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How to pronounce tall in English?

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Synonyms improbable, marvellous, marvelous


a tall story.
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Synonyms grandiloquent, magniloquent


he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying.
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Type of size
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Derivation tallness


tall people.
tall buildings.
tall trees.
tall ships.
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a tall order.

Examples of tall

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He is approximately 12 inches tall, has red hot eyes and chocolate chip buttons.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Use tall shrubs to accent and frame interesting features of your house and yard.
From the thenewstribune.com
So we shouldn't be surprised by similar tall tales about European debt problems.
From the chron.com
These tall tales, with their tight, soft focus on America, cast their own spell.
From the washingtonpost.com
The lead character, a tall, unflappable Frenchman of few words, looks like Tati.
From the kentucky.com
He's tall and thin and already has mastered the part about standing up straight.
From the suntimes.com
The robber is described as white, in his 20s and about 5 feet 10 to 6 feet tall.
From the thenewstribune.com
Does San Francisco have a serious problem with birds flying into tall buildings?
From the sfgate.com
He hoisted himself into a 3-foot-tall space, similar to an attic, said Venneman.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • A garment size for a tall person
  • Great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
  • Grandiloquent: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
  • Tall(a): impressively difficult; "a tall order"
  • Improbable: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
  • (tallness) height: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
  • (tallness) the property of being taller than average stature
  • The Lost Crowes is a compilation album by American rock band The Black Crowes. The two-disc compilation comprises material composed and recorded during the Tall and Band sessions in 1993 and 1997, respectively. Some of these songs were early versions of songs from the 1994 album Amorica.
  • Tall is a surname, and may refer to: