--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 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/page/10/) [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 · page 10 [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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meaning 1:* To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them, in a friendly way or an unkind way.[↗](../../tease/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tease an animal means to annoy it on purpose.[↗](../../tease/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tease is a person who likes to tease others.[↗](../../tease/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My big brother likes to tease me.[↗](../../tease/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't tease the dog; it might bite.[↗](../../tease/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They teased him about his new haircut.[↗](../../tease/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I was only teasing; I'm sorry.[↗](../../tease/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop teasing your sister\![↗](../../tease/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's unkind to tease someone about their name.[↗](../../tease/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She's such a tease\![↗](../../tease/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **teased** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Laughed at someone or made jokes about them, either in a friendly, playful way or in an unkind way that hurts.[↗](../../teased/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Annoyed an animal on purpose, for example by poking it or holding food out of reach.[↗](../../teased/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Gently pulled apart or combed, as in teased hair or teased-out threads.[↗](../../teased/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Teased out" means slowly found or worked out: she teased out the answer.[↗](../../teased/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The older kids teased him about his glasses.[↗](../../teased/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was only teasing — she said sorry when he looked upset.[↗](../../teased/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog bit the boy who had teased it.[↗](../../teased/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother teased me for being scared of spiders.[↗](../../teased/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Being teased every day made her sad, so she told her teacher.[↗](../../teased/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They teased each other in a friendly way and both laughed.[↗](../../teased/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma teased the knots out of my hair.[↗](../../teased/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective teased out the truth bit by bit.[↗](../../teased/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The girls were delighted, and laughed and teased each other.[↗](../../teased/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **teaser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A teaser is a short puzzle or question that makes you think hard, often called a brain teaser.[↗](../../teaser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A teaser is a short preview, like a clip or advert, that shows a little of something to make you curious.[↗](../../teaser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A teaser can also be a person who teases others.[↗](../../teaser/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Here's a brain teaser: what has hands but can't clap?[↗](../../teaser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") A clock\![↗](../../teaser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher gives us a maths teaser every morning.[↗](../../teaser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teaser for the new film was only thirty seconds long.[↗](../../teaser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teaser at the end of the book made me want to read the next one.[↗](../../teaser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Logic teasers help you think step by step.[↗](../../teaser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a teaser; stop poking fun at him.[↗](../../teaser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **teasing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Teasing is making fun of someone or annoying them with words or tricks, sometimes in a friendly way and sometimes in a hurtful way.[↗](../../teasing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Teasing can also mean playfully trying to make an animal or person want something.[↗](../../teasing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teasing stopped when the teacher came in.[↗](../../teasing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His teasing made her cry.[↗](../../teasing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was just friendly teasing; we were both laughing.[↗](../../teasing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop teasing the dog; it might bite.[↗](../../teasing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Teasing about someone's clothes is unkind.[↗](../../teasing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave her a teasing smile.[↗](../../teasing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If the teasing doesn't stop, tell an adult.[↗](../../teasing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But she was not teasing him; those times were past.[↗](../../teasing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **teaspoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A teaspoon is a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee and for eating some foods.[↗](../../teaspoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A teaspoon, or teaspoonful, is the amount a teaspoon holds, used as a measure in cooking and for medicine: about 5 millilitres.[↗](../../teaspoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Add one teaspoon of salt to the water.[↗](../../teaspoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stir your tea with a teaspoon.[↗](../../teaspoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine dose is one 5 ml spoonful, like a teaspoon.[↗](../../teaspoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Three teaspoons make one tablespoon.[↗](../../teaspoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe says ½ tsp baking powder.[↗](../../teaspoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a level teaspoon of sugar, not a heaped one.[↗](../../teaspoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If 1 teaspoon holds 5 ml, then 4 teaspoons hold 20 ml.[↗](../../teaspoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **teat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A teat is the small, soft part on a female mammal's body that her babies suck to get milk; cows, goats and pigs have teats.[↗](../../teat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A teat is the rubber or plastic top of a baby's bottle that the baby sucks.[↗](../../teat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The calf drank milk from its mother's teat.[↗](../../teat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cow has four teats on her udder.[↗](../../teat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer milked the goat's teats by hand.[↗](../../teat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each piglet found a teat and started to drink.[↗](../../teat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum boiled the bottle teats to keep them clean.[↗](../../teat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby lamb would not take the teat, so we fed it with a syringe.[↗](../../teat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **teatime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) The time in the late afternoon or early evening when people eat their evening meal, often called «tea».[↗](../../teatime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) The time in the afternoon when people have a cup of tea and maybe cake or biscuits.[↗](../../teatime/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Come home by teatime\![↗](../../teatime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had fish fingers at teatime.[↗](../../teatime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma always has cake at teatime.[↗](../../teatime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't eat biscuits now — it's nearly teatime.