--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 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/16/) [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 16 [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:* (Bible) The Old Testament and the New Testament are the two main parts of the Christian Bible: the Old Testament has the Hebrew scriptures, and the New Testament tells of Jesus and the early Church.[↗](../../testament/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A testament to something is clear proof of it: «The bridge is a testament to their hard work».[↗](../../testament/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law) A will, especially in the phrase «last will and testament».[↗](../../testament/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Noah's ark is a story from the Old Testament.[↗](../../testament/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The New Testament begins with the four Gospels.[↗](../../testament/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her medal is a testament to years of practice.[↗](../../testament/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old castle stands as a testament to the builders' skill.[↗](../../testament/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad wrote his last will and testament.[↗](../../testament/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Jews call their holy book the Tanakh, which Christians call the Old Testament.[↗](../../testament/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class read a parable from the New Testament.[↗](../../testament/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she would read in the Old Testament, that treasure and comfort to her people, and it was indeed the only Scriptures she could read.[↗](../../testament/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hebrew grammarians under Arabic influence came to believe that tliose rules of ortho- graphy which the Arab grammarians invented for the language of the Koran hold good also for the language of the Old Testament.[↗](../../testament/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../testament/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tester** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tester is a person whose job is to test things, like games, apps, food or cars, to find problems.[↗](../../tester/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tester is a small sample of a product, such as perfume or paint, that you can try before you buy.[↗](../../tester/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tester can be a tool or device for testing, such as a battery tester.[↗](../../tester/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A tester is the canopy or cover over the top of a four-poster bed.[↗](../../tester/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The game tester found a bug in level three.[↗](../../tester/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum tried a perfume tester in the shop.[↗](../../tester/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought small paint testers to choose a colour.[↗](../../tester/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The battery tester showed the battery was flat.[↗](../../tester/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Testers check that toys are safe for children.[↗](../../tester/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Software testers try to break programs on purpose.[↗](../../tester/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So when Jan came home, she up and said to him, "Jan, what is that bag of groats on the tester for?"[↗](../../tester/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **testify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To testify is to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and on oath.[↗](../../testify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To testify is to show or prove something: the scars testify to the fight.[↗](../../testify/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy was ready to testify in court.[↗](../../testify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The witnesses testified that they saw the man.[↗](../../testify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old stones testify to a long history.[↗](../../testify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.[↗](../../testify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.35.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · he said unto them: 'Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law.[↗](../../testify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.[↗](../../testify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.[↗](../../testify/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testify/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I. (Writings PSA.50.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **testimony** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) A formal statement of what someone saw or knows, given in a court of law.[↗](../../testimony/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Evidence or proof that something is true: «Her medals are testimony to her hard work».[↗](../../testimony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) A personal story a Christian tells about how faith changed their life; (Bible) the Ten Commandments are sometimes called the testimony.[↗](../../testimony/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The witness gave testimony in court about the accident.[↗](../../testimony/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her shiny trophies are testimony to years of practice.[↗](../../testimony/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge listened carefully to each testimony.[↗](../../testimony/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At church, Mrs Brown shared her testimony about how faith helped her through illness.[↗](../../testimony/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective did not believe the man's testimony.[↗](../../testimony/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old bridge is a testimony to the skill of its builders.[↗](../../testimony/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “If you object to the testimony of the chief person present, in what way are we to obtain evidence?” the king demanded.[↗](../../testimony/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover; (Torah EXO.39.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testimony/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.[↗](../../testimony/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testimony/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, (Torah EXO.30.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testimony/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors.[↗](../../testimony/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testimony/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.[↗](../../testimony/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testimony/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.[↗](../../testimony/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.129, JPS 1917)[↗](../../testimony/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **testosterone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Testosterone is a hormone, a chemical messenger in the body.[↗](../../testosterone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Men and boys have much more of it, but women and girls have some too.[↗](../../testosterone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It helps the body grow muscles and bones and causes many changes in boys during puberty, like a deeper voice and facial hair.[↗](../../testosterone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Testosterone is a hormone.