table1 nountable2 verb
tableta‧ble1 /ˈteɪbəl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINtable1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French, Latin tabula ‘board, list’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Table 18 shows the relationship between education and voting practices.
- the dining room table
- A single bed sheet makes a good-sized tablecloth for an average rectangular table and you can choose exactly the colour you want.
- All of it was sold from commercial operations so compact that they frequently fitted on a two-foot-square folding television table.
- He led them, a procession of six, to a table right next to a platform.
- He puts it flat on the table and opens the cover and shows me the copyright.
- Helium, the next element in the periodic table, contains two electrons encircling a nucleus containing two protons.
- I hurried back to the table and sat down.
- She looked down at the kitchen table.
Longman Language Activatorto tell someone what you intend to do
to let someone know what you intend to do, especially when you think that they do not expect it or will not like it: · The Senator has decided to run for president, and made his intentions known in a public statement Tuesday.· People who want to donate their organs after their deaths should make their intentions clear.
informal to tell someone exactly what you intend to do, especially when you have kept it a secret before: · If they're willing to put all their cards on the table and negotiate, that's good.· If we want to reach an agreement, we'll have to lay all our cards on the table.
WORD SETSantique, nounarm, nounarmchair, nounback, nounbeanbag, nounbed, nounbedhead, nounbedpost, nounbedstead, nounbookcase, nounbookshelf, nounbuffet, nounbunk, nounbureau, nouncanopy, nouncard table, nouncarrycot, nouncart, nouncatchall, nounchair, nounchaise longue, nounchesterfield, nounchest of drawers, nouncoat rack, nouncoatstand, nouncoffee table, nouncommode, nouncot, nouncouch, nouncounter, nouncupboard, noundeckchair, noundesk, noundining table, noundivan, noundouble bed, noundrawer, noundresser, noundustsheet, nouneasy chair, nounescritoire, nounfireguard, nounfirescreen, nounfitment, nounfitted, adjectivefloor lamp, nounfoldaway, adjectivefolding, adjectivefootrest, nounfootstool, nounfour-poster bed, nounfuton, nounGeorgian, adjectivegramophone, noungrandfather clock, noungrate, nounhat stand, nounheadboard, nounheadrest, nounhighboy, nounhighchair, nounhorsehair, nounhot tub, nounhutch, nounJacuzzi, nounlamp, nounlampshade, nounlawn chair, nounleg, nounlooking glass, nounlove seat, nounmattress, nounnightlight, nounnightstand, nounoccasional table, nounottoman, nounpadded, adjectivepedestal, nounpouffe, nounradiogram, nounrocker, nounrocking chair, nounrococo, adjectiveseat, nounsettee, nounshelf, nounshelving, nounsideboard, nounslipcover, nounsofa, nounsofa bed, nounsprung, adjectivestand, nounstandard lamp, nounstool, nounstuffing, nounsuite, nounswivel chair, nountable, nountallboy, nountea chest, nounthree-piece suite, nounthrone, nountwin bed, noununit, nounupholster, verbupholstery, nounveneer, nounveneered, adjectivewardrobe, nounwashstand, nounwaterbed, nounWelsh dresser, nounwindow seat, nounwork-surface, nounwriting desk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
The clock on her bedside table said half past four. Shelley had a job bussing tables. It’s Kelly’s turn to clear the table (=remove the dirty plates, forks etc). The program automatically creates a table of contents (=a list at the beginning of a document that shows the different parts into which it is divided). John was laying the table. His first aim is to get the warring parties back to the negotiating table (=discussing something). Her fingers drummed on the table top.
(=put knives, forks etc on a table before a meal)· The table was set for fourteen.
(=take plates etc off)· Do you want me to clear the table?
· He was sitting at a corner table.
· We sat around the table and talked.
· She stood up from her chair and left the table.
(=in a restaurant)· I've booked a table for four at a local restaurant.
NOUN + table· Will you clear the breakfast table?
· They were chatting around the kitchen table.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The clock on her bedside table said half past four. (=in a restaurant)· I’ll book a table for 7.30 tomorrow evening.