[↗](../../teatime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Teatime is at six o'clock in our house.[↗](../../teatime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If teatime is at 5:30 pm and it is 4:45 pm now, there are 45 minutes to wait.[↗](../../teatime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat always comes in at teatime.[↗](../../teatime/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But at teatime another thing happened.[↗](../../teatime/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tebet** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The name of a month in the Jewish calendar, in winter, about December or January, often spelled Tevet.[↗](../../tebet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He produced Oin, predominant in Anger, crowned, combined, and formed Capricornus in the world, Tebet in the year, and the liver in man.[↗](../../tebet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../tebet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Oin, predominant in Anger, crowned it, combined and formed with it Capricornus in the Universe, Tebet in the Year, and the Hver of Man.[↗](../../tebet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tebet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Oin, predominant in Anger, crowned it, combined and formed with it Capricornus in the Universe, Tebet in the Year, and the liver of Man.[↗](../../tebet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tebet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tech** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tech is a short word for technology, like computers, phones and the internet.[↗](../../tech/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tech is a person who fixes machines or computers (short for technician).[↗](../../tech/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tech can describe things using new technology: a tech company.[↗](../../tech/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In old dialect, tech means to touch or to lay a hand on something.[↗](../../tech/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tech store sold 15 phones.[↗](../../tech/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A tech fixes 6 computers a day.[↗](../../tech/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought a tech toy for 20 dollars.[↗](../../tech/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tech club has 12 members.[↗](../../tech/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Call tech support if the laptop won't start.[↗](../../tech/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a new high-tech science lab.[↗](../../tech/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A pencil and paper are low-tech but they always work.[↗](../../tech/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But dey didn't bodder nobody ner tech nuthin', en bimeby dey put out.[↗](../../tech/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **technical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Technical means to do with science, machines, computers or practical skills.[↗](../../technical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Technical words are special words used by experts in a subject.[↗](../../technical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Technical can mean following the exact rules strictly.[↗](../../technical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a technical foul".[↗](../../technical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The show was delayed by a technical problem.[↗](../../technical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn the technical words for the parts of a flower.[↗](../../technical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Call technical support if the printer won't work.[↗](../../technical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The skater showed great technical skill.[↗](../../technical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The book was too technical for me.[↗](../../technical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He won on a technical point.[↗](../../technical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There still remain several technical trade terms requiring elucidation.[↗](../../technical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying.[↗](../../technical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../technical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **technically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Technically means according to the exact rules or facts, even if it doesn't seem that way in everyday life, as in "Technically, a tomato is a fruit".[↗](../../technically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Technically means relating to skill or method, as in "technically brilliant".[↗](../../technically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Technically can mean connected with machines, science or technology.[↗](../../technically/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Technically, a tomato is a fruit because it has seeds.[↗](../../technically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Technically speaking, a spider is not an insect.[↗](../../technically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dancer is technically brilliant.[↗](../../technically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "You said I couldn't eat the biscuits — technically, I only ate one!"[↗](../../technically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's technically possible to walk there, but it would take all day.[↗](../../technically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was technically impressive with amazing special effects.[↗](../../technically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The word סָפַר safar is technically a finite verb, and not a noun as the syntax requires.[↗](../../technically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../technically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **technique** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A technique is a special way of doing something that needs skill, like a painting technique or a swimming technique.[↗](../../technique/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Technique is how well you use the right moves or methods in a sport, art or job.[↗](../../technique/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our coach showed us a new swimming technique.[↗](../../technique/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Good technique helps you throw further.[↗](../../technique/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tried a printing technique with sponges.[↗](../../technique/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Column addition is a technique for adding big numbers.[↗](../../technique/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathing techniques can help you calm down.[↗](../../technique/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Practise the technique slowly before you go fast.[↗](../../technique/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her drawing technique has really improved.[↗](../../technique/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **technology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The use of science and knowledge to make useful tools, machines and ways of doing things.[↗](../../technology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Machines and equipment made this way, especially computers, phones and the internet.[↗](../../technology/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a technology) One particular kind of tool or method, like solar technology.[↗](../../technology/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Technology helps doctors save lives.[↗](../../technology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has new technology in every classroom.[↗](../../technology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In D&T we designed a bird box.[↗](../../technology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Solar technology turns sunlight into electricity.[↗](../../technology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheel was an important early technology.[↗](../../technology/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandma is learning to use technology to video-call us.[↗](../../technology/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much screen technology before bed can stop you sleeping well.