--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 1049 words of the English dictionary under T, 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/T/) [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/) / T # T — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under T: 1049 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/2/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) **ta** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, NZ, informal) Ta means «thank you»: «Ta, mate.».[↗](ta/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Ta-ta» (informal, UK) means «goodbye», often said to small children.[↗](ta/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a fragment, «ta» can be part of a longer word, or short for «teaching assistant» (TA) in schools.[↗](ta/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Here's your pencil.»[↗](ta/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") «Ta!»[↗](ta/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ta for the lift, Mum.[↗](ta/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ta very much, that's lovely.[↗](ta/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Say ta-ta to Granny\![↗](ta/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ta, mate, I owe you one.[↗](ta/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our TA helps us with reading every morning.[↗](ta/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tab is a small flap or strip sticking out of something, used for pulling, holding or labelling it, like the tab on a can or a folder.[↗](tab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* On a computer, a tab is one of the pages open in a web browser, shown as a little label along the top.[↗](tab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Tab key on a keyboard moves the cursor forward to the next space or box.[↗](tab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A tab is a bill for food or drinks that you pay later, as in «put it on my tab».[↗](tab/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Keep tabs on» someone means to watch them carefully to know what they are doing.[↗](tab/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (UK, slang) A tab can mean a cigarette in some parts of England.[↗](tab/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had twelve tabs open, and the computer slowed down.[↗](tab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Press Tab to jump to the next box.[↗](tab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pull the tab to open the can.[↗](tab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher keeps tabs on who has finished their reading.[↗](tab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad picked up the tab for the whole family's dinner.[↗](tab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each folder has a coloured tab with a name on it.[↗](tab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Close that tab and go back to the maths website.[↗](tab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The coat had a little tab for hanging it on a hook.[↗](tab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tabby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tabby is a cat with a striped, swirled or spotted coat, often grey, brown or ginger, with an «M» shape on its forehead.[↗](tabby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tabby describes this kind of striped pattern: «a tabby kitten».[↗](tabby/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A tabby can be a female cat.[↗](tabby/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our tabby cat sleeps on the windowsill.[↗](tabby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tabby kitten had a white tip on its tail.[↗](tabby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A ginger tabby followed us home.[↗](tabby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tabbies have an «M» shape on their foreheads.[↗](tabby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mog is a famous tabby in a picture book.[↗](tabby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My tabby chases leaves in the garden.[↗](tabby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tabernacle** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In the Bible, the portable sanctuary or tent in which the Israelites worshipped God in the desert.[↗](tabernacle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.[↗](tabernacle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.22, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.[↗](tabernacle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.28, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up.[↗](tabernacle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.20, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · LORD, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle?[↗](tabernacle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.15.1, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.[↗](tabernacle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.76.3, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men; (Writings PSA.78.60, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tabernacles** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Plural of tabernacle; here it means huts or booths, as in the festival Sukkot.[↗](tabernacles/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress.[↗](tabernacles/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.16.13, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacles/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.[↗](tabernacles/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.23.34, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacles/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, (Torah DEU.31.10, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacles/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts\![↗](tabernacles/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.84.2, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacles/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.[↗](tabernacles/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.14.19, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacles/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; (Writings EZR.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](tabernacles/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **table** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs, where you eat, work or put things.[↗](table/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A table is also a set of numbers or words in rows and columns, like a times table or a timetable.[↗](table/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The table can mean the people sitting at it: «the whole table laughed».[↗](table/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I put three spoons on the table.[↗](table/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box.[↗](table/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia takes 2 apples off the table.[↗](table/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please set the table for dinner.[↗](table/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned the 7 times table today.[↗](table/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your results in the table.[↗](table/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus table shows when the next bus comes.