haul vs hall

haul

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of drawing or hauling something
  2. the quantity that was caught

verb

  1. transport in a vehicle
  2. draw slowly or heavily

Examples

The Chief Inspector has suggested a complete overhaul of the good book, reducing it to a pacier 250 pages, a greater focus on “Floods and brimstone and other cool stuff” and a possible rewrite by Dan Brown to “Sex the whole thing up a bit.”

They searched for his body, handlining with grappling hooks, setting gill nets straight offshore and hauling seine.

He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots.

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hall

Definitions

noun

  1. English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
  2. United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
  3. United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
  4. United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
  5. United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)

Examples

The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.

The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores.

Maybe they should have a little log cabin, a hayride at Halloween, or Christmas scenery.

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