--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 99 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/99/) [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 99 [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 stopcock is a tap or valve on a water pipe that you turn to stop or start the flow of water into a house or to part of the plumbing.[↗](../../stopcock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad turned off the stopcock when the pipe burst.[↗](../../stopcock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The stopcock is under the kitchen sink.[↗](../../stopcock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you know where your stopcock is?[↗](../../stopcock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plumber turned the stopcock before fixing the tap.[↗](../../stopcock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the stopcock clockwise to close it.[↗](../../stopcock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water poured out until Mum found the stopcock.[↗](../../stopcock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask an adult to show you the stopcock in your home.[↗](../../stopcock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stopped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stopped means came to an end or made something end: «The rain stopped».[↗](../../stopped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stopped means no longer moving: «The bus stopped at the corner».[↗](../../stopped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Stopped can mean blocked: «a stopped sink».[↗](../../stopped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rain stopped at last.[↗](../../stopped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car stopped at the red light.[↗](../../stopped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She stopped to tie her shoe.[↗](../../stopped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He stopped eating sweets.[↗](../../stopped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock stopped at midnight.[↗](../../stopped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait until the bus has stopped before you get off.[↗](../../stopped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We stopped for lunch on the way.[↗](../../stopped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Suddenly the noise stopped.[↗](../../stopped/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They stopped in a wide courtyard.[↗](../../stopped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.[↗](../../stopped/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stopped/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.[↗](../../stopped/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stopped/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.[↗](../../stopped/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stopped/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.[↗](../../stopped/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stopped/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.[↗](../../stopped/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.63.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stopped/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David.[↗](../../stopped/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.32.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stopped/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **stopper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.[↗](../../stopper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pull the stopper out of the bottle.[↗](../../stopper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The jar had a cork stopper.[↗](../../stopper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the stopper back in the jar.[↗](../../stopper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **stopping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stopping means coming to an end or no longer moving.[↗](../../stopping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The bus is stopping.[↗](../../stopping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stopping can mean making someone or something stop: stopping the ball.[↗](../../stopping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Stopping can mean staying somewhere for a short time.[↗](../../stopping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* We are stopping at Gran's tonight.[↗](../../stopping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The train is stopping at the next station.[↗](../../stopping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain is not stopping soon.[↗](../../stopping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cars need a long stopping distance on wet roads.[↗](../../stopping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper is good at stopping penalties.[↗](../../stopping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He ran without stopping.[↗](../../stopping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We are stopping at a café for lunch.[↗](../../stopping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Brakes make the bike stop by friction.[↗](../../stopping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you for stopping by.[↗](../../stopping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stopwatch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A watch or timer that can be started and stopped by pressing a button, to measure exactly how long something takes.[↗](../../stopwatch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coach timed my sprint with a stopwatch.[↗](../../stopwatch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Start the stopwatch when the ball is dropped.[↗](../../stopwatch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The stopwatch showed 12.45 seconds.[↗](../../stopwatch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ali ran in 9.8 seconds and Ben in 10.3, so Ali was 0.5 seconds faster.[↗](../../stopwatch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Most phones have a stopwatch app.[↗](../../stopwatch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Repeat the timing three times and find the average.[↗](../../stopwatch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **storage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Storage is keeping things in a place until they are needed.[↗](../../storage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Storage is a space where things are kept, like cupboards, boxes or a shed.[↗](../../storage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In computers, storage is the space for saving files and photos.[↗](../../storage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We keep the camping gear in storage in the garage.[↗](../../storage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This room has lots of storage.[↗](../../storage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the toys in the storage boxes.[↗](../../storage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Good food storage keeps food fresh and safe.[↗](../../storage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My tablet has no storage left for more photos.[↗](../../storage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Their furniture is in storage while they move house.[↗](../../storage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels make storage places for nuts in autumn.[↗](../../storage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **store** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A store is a shop where people buy things (the usual word in American English).[↗](../../store/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To store means to keep things in a place until you need them.[↗](../../store/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A store is a supply kept for later: a store of food for winter.[↗](../../store/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A storeroom is a room for keeping things.[↗](../../store/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A department store is a big shop with many sections.[↗](../../store/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The store has 40 apples.[↗](../../store/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mom bought 3 shirts at the store.[↗](../../store/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The store sold 25 toys on Monday.[↗](../../store/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He stores 6 jars on each shelf.[↗](../../store/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels store nuts for the winter.[↗](../../store/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Store the milk in the fridge.[↗](../../store/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer stores all my photos.[↗](../../store/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Who knows what surprises are in store for us?[↗](../../store/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But there was another surprise and fright in store for them.[↗](../../store/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.[↗](../../store/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../store/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?[↗](../../store/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../store/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old from before the new.[↗](../../store/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../store/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.[↗](../../store/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.13.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../store/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.[↗](../../store/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.17.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../store/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.[↗](../../store/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.8.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../store/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **storehouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A storehouse is a building where food, goods or supplies are kept.[↗](../../storehouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A storehouse of something is a place or person full of a lot of it: a storehouse of knowledge.[↗](../../storehouse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible) In Bible stories storehouses hold grain for hard times, as in the story of Joseph in Egypt.[↗](../../storehouse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmers kept the wheat in a big storehouse.[↗](../../storehouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle had a storehouse full of food for the winter.[↗](../../storehouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians read that Joseph filled the storehouses of Egypt before the famine.[↗](../../storehouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our library is a storehouse of knowledge.[↗](../../storehouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran is a storehouse of old stories.[↗](../../storehouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The squirrels' nest was a little storehouse of nuts.[↗](../../storehouse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You had better take the body to the storehouse.[↗](../../storehouse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.[↗](../../storehouse/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.56, JPS 1917)[↗](../../storehouse/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the Storehouse.