[↗](table/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole table cheered when the cake arrived.[↗](table/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The copyists sat at their tables.[↗](table/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.39.36, JPS 1917)[↗](table/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.[↗](table/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.30, JPS 1917)[↗](table/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.35.13, JPS 1917)[↗](table/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.'[↗](table/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.20.29, JPS 1917)[↗](table/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.[↗](table/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](table/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.[↗](table/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](table/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **tablecloth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tablecloth is a large piece of cloth that covers a table, especially during meals, to protect it and make it look nice.[↗](tablecloth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the tablecloth on before we lay the table.[↗](tablecloth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I spilled juice on the white tablecloth.[↗](tablecloth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's tablecloth has lace edges.[↗](tablecloth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician pulled the tablecloth away and the plates stayed still.[↗](tablecloth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let the baby pull on the tablecloth; the teapot could fall.[↗](tablecloth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We spread a tablecloth on the grass for our picnic.[↗](tablecloth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After dinner, shake the crumbs off the tablecloth outside.[↗](tablecloth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The tablecloth has a red and white checked pattern.[↗](tablecloth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In the middle of the room there stood a little table, covered with a white tablecloth, and seven little plates and forks and spoons and knives and tumblers.[↗](tablecloth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tablespoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tablespoon is a large spoon used for serving food or for measuring in cooking.[↗](tablespoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tablespoon (tablespoonful) is the amount it holds, used as a measure in recipes.[↗](tablespoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Add two tablespoons of sugar.[↗](tablespoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One tablespoon is the same as three teaspoons.[↗](tablespoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum served the peas with a tablespoon.[↗](tablespoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe says 1 tbsp of oil.[↗](tablespoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a level tablespoon of flour, not a heaped one.[↗](tablespoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · How many millilitres are in 4 tablespoons?[↗](tablespoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (60 ml in the UK)[↗](tablespoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't confuse tbsp with tsp\![↗](tablespoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tablet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tablet is a small, flat, hard piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill.[↗](tablet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tablet is a thin, flat computer with a touch screen.[↗](tablet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tablet is a flat piece of stone or clay with writing on it, used long ago.[↗](tablet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A tablet of soap is a bar of soap.[↗](tablet/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take one tablet twice a day after meals.[↗](tablet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never take tablets that are not yours.[↗](tablet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep tablets away from small children.[↗](tablet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We use tablets to read e-books in class.[↗](tablet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My tablet needs charging.[↗](tablet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient tablet had writing in pictures.[↗](tablet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the tablet down — it's bedtime.[↗](tablet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Roman tablets told about the soldiers.[↗](tablet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Look here, this is what is written on the tablet of the statue by the lower gate.[↗](tablet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · To obtain the full value of this Treatise, it should be studied hand in hand with Hermetic Rituals, the " Isiac Tablet ", and with a complete set of the Tarot designs.[↗](tablet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](tablet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth; (Prophets ISA.8.1, JPS 1917)[↗](tablet/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.[↗](tablet/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.30.8, JPS 1917)[↗](tablet/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars.[↗](tablet/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.17.1, JPS 1917)[↗](tablet/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **tableware** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tableware is all the things used for serving and eating a meal at a table: plates, bowls, cups, glasses, knives, forks and spoons.[↗](tableware/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop sells pretty tableware.[↗](tableware/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We used paper tableware at the picnic.[↗](tableware/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Roman tableware was found in the field.[↗](tableware/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please put the tableware in the dishwasher.[↗](tableware/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The party tableware had dinosaurs on it.[↗](tableware/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma keeps her best tableware for Christmas.[↗](tableware/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tabloid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A newspaper with smaller pages, many photos and short, eye-catching stories, often about famous people, crime and gossip.[↗](tabloid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Sensational, shocking or gossipy, like tabloid news.[↗](tabloid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A size of newspaper page, smaller than a broadsheet.[↗](tabloid/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tabloids printed a story about the singer's wedding.[↗](tabloid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tabloid headlines are big, bold and short.[↗](tabloid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We compared a tabloid with a broadsheet in English class.[↗](tabloid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't believe everything you read in the tabloids.[↗](tabloid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story was full of tabloid gossip.[↗](tabloid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some serious newspapers now print in tabloid size.[↗](tabloid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **taboo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A taboo is a rule of a group that says something must not be done, touched or said.[↗](taboo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Taboo means forbidden by such a rule.[↗](taboo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To taboo something is to forbid it.[↗](taboo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is taboo to eat alone there.[↗](taboo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Speaking the king's name was taboo.[↗](taboo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The people taboo that tree and never cut it.[↗](taboo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tabor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A tabor is a small drum, played with one hand, often with a pipe.[↗](tabor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The piper played a tune on the tabor.[↗](tabor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She snatched the tabor from the boy and gave it to her master.[↗](tabor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.[↗](tabor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.4.12, JPS 1917)[↗](tabor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.[↗](tabor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.13, JPS 1917)[↗](tabor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia.[↗](tabor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.19.12, JPS 1917)[↗](tabor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **tabulate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To tabulate information is to arrange it in a table, in rows and columns, so it is easy to read and compare.[↗](tabulate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We tabulated the results of our plant experiment.[↗](tabulate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tabulate how many pets each pupil has.[↗](tabulate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist tabulated the temperatures for each day.[↗](tabulate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · First tabulate the data, then draw a bar chart.[↗](tabulate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The survey answers were tabulated by the computer.[↗](tabulate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She tabulated her pocket money spending in a notebook.[↗](tabulate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tabulation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tabulation is a list of facts arranged in neat rows and columns, such as a table of numbers.[↗](tabulation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Make a tabulation of how many pets each child has.[↗](tabulation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our tabulation of votes has five rows.[↗](tabulation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is hard to use long tabulations without a shorthand.[↗](tabulation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tack is a small nail with a flat head; a drawing pin or thumbtack holds paper on a board.[↗](tack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tack something is to fix it with tacks, or to sew it loosely with big temporary stitches.[↗](tack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (sailing) To tack is to change a sailing boat's direction by turning its front through the wind, so it can zigzag against the wind.[↗](tack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A tack is a way or plan of doing something: try a different tack.[↗](tack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Tack is the saddle, bridle and other equipment for riding a horse.[↗](tack/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To tack something on is to add it at the end, often as an afterthought.[↗](tack/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* Tack can also be the sharp ticking sound a clock makes.[↗](tack/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pin the poster up with a tack.[↗](tack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum tacked the hem before sewing it properly.[↗](tack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors had to tack back and forth against the wind.[↗](tack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That didn't work, so let's try a different tack.[↗](tack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She cleaned the saddle and the rest of the tack.[↗](tack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He tacked a joke on to the end of his speech.[↗](tack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ouch, I stepped on a tack\![↗](tack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a thumbtack to hold the map on the wall.[↗](tack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock said “tick! tack!” and the finger moved round; but as they entered, they remarked that they were now grown up.[↗](tack/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tackle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To try to take the ball from a player, or to bring a player to the ground, in games like football, rugby and hockey.[↗](tackle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To start dealing with a problem or a hard job: tackle your homework.[↗](tackle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an uncountable noun, tackle is the equipment for a sport, especially fishing tackle (rods, lines, hooks).[↗](tackle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To grab and stop someone, for example a police officer tackles a thief.[↗](tackle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The defender made a clean tackle and won the ball.[↗](tackle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In rugby you may only tackle the player who has the ball.[↗](tackle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's tackle the maths homework before dinner.[↗](tackle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We need to tackle the litter problem at our school.[↗](tackle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa keeps his fishing tackle in the shed.[↗](tackle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police officer tackled the man and stopped him.[↗](tackle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She tackled the hardest puzzle first.[↗](tackle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A late tackle can hurt someone, so the referee blew the whistle.[↗](tackle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **taco** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A taco is a Mexican food made of a folded corn or wheat tortilla (a thin flat bread) filled with meat, beans, cheese, salad or other food.[↗](taco/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have tacos for dinner on Tuesdays.[↗](taco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I put cheese, beans and lettuce in my taco.[↗](taco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The taco shell broke when I bit it.[↗](taco/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish tacos are popular by the sea.[↗](taco/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 4 people and each eats 3 tacos, so we need 12 tacos.[↗](taco/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have another taco, please?[↗](taco/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/2/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)