unkind remark that damages someone's reputation, as in «a slur on his good name».[↗](../../slur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A slur is a nasty, hurtful word used against a group of people, such as because of their race, religion or disability; using slurs is bullying and can be against the law.[↗](../../slur/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (music) A slur is a curved line over notes showing they should be played or sung smoothly together.[↗](../../slur/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His speech was slurred because he had just woken from the operation.[↗](../../slur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Using slurs about someone's race is never OK.[↗](../../slur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper's story was a slur on her good name.[↗](../../slur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Slurred speech can be a sign of a stroke, so call for help quickly.[↗](../../slur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In music, play the notes under the slur smoothly.[↗](../../slur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher told the class that slurs are a kind of bullying.[↗](../../slur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slurp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To drink or eat noisily by sucking in air with the food or drink.[↗](../../slurp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A noisy sucking sound or a mouthful drunk this way.[↗](../../slurp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't slurp your soup\![↗](../../slurp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog slurped water from its bowl.[↗](../../slurp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He took a big slurp of milkshake.[↗](../../slurp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We slurped noodles at the restaurant.[↗](../../slurp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Slurping is polite in some countries.[↗](../../slurp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby slurped the last of her juice.[↗](../../slurp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slurred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slurred speech is speech where the words run into each other and are hard to understand.[↗](../../slurred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (music) Slurred notes are played smoothly joined together, shown by a curved line called a slur.[↗](../../slurred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To have slurred someone can mean to have insulted them unfairly (a slur is an insult).[↗](../../slurred/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His speech was slurred because he was so sleepy.[↗](../../slurred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Slurred speech can be a sign of a stroke, so call an ambulance.[↗](../../slurred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The drunk man slurred his words.[↗](../../slurred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Play these two notes slurred, without a gap.[↗](../../slurred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She slurred "goodnight" as she fell asleep.[↗](../../slurred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The curved line means the notes are slurred.[↗](../../slurred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After the dentist's injection, my words were slurred for an hour.[↗](../../slurred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slurry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slurry is a thick, runny mixture of water and something solid, such as mud, cement or crushed rock.[↗](../../slurry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (farming) On farms, slurry is liquid animal manure (dung and urine mixed with water) kept in tanks or pits and spread on fields as fertiliser.[↗](../../slurry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer sprayed slurry on the field, and the whole village smelled it.[↗](../../slurry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never go near a slurry pit on a farm.[↗](../../slurry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders poured a slurry of cement into the hole.[↗](../../slurry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When the river flooded, a brown slurry of mud covered the road.[↗](../../slurry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science teacher mixed clay and water to make a slurry.[↗](../../slurry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you leave the slurry still, the solid bits sink to the bottom.[↗](../../slurry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Farm safety posters warn that slurry gas can kill in seconds.[↗](../../slurry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slush** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slush is snow that has partly melted and turned into wet, dirty, half-frozen mush on the ground.[↗](../../slush/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slush or slushie is a drink of flavoured crushed ice.[↗](../../slush/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Slush can also mean silly, over-sweet, soppy talk or writing about love.[↗](../../slush/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snow turned to grey slush by lunchtime.[↗](../../slush/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus splashed slush all over my coat.[↗](../../slush/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk carefully — the slush is slippery.[↗](../../slush/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a blue raspberry slush at the cinema.[↗](../../slush/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was full of romantic slush.[↗](../../slush/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Melting snow becomes slush before it becomes water.[↗](../../slush/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our boots got soaked in the slush.[↗](../../slush/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slushy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Covered in or made of slush: half-melted, wet, dirty snow.[↗](../../slushy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Soppy and too sentimental, like a soppy love story.[↗](../../slushy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, informal) A slushy (or slushie) is a frozen drink of crushed ice and sweet flavouring.[↗](../../slushy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snow turned slushy by lunchtime.[↗](../../slushy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch out — the pavement is slushy and slippery.[↗](../../slushy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a blue raspberry slushy at the cinema.[↗](../../slushy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister loves slushy love songs.[↗](../../slushy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The slushy road splashed our coats.[↗](../../slushy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was too slushy for me.[↗](../../slushy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use, now a rude insult) A slut was an untidy, dirty woman; today the word is very rude and hurtful, so do not use it.[↗](../../slut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In old tales, it is a sharp name that a proud or lazy servant girl is called.[↗](../../slut/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "What a lazybones! what a slut!"[↗](../../slut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The proud girl called the servant a slut.[↗](../../slut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling someone that name is rude and hurtful.[↗](../../slut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sly means clever in a sneaky way, good at tricking people and hiding what you really plan.[↗](../../sly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sly smile, look or wink shows that someone knows a secret or a joke that others do not.