[↗](../../technology/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tectonics** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Tectonics, or plate tectonics, is the idea that the Earth's outer shell is broken into huge pieces called plates that move very slowly, and the study of how they move.[↗](../../tectonics/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tectonics can also mean big shifts or changes in politics or society (formal, figurative).[↗](../../tectonics/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plate tectonics explains why earthquakes happen.[↗](../../tectonics/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Himalayas formed because of plate tectonics.[↗](../../tectonics/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Iceland is splitting apart because of tectonics.[↗](../../tectonics/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about tectonics in geography.[↗](../../tectonics/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tectonic plates move about as fast as your fingernails grow.[↗](../../tectonics/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · New Zealand lies where two tectonic plates meet.[↗](../../tectonics/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK, Australia) A teddy bear: «my old ted».[↗](../../ted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, history) A Teddy boy, a young man in the past who wore a special smart style of long jackets and narrow trousers.[↗](../../ted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (farming) To spread out cut grass or hay so it dries.[↗](../../ted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Ted is also a short form of the names Edward and Theodore.[↗](../../ted/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I can't sleep without my old ted.[↗](../../ted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Ted is coming for lunch.[↗](../../ted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer will ted the hay so it dries in the sun.[↗](../../ted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Granddad was a Teddy boy, a ted, when he was young.[↗](../../ted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister gave her ted a bath.[↗](../../ted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ted is short for Edward.[↗](../../ted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Th'se s5mbol8 contain in them the lirst elements, the forms of all crea- ted nature.[↗](../../ted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **teddy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A teddy (or teddy bear) is a soft toy bear made of furry cloth and stuffed so it is cuddly.[↗](../../teddy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A teddy can also be any favourite soft cuddly toy.[↗](../../teddy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little brother sleeps with his teddy.[↗](../../teddy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I've had this teddy since I was a baby.[↗](../../teddy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We brought our teddies to the teddy bears' picnic.[↗](../../teddy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teddy has a red bow tie.[↗](../../teddy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She hugged her teddy when she was scared.[↗](../../teddy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teddy bear was named after a president.[↗](../../teddy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My teddy lost an eye, so Grandma sewed on a button.[↗](../../teddy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tedious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Long, slow and boring; tiring because it goes on and on.[↗](../../tedious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a person) Annoying because they are boring.[↗](../../tedious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sorting all the socks was a tedious job.[↗](../../tedious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The journey was long and tedious.[↗](../../tedious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Copying out the spelling list ten times is tedious.[↗](../../tedious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead of tedious adding, use multiplication.[↗](../../tedious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech was so tedious that half the audience fell asleep.[↗](../../tedious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Weeding the garden is tedious but useful.[↗](../../tedious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His tedious jokes made everyone groan.[↗](../../tedious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And then they went out for a walk, which was very slow and tedious.[↗](../../tedious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tee is a small peg, often wooden or plastic, that holds a golf ball up before it is hit.[↗](../../tee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The tee is also the flat area where each hole in golf begins.[↗](../../tee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A tee is short for a T-shirt.[↗](../../tee/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To tee up is to put the ball on a tee, or to get something ready; to tee off is to make the first hit in golf.[↗](../../tee/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A tee is also the letter T or a T-shaped thing.[↗](../../tee/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the golf ball on the tee.[↗](../../tee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We met at the first tee.[↗](../../tee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad teed off and the ball flew into the bushes.[↗](../../tee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore a white tee and shorts.[↗](../../tee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In tee-ball, you hit the ball off a stand.[↗](../../tee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach teed up the next game.[↗](../../tee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That costume suits you to a tee.[↗](../../tee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **teem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To teem with something is to be full of it, crowded with lots of living things moving about: «The pond teemed with tadpoles».[↗](../../teem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, informal) When rain is teeming down, it is raining very heavily.[↗](../../teem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rock pool was teeming with tiny crabs.[↗](../../teem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rainforests teem with insects and birds.[↗](../../teem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was teeming down, so we stayed inside.[↗](../../teem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The market teemed with shoppers.[↗](../../teem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river teems with fish in spring.[↗](../../teem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A drop of pond water teems with microbes under the microscope.[↗](../../teem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The earth, no longer teeming with fruitfulness, only yielded her increase after much toil and labour.[↗](../../teem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **teen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A teenager, a person aged 13 to 19.[↗](../../teen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) For or about teenagers: a teen magazine.[↗](../../teen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In your teens: aged between 13 and 19.[↗](../../teen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* -teen: the ending of numbers 13 to 19, meaning «and ten».[↗](../../teen/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister is a teen now, she's 14.[↗](../../teen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The library has a teen section.[↗](../../teen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa started work in his teens.[↗](../../teen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fifteen is a teen number: 10 + 5.[↗](../../teen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is not suitable for young teens.[↗](../../teen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thirteen is the first teen number.[↗](../../teen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/9/) **10** [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/11/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: [page 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/9/) - next →: [page 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