--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 54 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/54/) [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 54 [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:* A tulip is a bright spring flower shaped like a cup, growing from a bulb.[↗](../../tulip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tulips come in many colours: red, yellow, pink, white, purple.[↗](../../tulip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She planted 24 tulips.[↗](../../tulip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each vase holds 6 tulips.[↗](../../tulip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 tulips are red and the rest are yellow.[↗](../../tulip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tulip costs 2 dollars.[↗](../../tulip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plant tulip bulbs in autumn for flowers in spring.[↗](../../tulip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fields of tulips cover the land in the Netherlands.[↗](../../tulip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave his mum a bunch of pink tulips.[↗](../../tulip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The girl carried the tulips away.[↗](../../tulip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tumble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To tumble is to fall down suddenly, often rolling over.[↗](../../tumble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tumble is to roll or turn over and over, like in gymnastics or in a washing machine.[↗](../../tumble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To tumble can mean to drop quickly, like prices tumbling.[↗](../../tumble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A tumble is a fall.[↗](../../tumble/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jack fell down and Jill came tumbling after.[↗](../../tumble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boy took a tumble on the stairs.[↗](../../tumble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocks tumbled down the hill.[↗](../../tumble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised tumbling in gymnastics.[↗](../../tumble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The clothes tumbled round in the dryer.[↗](../../tumble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Puppies love rough and tumble play.[↗](../../tumble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The stack of books tumbled onto the floor.[↗](../../tumble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices tumbled after the holidays.[↗](../../tumble/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · My foot slipped and I tumbled.[↗](../../tumble/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tumbler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tumbler is a drinking glass with straight sides and no stem or handle.[↗](../../tumbler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tumbler is an acrobat who turns over and over in a show.[↗](../../tumbler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She poured the juice into a tumbler.[↗](../../tumbler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Who has been drinking out of my little tumbler?[↗](../../tumbler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tumbler flipped three times in the air and landed on his feet.[↗](../../tumbler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tummy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your tummy is your stomach or belly; it is a friendly, informal word used especially with children.[↗](../../tummy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a tummy ache.[↗](../../tummy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby likes lying on her tummy.[↗](../../tummy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My tummy is rumbling; I'm hungry.[↗](../../tummy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I had butterflies in my tummy before the show.[↗](../../tummy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He stayed home with a tummy bug.[↗](../../tummy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy rolled over to have its tummy rubbed.[↗](../../tummy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many sweets will hurt your tummy.[↗](../../tummy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tumour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lump in the body made of cells that grow when they should not.[↗](../../tumour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Some tumours are harmless (benign); some are cancer (malignant).[↗](../../tumour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor found a small tumour.[↗](../../tumour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Not all tumours are cancer.[↗](../../tumour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A benign tumour does not spread.[↗](../../tumour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The surgeon removed the tumour.[↗](../../tumour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study why tumours grow.[↗](../../tumour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her uncle had a tumour, but he is better now.[↗](../../tumour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tumult** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tumult is a loud, noisy, confused disturbance, with shouting and people rushing about.[↗](../../tumult/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The playground was in tumult when the bell rang.[↗](../../tumult/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The banqueting hall was in tumult.[↗](../../tumult/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Amid the tumult, nobody heard the bugle call.[↗](../../tumult/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people\![↗](../../tumult/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumult/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.[↗](../../tumult/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.46.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumult/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.[↗](../../tumult/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumult/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tumultuous** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Noisy, loud and wild, full of uproar.[↗](../../tumultuous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?[↗](../../tumultuous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.22.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumultuous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.[↗](../../tumultuous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.40.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumultuous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **tumultuously** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a noisy, rushing, crowding way.[↗](../../tumultuously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.[↗](../../tumultuously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumultuously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Then these presidents and satraps came tumultuously to the king, and said thus unto him: 'King Darius, live for ever\![↗](../../tumultuously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumultuously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Then these men came tumultuously unto the king, and said unto the king: 'Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.'[↗](../../tumultuously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tumultuously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tun** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tun is a very large barrel or cask, used in the past for wine, beer or water.[↗](../../tun/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tun was also an old unit for measuring how much liquid fits in such a barrel, a big amount.[↗](../../tun/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It is a rare, old word; do not mix it up with «ton», «tonne» or «tune».[↗](../../tun/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship's cellar held a tun of wine.[↗](../../tun/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A tun is much bigger than an ordinary barrel.