[↗](../../sly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «On the sly» means secretly, so that others do not notice.[↗](../../sly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sly fox tricked the crow into dropping its cheese.[↗](../../sly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: a sly person may pretend to be your friend to get something.[↗](../../sly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom gave me a sly wink when the teacher wasn't looking.[↗](../../sly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a sly smile, so I knew she had hidden my shoes.[↗](../../sly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was eating sweets on the sly during the film.[↗](../../sly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sly cat waited quietly until the bird came close.[↗](../../sly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "No need to search any farther," thought sly Master Fox.[↗](../../sly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slyly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a clever, secret way, often to trick someone.[↗](../../slyly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a playful, knowing way, as if sharing a secret joke: she smiled slyly.[↗](../../slyly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox looked slyly at the hens.[↗](../../slyly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She slyly took the last biscuit when no one was looking.[↗](../../slyly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He grinned slyly, knowing the answer.[↗](../../slyly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The weasels slyly crept into Toad Hall.[↗](../../slyly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa slyly slipped me a coin.[↗](../../slyly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat slyly watched the bird from under the bush.[↗](../../slyly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some one must have slipped it slyly into my pocket for a joke.[↗](../../slyly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **smack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hit someone or something hard with an open hand.[↗](../../smack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A hit with an open hand, or the loud sound of a hit.[↗](../../smack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adverb, informal) Exactly or directly: smack in the middle.[↗](../../smack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A loud kiss.[↗](../../smack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Smack of» means to suggest something: that smacks of cheating.[↗](../../smack/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (slang) An illegal drug (heroin); also a small fishing boat (old).[↗](../../smack/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* To smack your lips means to make a noisy sound with your mouth, usually when you are about to eat something tasty.[↗](../../smack/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ball landed smack in the middle of the goal.[↗](../../smack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She smacked her lips at the smell of pizza.[↗](../../smack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He hit the wall with a loud smack.[↗](../../smack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran gave me a big smack on the cheek.[↗](../../smack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hitting is never OK.[↗](../../smack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His excuse smacked of a lie.[↗](../../smack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Iktomi trudged along with his burden, smacking his hungry lips together.[↗](../../smack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **small** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Small means little in size: a small dog.[↗](../../small/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Small means little in number or amount: a small crowd, a small number.[↗](../../small/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Small means young: when I was small.[↗](../../small/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Small means not important: a small mistake.[↗](../../small/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Smaller means less big than another one; smallest means less big than all the others.[↗](../../small/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Small can mean mean or petty: «That was a small thing to do».[↗](../../small/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Small» is a size in shops and cafés: «a small chips, please».[↗](../../small/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) Exams say «of lesser magnitude», «minimal», «negligible» or «the lesser of» for small or smaller.[↗](../../small/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (euphemism) «Small» or «petite» is a polite word for short or thin people; «a small problem» may hide a big one.[↗](../../small/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We always subtract the smaller number from the bigger one.[↗](../../small/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Which number is smaller, 8 or 13?[↗](../../small/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the numbers in order from smallest to biggest.[↗](../../small/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Germs are too small to see without a microscope.[↗](../../small/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I made a small mistake in my spelling.[↗](../../small/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When I was small, I was scared of the dark.[↗](../../small/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A small chips and a Coke, ta.[↗](../../small/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We've got a small problem: the car won't start (it's a big problem).[↗](../../small/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't sweat the small stuff, just count 'em.[↗](../../small/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Oi, shorty, you're too small for the big slide.[↗](../../small/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Determine the lesser of the two quantities, 17 and 23.[↗](../../small/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The difference is negligible: 0.01 kilograms.[↗](../../small/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon grows small at night\![↗](../../small/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.[↗](../../small/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../small/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.[↗](../../small/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../small/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.[↗](../../small/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.18.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../small/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Were thy harlotries a small matter, (Prophets EZK.16.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../small/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee?[↗](../../small/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../small/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.[↗](../../small/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../small/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **smaller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Smaller means less big: a mouse is smaller than a cat.[↗](../../smaller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Smaller means less in number or amount: 3 is smaller than 5.[↗](../../smaller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Which number is smaller, 45 or 54?[↗](../../smaller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The smaller box holds 6 eggs.[↗](../../smaller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The smaller number is 8 less than the bigger one.