[↗](../../storehouse/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../storehouse/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.[↗](../../storehouse/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.33.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../storehouse/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the Storehouse two and two.[↗](../../storehouse/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../storehouse/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **storeroom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A room where things are kept until they are needed, such as supplies, equipment or food.[↗](../../storeroom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The PE balls are kept in the storeroom.[↗](../../storeroom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please fetch some paper from the storeroom.[↗](../../storeroom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop's storeroom is full of boxes.[↗](../../storeroom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found old toys in the storeroom at the back.[↗](../../storeroom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storeroom has 12 shelves with 15 tins on each, so 180 tins.[↗](../../storeroom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Only staff may go into the storeroom.[↗](../../storeroom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was dark and dusty in the storeroom.[↗](../../storeroom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The chulan is a kind of closet, generally used as a storeroom for provisions, &c.[↗](../../storeroom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **storey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A storey is one floor or level of a building.[↗](../../storey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* "Multi-storey" describes a building with many floors, like a multi-storey car park.[↗](../../storey/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We live in a two-storey house.[↗](../../storey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The library is on the top storey of the building.[↗](../../storey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The multi-storey car park was full.[↗](../../storey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant was as tall as a three-storey building.[↗](../../storey/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new block of flats has twelve storeys.[↗](../../storey/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If each storey is 3 metres high, a 5-storey building is about 15 metres tall.[↗](../../storey/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His dwelling-house was a large building, three storeys high, with little turrets.[↗](../../storey/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stork** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stork is a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long straight beak, that wades in wet places and eats fish, frogs and insects.[↗](../../stork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A stork stood on one leg in the pond.[↗](../../stork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Storks build big nests on rooftops.[↗](../../stork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The stork caught a frog with its long beak.[↗](../../stork/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Storks fly south for the winter.[↗](../../stork/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the cartoon, a stork carried the baby in a blanket.[↗](../../stork/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The white stork has black feathers on its wings.[↗](../../stork/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw storks on our holiday in Spain.[↗](../../stork/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A stork's legs are long and red.[↗](../../stork/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.[↗](../../stork/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stork/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.[↗](../../stork/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stork/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?[↗](../../stork/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stork/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD.[↗](../../stork/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stork/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **storm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very bad weather with strong winds and often heavy rain, snow, hail, thunder and lightning.[↗](../../storm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sudden show of strong feeling: a storm of clapping, a storm of anger.[↗](../../storm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Verb: to go somewhere quickly and angrily: «She stormed out of the room».[↗](../../storm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Verb: to attack a place suddenly.[↗](../../storm/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A big storm is coming tonight.[↗](../../storm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm knocked down a tree.[↗](../../storm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay indoors during a thunderstorm.[↗](../../storm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard thunder and saw lightning in the storm.[↗](../../storm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He stormed off in a temper.[↗](../../storm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship was lost in the storm.[↗](../../storm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's brainstorm ideas for our story.[↗](../../storm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a storm in a teacup — a big fuss about nothing.[↗](../../storm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There arose a very terrible storm.[↗](../../storm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence.[↗](../../storm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../storm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · God has carried these through waters, He has borne them aloft through fire, and He has stamped them in the storms of the air; He has distributed them among the seven stars, and has assigned them to twelve celestial constellations.[↗](../../storm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../storm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He drew them through water; stormed them through air, kind- led them in fire, and melted them into ten double and twelve simple letters.[↗](../../storm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../storm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.[↗](../../storm/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.83.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../storm/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the Chamber cometh the storm; and cold out of the north.[↗](../../storm/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../storm/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.[↗](../../storm/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../storm/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **stormy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stormy weather has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder or big waves.[↗](../../stormy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stormy can describe feelings or meetings full of anger and shouting, like a stormy argument.[↗](../../stormy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a dark and stormy night.[↗](../../stormy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ferry didn't sail because the sea was stormy.[↗](../../stormy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stormy weather is coming this afternoon.[↗](../../stormy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay away from the beach on stormy days.[↗](../../stormy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky looked stormy and grey.[↗](../../stormy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They had a stormy argument about the game.[↗](../../stormy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our picnic was ruined by stormy weather.[↗](../../stormy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a stormy night, with mist and rain.[↗](../../stormy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; (Writings PSA.148.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stormy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'[↗](../../stormy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.55.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stormy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof; (Writings PSA.107.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stormy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **story** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A story tells about things that happen, true or made up.[↗](../../story/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A story is a news report.[↗](../../story/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A story (UK: storey) is one floor or level of a building.[↗](../../story/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «A story» can also mean a lie told by a child: «Don't tell stories».[↗](../../story/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ana read 4 stories before bed.[↗](../../story/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each story has 12 pages.[↗](../../story/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The building has 20 stories.[↗](../../story/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrote 3 stories this week.[↗](../../story/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad tells us a story every night.[↗](../../story/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Every good story has a beginning, a middle and an end.[↗](../../story/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is that a true story or made up?[↗](../../story/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each story of the tower is 3 meters tall.[↗](../../story/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And that, madam, is my story.[↗](../../story/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.[↗](../../story/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.6.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../story/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he built the stories of the side-structure against all the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.[↗](../../story/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../story/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court; with gallery against gallery in three stories.[↗](../../story/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.42.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../story/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore room was taken away from the lowest and the middlemost, in comparison with the ground.[↗](../../story/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.42.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../story/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/98/) **99** [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/100/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/98/) - next →: [page 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/100/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)