[↗](../../tun/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old brewery had wooden tuns taller than a man.[↗](../../tun/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors filled a tun with fresh water before the voyage.[↗](../../tun/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The word «ton» comes from the old word «tun».[↗](../../tun/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the boy hid inside an empty tun.[↗](../../tun/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘What is the matter with you?’ his father often said to him.[↗](../../tun/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") ‘You have everything you can possibly wish for: a good bed, good food, and tuns full of beer.[↗](../../tun/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tuna** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tuna is a large, fast sea fish that swims in warm oceans.[↗](../../tuna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tuna is the meat of this fish, often sold in tins and used in sandwiches and salads.[↗](../../tuna/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a tuna sandwich for lunch.[↗](../../tuna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tuna can swim very fast.[↗](../../tuna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum opened a tin of tuna for the pasta.[↗](../../tuna/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins sometimes swim near tuna.[↗](../../tuna/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A can of tuna costs $2, so three cans cost $6.[↗](../../tuna/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some tuna are bigger than a person.[↗](../../tuna/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We made tuna and sweetcorn salad.[↗](../../tuna/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tundra** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The tundra is a huge cold, flat, treeless land in the far north (the Arctic) or high on mountains, where the ground below stays frozen all year.[↗](../../tundra/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Trees cannot grow on the tundra.[↗](../../tundra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Caribou travel across the tundra in huge herds.[↗](../../tundra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In summer the tundra is covered with flowers and mosquitoes.[↗](../../tundra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lemmings live on the Arctic tundra.[↗](../../tundra/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ground under the tundra is permafrost.[↗](../../tundra/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a model of the tundra biome in class.[↗](../../tundra/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tune** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tune is a series of musical notes that makes a song or melody you can remember and hum.[↗](../../tune/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tune an instrument is to adjust it so its notes are at the right pitch.[↗](../../tune/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To tune a radio or TV is to set it to a channel or station.[↗](../../tune/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «In tune» means singing or playing the right notes; «out of tune» means the notes are wrong.[↗](../../tune/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To tune an engine or machine is to adjust it so it works well.[↗](../../tune/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She hummed a happy tune.[↗](../../tune/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The piano is out of tune.[↗](../../tune/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tuned the guitar before the concert.[↗](../../tune/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tune in to the radio at nine.[↗](../../tune/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay tuned for more after the break.[↗](../../tune/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class sang in tune.[↗](../../tune/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He changed his tune when he saw the prize.[↗](../../tune/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the harp played a merry tune.[↗](../../tune/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tuner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tuner is a device that helps you tune a musical instrument by showing whether a note is too high, too low or just right.[↗](../../tuner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tuner is the part of a radio or TV that picks up a chosen station or channel.[↗](../../tuner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tuner is a person whose job is tuning instruments, especially pianos.[↗](../../tuner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Clip the tuner onto your guitar before you start.[↗](../../tuner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tuner showed my string was too low.[↗](../../tuner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The piano tuner came to fix our old piano.[↗](../../tuner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the radio tuner to find the music station.[↗](../../tuner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My violin teacher uses a tuner app on her phone.[↗](../../tuner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A tuner helps you get each string exactly right.[↗](../../tuner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tunic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tunic is a loose piece of clothing, like a long shirt, that reaches to the hips or knees and is worn over other clothes.[↗](../../tunic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She took the tunic and put it on.[↗](../../tunic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A man in a red tunic met him on the road.[↗](../../tunic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers wore grey tunics and leather belts.[↗](../../tunic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt bring his sons, and put tunics upon them.[↗](../../tunic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tunic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And they made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, (Torah EXO.39.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tunic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · So they drew near, and carried them in their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.[↗](../../tunic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.10.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tunic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tirshatha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' tunics.[↗](../../tunic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.7.70, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tunic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' tunics.[↗](../../tunic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.7.72, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tunic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, and their robes, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.[↗](../../tunic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tunic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tunnel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tunnel is a long passage under the ground, through a hill, or under water, for cars, trains or people.[↗](../../tunnel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tunnel is a passage dug by an animal, like a rabbit or mole.[↗](../../tunnel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To tunnel is to dig a tunnel through or under something.[↗](../../tunnel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The train went through a long tunnel.[↗](../../tunnel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Channel Tunnel goes under the sea.[↗](../../tunnel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Moles dig tunnels under the lawn.[↗](../../tunnel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children crawled through the play tunnel.[↗](../../tunnel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Earthworms tunnel through the soil.