· The house has a large kitchen and a breakfast room.
Shelley had a job bussing tables. It’s Kelly’s turn to clear the table (=remove the dirty plates, forks etc). The program automatically creates a table of contents (=a list at the beginning of a document that shows the different parts into which it is divided).· The passports are in my desk drawer.
· He read by the light of the bedside lamp.
John was laying the table. (=the polite way of eating at a table)· My parents expected us to have good table manners.
(=make a proposal) I’d like to propose a motion to move the weekly meetings to Thursdays.
I’d like to propose a motion to move the weekly meetings to Thursdays. His first aim is to get the warring parties back to the negotiating table (=discussing something). (=officially propose it)· Siddall tabled a resolution asking for the Board’s approval of the Five Year Business Plan.
American English
(=when everyone can discuss things in an equal way)· An election law, agreed during round-table talks, gave every voter the right to two votes.
Her fingers drummed on the table top. (=an inexpensive wine to drink with a meal)· The vineyard produces table wines for local use.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Grayling has now tried a number of different shapes of dining table, including circular and triangular in varying sizes.· The dining table and chairs are all in black walnut.· Instead a large, old-fashioned dining table.· Later she helped Mr Priddy to set the dining table upstairs.· I went upstairs, had a wash then took my place at the dining table.· He was like a kid making his camp under the dining room table with some blankets and pillows.· She left the envelope on her dining table while she prepared her evening meal.· She saw tantalizing gatherings round the bold rectangle of the dining table.
· On a small round table, polished for him by Dadda, was a bust of Tace.· A round table was covered with a white linen cloth and glistening silverware.· It was empty apart from a round wooden table, a large golden picture frame on one wall and a cupboard.· They dream of a great castle called Camelot and a round table that could seat 150 knights.· There was a paperback on the round table to the right of her chair.· It was long, cool and cavernous here; customers sat at small round tables, also of teak.· The round dining table is dark rosewood with a matching set of chairs.· A round table covered in cracked oilcloth stood bare of bowls, jugs, cups and saucers.
· It was empty apart from a round wooden table, a large golden picture frame on one wall and a cupboard.· Topic Vibrations Materials A wooden table or desk Demonstration 1.· They ordered gins, and sat on a wooden bench before a wooden table, while Karen admired the place.· She could put it beside the wooden table lamp on the cupboard by the door.· Several stood at the bar, and eight or ten others were grouped in twos and threes at dark wooden tables.· Leary poured coffee into wide china cups and they sat around the rough wooden kitchen table and drank.
NOUN· Liz tiptoed to switch on the lamp on the bedside table.· Not daring to put on the light, she sat up and felt for the glass of water on the bedside table.· She looked at her watch on her bedside table and noted it was eight-thirty.· William took her empty glass and put it with his on the bedside table.· Mungo remembered seeing her teeth in a glass on the bedside table.· Eve's room in the Dublin convent had no bedside table with a small radio on it.· The two bedside tables were covered by stacks of magazines, yellowing newspapers, books and legal pads.· I walked across to the bedside table and poured myself a large, large shot of whisky.
· A Safe Place On the day when there was a full chamber pot under the breakfast table I decided to leave.· She brought her sketchbook to the breakfast table and took watercolors out to dinner.· She timed this operation very carefully, applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table.· Many parents will admit that before the takeoff they read Jessica stories to their kids over the breakfast table.· He had actually slumped down at the breakfast table before he became aware of Kelly's presence.· I come to the breakfast table one morning, trying to shake the effects of a night of work.· When she reached the breakfast table, Silas, Matt and Doreen were already seated at it.· Do you like to lounge in bed on weekends reading the newspaper or would you rather have coffee at the breakfast table?
· Their occasional evenings at the card table with the Youngs were one of John's few outside pleasures.· Does it mean there is no shortage of card tables, as we all feared?· Here a pair of 1850 card tables are for sale at up to Pounds 10,000 and a Louis XVI-style suite, £5,000.· Inside there were card tables and chairs, overstuffed couches and simple kitchen equipment.· A friend spent some time recently looking for a card table.· Along the right wall were two card tables pushed together, covered with white paper cloths for serving refreshments.· But apparently it is not flush with card tables.· The rest of the team is sitting at card tables set up in the living room.
· Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.· Alice clutched the brandy glass, then set it down on the coffee table.· Paperbacks in general had pushed aside the hardback, except for the specialized and coffee table markets.· There are like hundreds more that are going to be in a coffee table book by the end of the year.· Use better quality wood and you can turn it into a coffee table.· He tapped Alice lightly on the knee with the newspaper and tossed it on the coffee table in front of her.· They were in a rest area, with comfortable chairs and sofas arranged round coffee tables.· Auster put the check on the coffee table, as if to say the matter had been settled.
· I want to be able to sit with friends around a dinner table and not think about what I am doing.· Politics was discussed at the dinner table every night, and in 1960, the Kennedy-Nixon presidential contest divided his parents.· Over lunch and dinner tables, at parties, and in various informal groupings, the Labour revisionists decided what to do.· The dinner table had become our favorite battleground.· Mildly irritated, he returned to the dinner table.· Before the week is over, she will make several more shopping trips to put food on the dinner table.· Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table, alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers.· No speaking at the dinner table.
· All we took from our own home was a dressing table and a small chest of drawers.· He slammed his hand down on the top of the dressing table, causing some of the bottles to topple over.· I left it on her dressing table with a note.· Beneath this mirror stood Miranda's surprisingly feminine dressing table, skirted in spotted white muslin frills.· Even the few pots of make-up on the blue-flowered dressing table seemed to be standing to attention.· She put them in the dressing table drawer with the belt and then pulled on the new silk nightdress.· His wife liked little trinkets for her dressing table.· A vast wardrobe in walnut, a chest of drawers, a tall-boy and a dressing table with a swing mirror.
· They were still sitting at the kitchen table.· At four in the morning, hunched over the kitchen table, he made lists.· Just quietly leave a picture of Danniella Westbrook's disintegrating nose on the kitchen table.· I felt about on the oilcloth that covered the kitchen table.· She and Alice had sat opposite each other, across the kitchen table, the teapot between them.· He sat down at the kitchen table.· This was taking place at the kitchen table.
· She could put it beside the wooden table lamp on the cupboard by the door.· This doctor had no projector, no screen, but had a table lamp to which I could hold up the slides.· However, table lamps aren't the right solution if you are a regular bedtime reader.· I sat down and he turned on a table lamp.· He had asked the questions at every interrogation but always from behind the sanctuary of a powerful table lamp.· She reached over and turned on a table lamp.· The lacquered fibreboard coffee table above costs £20, the metal and glass table lamp £17.70.· The room was half dark; only the little table lamp was on beside the bed, with its orange parchment shade.
· Britain lags behind its competitors in every measure and is bottom of the league table.· Schools with an intake of troubled poor children struggle in the league tables, lose children and lose money.· This will probably have a worse risk-benefit trade off than the formalised use of league tables.· Additional complexities are involved if league tables contain studies from several countries.· Testing and league tables were established for the consumer and were supposed to make schools more accountable to parents.· I return to the setting out of league tables.· That's why we're so very alarmed at the Government's new league tables.
· In the centre would be several lines of trestle tables carrying cages for chicken, ducks and geese with a few tame rabbits.· I expected them to be together when I arrived, sitting around the trestle table in the big kitchen.· The trestle tables down each side were stained with wine and strewn with the stale remains of various meals.· We'd set up our white trestle table and lay out the syringes.· Down the hall on each side were long trestle tables covered in the costliest silk.· The Marmite and plum jam sandwiches were already curling on the trestle table under the walnut tree.· Behind the familiar trestle table with its grey army blanket, sat the commanding officer flanked by two others of lesser rank.· A large, bare room with big trestle tables in the centre and benches along the walls.
