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alto in English:

1. high high


I'm getting high.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
Could you dial for me? The telephone is too high.
If I tried to wear shoes with heels that high, I'd sprain my ankle.
What are some high cholesterol foods that you can easily avoid eating?
How to overcome the high value of the yen is a big problem.
The high credit interest rates are slowing down the economy.
Babies can become dehydrated from a high fever, so I was told that it would be better to send him to the hospital.
A building with high ceilings and huge rooms may be less practical than the colorless block of offices that takes its place, but it often fits in well with its surroundings.
Because of inflation, salaries can't keep up with the high cost of living.
High school baseball teams competed with one another at the tournament.
The high court decided to try the fugitive warlord in abstentia.
In Japan, are nurses high on the social scale?
I was a member of the soccer club when I was in junior high.
High tariffs have become a barrier to international trade.

English word "alto"(high) occurs in sets:

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2. tall tall


I'm tall.
Do you think I'm too tall?
How tall do you think my daughter will be in three years?
The last to leave was a tall man, with a pale face and smooth, black hair.
What really surprised me most about Tom was how tall he was.
A tall tree hid his house from our view.
Nobody believed Kevin because all he ever told were tall stories.
What about the tall grass you left over by the cellar door?
That's no good! You're tall so you've got to be in the forward defence.
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
Judging by the size of this footprint, I'd say the perp is about six feet tall.
Tall trees catch much wind.
At the moment she saw a tall man with a gun standing in the doorway, she instinctively backed away.
Those brothers are both over 6 feet in height. That's indeed tall.
He was a tall, heavy-looking young man of five-and-twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.

English word "alto"(tall) occurs in sets:

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