[↗](../../tunnel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners tunnelled out of the castle.[↗](../../tunnel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There's light at the end of the tunnel.[↗](../../tunnel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never go into storm drain tunnels.[↗](../../tunnel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Suddenly there came along a great water-rat that lived in the tunnel.[↗](../../tunnel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tunny** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tunny is a large sea fish, also called a tuna, with a strong, rounded body and used as food.[↗](../../tunny/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We saw a tunny swim past the boat.[↗](../../tunny/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tunny, you arrived at the right moment\![↗](../../tunny/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I am the Tunny, your companion in the Shark's stomach.[↗](../../tunny/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tupi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) The Tupi are Indigenous peoples of Brazil, who lived along the Atlantic coast when Europeans arrived.[↗](../../tupi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tupi is also their family of languages; many words, like jaguar, piranha, toucan and tapioca, came into English from Tupi through Portuguese.[↗](../../tupi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The word «jaguar» comes from the Tupi language.[↗](../../tupi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tupi lived in villages along the coast of Brazil.[↗](../../tupi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Brazilian place names are Tupi words.[↗](../../tupi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Toucan» came into English from Tupi through Portuguese.[↗](../../tupi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tupi people grew cassava for food.[↗](../../tupi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some Tupi words are still used in Brazilian Portuguese.[↗](../../tupi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Vambagen, the Brazilian historian (now Visconde de Rio Branco), tried to prove a relationship between the ancient Egyptians, or other Turanian stock, and the Tupi Indians.[↗](../../tupi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **turban** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A turban is a long piece of cloth wound around the head, worn by men (and some women) in many cultures, especially by Sikhs as part of their faith.[↗](../../turban/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend Harjit wears a turban.[↗](../../turban/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The turban is an important part of the Sikh faith.[↗](../../turban/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He tied his turban carefully every morning.[↗](../../turban/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The turban was bright orange.[↗](../../turban/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some police officers in Canada and the UK wear turbans.[↗](../../turban/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never pull or touch someone's turban.[↗](../../turban/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the merchant wore a silk turban.[↗](../../turban/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of one of the folds of this young man’s turban there peeped the corner of a letter\![↗](../../turban/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.[↗](../../turban/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turban/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · girded with girdles upon their loins, with pendant turbans upon their heads, all of them captains to look upon, the likeness of the sons of Babylon, even of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.[↗](../../turban/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turban/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **turbid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turbid water or liquid is cloudy or muddy because it has mud, sand or other bits stirred up in it.[↗](../../turbid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Turbid can also describe confused or unclear thoughts or writing.[↗](../../turbid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the storm the river was turbid and brown.[↗](../../turbid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested whether the pond water was clear or turbid.[↗](../../turbid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish find it hard to see in turbid water.[↗](../../turbid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The turbid water slowly cleared as the mud settled.[↗](../../turbid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Filtering made the turbid sample clear.[↗](../../turbid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The essay was turbid and hard to follow.[↗](../../turbid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **turbine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A turbine is a machine with blades that are turned by moving wind, water, steam or gas, and the turning is used to make electricity or power.[↗](../../turbine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wind turbine is a tall tower with big blades that the wind spins to make electricity.[↗](../../turbine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wind turbines on the hill turn slowly in the breeze.[↗](../../turbine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A wind farm is a group of many turbines.[↗](../../turbine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water rushing through the dam spins the turbines.[↗](../../turbine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The steam turns a turbine, which drives a generator.[↗](../../turbine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Turbines make electricity without burning coal.[↗](../../turbine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a little paper turbine and held it over a fan.[↗](../../turbine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Jet engines have turbines inside them.[↗](../../turbine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **turbot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A turbot is a flat sea fish with both eyes on one side of its head, eaten as food.[↗](../../turbot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fishmonger sold a fresh turbot.[↗](../../turbot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A big turbot lay on the ice.[↗](../../turbot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Trout, salmon and turbot lay ready on the plates.[↗](../../turbot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **turbulence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turbulence is sudden, uneven movement of air or water that makes a plane shake or a boat rock.[↗](../../turbulence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A time of confusion, trouble or sudden change.[↗](../../turbulence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Turbulence can also describe a wild, stormy or restless character.[↗](../../turbulence/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plane shook because of turbulence.[↗](../../turbulence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your seat belt on in case of turbulence.[↗](../../turbulence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot warned us about turbulence ahead.[↗](../../turbulence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turbulence is uncomfortable but usually not dangerous.[↗](../../turbulence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river rapids create turbulence in the water.[↗](../../turbulence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The country went through a time of turbulence.[↗](../../turbulence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The attitude is that of thoughtful repose, but the short, curly hair, dilated nostrils, and strongly marked features leave no doubt as to the force and turbulence of his character.[↗](../../turbulence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/53/) **54** 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