[↗](../../testosterone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During puberty, testosterone makes boys' voices deeper.[↗](../../testosterone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Girls have some testosterone too, just less.[↗](../../testosterone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Athletes are not allowed to take extra testosterone.[↗](../../testosterone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hormones like testosterone travel in the blood.[↗](../../testosterone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Testosterone helps build muscle and bone.[↗](../../testosterone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **testudo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) A testudo was a Roman army formation: soldiers stood close together and held their shields in front of them and over their heads, like a tortoise's shell, to protect themselves from arrows and stones.[↗](../../testudo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Testudo is the scientific name of a group of tortoises, such as the Greek tortoise and Hermann's tortoise.[↗](../../testudo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The legionaries formed a testudo to protect themselves.[↗](../../testudo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the testudo, the soldiers' shields made a roof.[↗](../../testudo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Testudo is Latin for tortoise.[↗](../../testudo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a testudo with cardboard shields.[↗](../../testudo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The arrows bounced off the testudo.[↗](../../testudo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hermann's tortoise belongs to the genus Testudo.[↗](../../testudo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tết (Tet) is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the most important festival in Vietnam, celebrated in late January or February with family visits, special food, flowers and red envelopes of lucky money.[↗](../../tet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is a Vietnamese word, not an English one.[↗](../../tet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tet is also the name of the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ט), also written «teth».[↗](../../tet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Linh's family celebrates Tết with sticky rice cakes.[↗](../../tet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tết is the Vietnamese New Year.[↗](../../tet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Children get red envelopes with lucky money at Tết.[↗](../../tet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Houses are decorated with peach blossoms for Tết.[↗](../../tet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about Tết and Chinese New Year in class.[↗](../../tet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tet Offensive was an important event in the Vietnam War.[↗](../../tet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice.[↗](../../tet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../tet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · == Chapter 5 == \[5:1\] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep.[↗](../../tet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../tet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He made the letter Tet reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Leo in the World, and Av in the Year, and the the right kidney in the Person.[↗](../../tet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../tet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tetanus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tetanus is a serious illness caused by germs that live in soil and dust and can get into the body through a cut or wound; it makes muscles stiff and tight, especially in the jaw.[↗](../../tetanus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tetanus jab is an injection (vaccine) that protects you from this illness.[↗](../../tetanus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tetanus germs live in soil.[↗](../../tetanus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a tetanus jab at the doctor's.[↗](../../tetanus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean any cut you get in the garden.[↗](../../tetanus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After stepping on a nail, he needed a tetanus booster.[↗](../../tetanus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tetanus makes the jaw muscles very tight.[↗](../../tetanus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines protect children from tetanus.[↗](../../tetanus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tetanus used to be called lockjaw.[↗](../../tetanus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you cut yourself on something dirty.[↗](../../tetanus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tethered** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To tether an animal is to tie it with a rope or chain to a post or tree, so it can move only a short way.[↗](../../tethered/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The goat was tethered to a tree.[↗](../../tethered/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He untied the rope that tethered the horse.[↗](../../tethered/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The reindeer stayed tethered by the door.[↗](../../tethered/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tetra** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tetra is a small, often brightly coloured freshwater fish from South America or Africa, popular in home aquariums, such as the neon tetra.[↗](../../tetra/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tetra- at the start of a word means four, as in tetrahedron (a solid with four faces) and tetrapod (an animal with four limbs).[↗](../../tetra/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have six neon tetras in our fish tank.[↗](../../tetra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tetras like to swim together in a shoal.[↗](../../tetra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A tetrahedron is a pyramid with four triangle faces.[↗](../../tetra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The neon tetra has a shiny blue stripe.[↗](../../tetra/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogs, lizards, birds and people are all tetrapods.[↗](../../tetra/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Feed the tetras a small pinch of flakes.[↗](../../tetra/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pet shop sells tetras, guppies and goldfish.[↗](../../tetra/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Rittangelius gives "credidit in Tetra- grammaton," but this word is not in the Hebrew.[↗](../../tetra/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tetra/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The vowel letters, however, the letters of the Tetra- grammaton, are images and pictures of superior angels.[↗](../../tetra/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../tetra/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tetrad** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A group of four things.[↗](../../tetrad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Note the subdivision of the Decad into the Tetrad — four elements ; and the Hexad — six dimensions of space.[↗](../../tetrad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tetrad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tetrad, Tctractys, (jualer- nian number, is the most peit'ect.[↗](../../tetrad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../tetrad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **tetragrammaton** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The four-letter name of God in Hebrew, Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh.[↗](../../tetragrammaton/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Elohim — divine powers — not IHVH the Tetragrammaton, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tetragrammaton/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Here follow the permutations of the name I H V, which is the Tetragrammaton — Jehovah, without the second or final Heh : IHV is a Tri-grammaton, and is more suitable to the third or Yetziratic plane.[↗](../../tetragrammaton/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tetragrammaton/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **texan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person from Texas, a big state in the south of the USA.[↗](../../texan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) From or to do with Texas: a Texan ranch, a Texan accent.[↗](../../texan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin is a Texan and says "y'all".[↗](../../texan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Texans are proud of their huge state.[↗](../../texan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate Texan barbecue with brisket.[↗](../../texan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rancher was a tall Texan in a cowboy hat.[↗](../../texan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Howdy!" is a typical Texan greeting.[↗](../../texan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Texans speak both English and Spanish.[↗](../../texan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **text** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Text is written words, like the words in a book or on a screen.[↗](../../text/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A text is a piece of writing, like a story, poem, article or set of instructions you read in class.[↗](../../text/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A text (text message) is a short written message sent from one phone to another.[↗](../../text/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To text someone means to send them a text message.[↗](../../text/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the text and answer the questions.[↗](../../text/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Underline the adjectives in the text.[↗](../../text/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sent me a text to say she was running late.[↗](../../text/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you text me when you get home?[↗](../../text/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The text on the screen was too small to read.[↗](../../text/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Instructions are a non-fiction text type.[↗](../../text/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Find evidence in the text to support your answer.[↗](../../text/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never reply to texts from strangers.[↗](../../text/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister texted her friend all evening.[↗](../../text/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · There are a few Greek words in this text.[↗](../../text/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm .[↗](../../text/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../text/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned at sacred-texts.com, September 2005.[↗](../../text/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../text/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah%20Gra%20Version?version=english%7CSefer+Yezirah%2C+trans.[↗](../../text/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") +by+Isidor+Kalisch.[↗](../../text/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") +New+York%2C+1877 Sefaria versionTitle: Sefer Yezirah, trans. by Isidor Kalisch.[↗](../../text/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../text/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **textbook** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A book used by pupils and students to study a subject.[↗](../../textbook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Exactly as it should be, a perfect example: «a textbook goal».[↗](../../textbook/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please open your maths textbooks at page 32.[↗](../../textbook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My science textbook has great pictures of the solar system.[↗](../../textbook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot made a textbook landing.[↗](../../textbook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a textbook example of good teamwork.[↗](../../textbook/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I left my textbook at school.[↗](../../textbook/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The textbook explains fractions step by step.[↗](../../textbook/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If each textbook weighs 800 g, five textbooks weigh 4 kg.[↗](../../textbook/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **textile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A textile is any cloth or fabric that is woven, knitted or made from threads, such as cotton, wool or silk.[↗](../../textile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Textiles is also a school subject or craft where you design and make things from fabric.[↗](../../textile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cotton and wool are natural textiles.[↗](../../textile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In textiles class we sewed a cushion.[↗](../../textile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The town grew around a big textile mill in the 1800s.[↗](../../textile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Polyester is a man-made textile.[↗](../../textile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many children worked in textile factories long ago.[↗](../../textile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This museum shows textiles from all over the world.[↗](../../textile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Recycling old textiles keeps clothes out of landfill.[↗](../../textile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **textual** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Textual means to do with a text, the actual written words of a book, poem or document.[↗](../../textual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Textual evidence is words or lines taken from a text to support what you say about it.[↗](../../textual/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use textual evidence to show how the character feels.[↗](../../textual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher wanted a quote as textual evidence.[↗](../../textual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Textual clues tell us the story is set in winter.[↗](../../textual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scholars compare old copies of the Bible for textual differences.[↗](../../textual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our textual analysis looked at the poet's word choices.[↗](../../textual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There were small textual changes in the new edition.[↗](../../textual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor.[↗](../../textual/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../textual/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/17/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: [page 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/15/) - next →: [page 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/17/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)