transcription, транскрипция: [ tɔ:l ]
( taller, tallest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Someone or something that is tall has a greater height than is normal or average.
Being tall can make you feel incredibly self-confident...
The windows overlooked a lawn of tall waving grass.
ADJ
2.
You use tall to ask or talk about the height of someone or something.
How tall are you?...
I’m only 5ft tall, and I look younger than my age...
ADJ : how ADJ , amount ADJ , as ADJ as , ADJ-compar than
3.
If something is a tall order , it is very difficult.
Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available.
PHRASE : N inflects , v-link PHR
4.
If you say that someone walks tall , you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.
PHRASE : V inflects