[↗](../../smaller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the smaller of two numbers whose sum is 20.[↗](../../smaller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My feet are smaller than my dad's.[↗](../../smaller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the apple into smaller pieces for the baby.[↗](../../smaller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign \< means smaller than.[↗](../../smaller/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He is smaller than a picket-pin.[↗](../../smaller/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **smallish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fairly small; a bit small but not very.[↗](../../smallish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We live in a smallish house near the park.[↗](../../smallish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a smallish dog, about the size of a cat.[↗](../../smallish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a smallish crowd, maybe fifty people.[↗](../../smallish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose a smallish potato for the baby.[↗](../../smallish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school is smallish, with only one class per year.[↗](../../smallish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The answer is a smallish number, somewhere under ten.[↗](../../smallish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **smallness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Smallness is the quality of being small in size or height.[↗](../../smallness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The smallness of the mouse surprised everyone.[↗](../../smallness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He admired the smallness of the tent.[↗](../../smallness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her smallness did not matter to her friends.[↗](../../smallness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **smallpox** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Smallpox was a very serious, catching disease that caused a high fever and spots that turned into blisters, often leaving deep scars or killing people.[↗](../../smallpox/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Smallpox is the first human disease ever wiped out completely from the world, thanks to vaccination.[↗](../../smallpox/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Smallpox was once one of the deadliest diseases.[↗](../../smallpox/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Edward Jenner used cowpox to protect people from smallpox.[↗](../../smallpox/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks to vaccines, nobody catches smallpox any more.[↗](../../smallpox/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Smallpox left many survivors with scars.[↗](../../smallpox/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Smallpox brought from Europe killed many Native Americans.[↗](../../smallpox/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Smallpox was the first disease to be wiped out by people.[↗](../../smallpox/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors around the world worked together to end smallpox.[↗](../../smallpox/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **smart** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Smart means clever and quick to learn and understand.[↗](../../smart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Smart (especially in the UK, Ireland, Australia) means neat, tidy and well-dressed: a smart uniform.[↗](../../smart/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Smart describes a machine that uses a computer and the internet: a smartphone, a smart speaker.[↗](../../smart/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To smart means to sting or hurt sharply: my eyes smarted from the smoke.[↗](../../smart/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is smart and solves puzzles quickly.[↗](../../smart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You look very smart in your new blazer.[↗](../../smart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a smart idea to bring an umbrella.[↗](../../smart/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our classroom has a smart board.[↗](../../smart/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The smoke made my eyes smart.[↗](../../smart/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be smart online and never share your address.[↗](../../smart/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't get smart with me, young man\![↗](../../smart/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad asked the smart speaker to play music.[↗](../../smart/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wow, but it's a fine feeling to be so smart!"[↗](../../smart/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but the companion of fools shall smart for it.[↗](../../smart/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../smart/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; but he that hateth them that strike hands is secure.[↗](../../smart/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.11.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../smart/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **smartly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Smartly means in a neat, tidy and good-looking way, especially about clothes.[↗](../../smartly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Smartly means quickly and sharply.[↗](../../smartly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Smartly can mean cleverly.[↗](../../smartly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Everyone came to the wedding smartly dressed.[↗](../../smartly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier turned smartly and marched away.[↗](../../smartly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She rapped smartly on the door.[↗](../../smartly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please walk smartly, we are late.[↗](../../smartly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered the question smartly.[↗](../../smartly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad stepped smartly into the motor car.[↗](../../smartly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The waiter was smartly dressed in black and white.[↗](../../smartly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘But you are very smartly dressed for the kind of life you lead,’ continued the old woman.[↗](../../smartly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **smartphone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A smartphone is a mobile phone that is also a small computer: it can go online, take photos, play games, use apps and make calls.[↗](../../smartphone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum checks the bus times on her smartphone.[↗](../../smartphone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A smartphone can take photos and videos.[↗](../../smartphone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is not allowed a smartphone until he is twelve.[↗](../../smartphone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never share your smartphone passcode with strangers.[↗](../../smartphone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The smartphone battery died halfway through the trip.[↗](../../smartphone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a smartphone app to identify birds.[↗](../../smartphone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much smartphone time before bed can spoil sleep.[↗](../../smartphone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/58/) **59** [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/60/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/58/) - next →: [page 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