· When the water drops, the substances drift back along the passageways and soak into the water table.· Meanwhile, the draining of the small rivers for irrigation has lowered the water table in the region.· These conditions are best met in low-lying areas that were once marshland, and which still lie above a plentiful water table.· A four-year drought in East Anglia and extra demands for water from a burgeoning local population have lowered the water table.· He says the problem is the water table has fallen too low.· In very hot weather, the workers descend tunnels that go deep into the ground to the water table.· But a few bad ones-where the water table is low-can take an hour's worth of pumping.· Pumping water from an aquifer lowers the water table.
VERB· The bloke with the paper hat comes round with this trolley thing to clear the tables.· She shook her head, cleared the table, dropping off stuff behind the counter, talking some to her father.· At that very moment, a waiter turned abruptly from clearing the next table and crashed into Loretta.· He was happy to clear the table but insisted on talking nonstop as he worked.· He turned to help her clear the table.· The preacher pushed his plate away and Lottie rose to clear the table.· Well, he seemed to have cheered up, thought Ruth, clearing the table.· Now she moved from booth to booth, clearing each table.
· For some days the note lay untouched on the table.· The parcel still lay on the table, and both girls had stood up.· Then I hear Gary returning and I go down to lay the table.· The Constitution lay on the table for signature.· The dining room was empty apart from a couple of staff members who were laying tables for breakfast.· The recipe book lay on the table.· I should go down and lay the table, thought Marion.· Let's lay the table for tea.
· The room was dark; the only light was a splash from the anglepoise lamp set on the table beside her.· A classic for only £25.95. Set a splendid table with our 24-piece, stainless-steel cutlery set from Viners.· The bird collected wood, the mouse made the fire and set the table, and the sausage cooked the food.· After that we set the dining table and served the lunch we had brought.· A soft November swell has set the tables rattling metallically at one another across the bar.· Mom put the knife where Dad always sits when she set the table.
· Is this what women became if afforded the luxury of turned tables?· That would certainly turn the tables, Blue thinks, that would certainly stand the whole business on its head.· Isn't it nice to see a couple turning the tables on a double-glazing salesman?· Women shrieked and ran at the sight of pistols, and men turned over tables to hide.· Especially when such a rider turns the tables.· That turns the tables on movie ratings.· And now Lego has turned the tables and made a car.· So much for turning the tables.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the periodic table
1- payments made under the table to local officials
- They paid him under the table so he wouldn't have to pay taxes.
- A perfect end to a perfect day: a chocolate-smeared face peers up from under the table.
- Andrea suddenly ducked under the table to avoid Heather.
- Anna sees something under the table by the tree.
- At that I push the chair all the way under the table and we give each other these glowing smiles.
- He looks under the table and sees a bare toe rubbing the toe of his sneaker.
- He thought she looked maddeningly attractive, and emboldened by the fine claret, pressed his knee against hers under the table.
- It can be hidden from the tax man, laundered to disguise its source and passed under the table in bribes.
- They laughed so hard they slid under the table.
- And I don't really know my Two Times Table.
- For Peter, puzzles are great fun; he likes to learn such details as state capitals and the times tables.
- I expect to recycle our work on the times tables.
- She knew her times tables and her Catechism.
- And time is measured out by the di-dock, di-dock of a Ping-pong table.
- By the production line stand basketball nets and ping-pong tables for use during breaks.
- Gretel, looking half awake, was standing on the other side of the Ping-Pong table.
- In front of the platform stood a pair of billiard tables, as shown overleaf.
- Leaning against the Ping-Pong table, he picked up the stethoscope and felt its peculiar rubbery tubes.
- She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.
- The room was bare except for a ping-pong table on folding trestle legs.
- The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table.
- Kelly hopes to have a proposal on the table within four months.
- Breakfast was already on the table when Stephen went downstairs.
- Explanation At the beginning of the demonstration, the stick was on the table.
- He straightened in his chair, palms flat on the table, cigarette jutting from his mouth.
- She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table.
- Smith is happy just to get his bill on the table.
- The office fellows on the table behind laughed abruptly and in unison.
- We also came up with a laundry list of key issues that had always been there but never put on the table.
- Her record speed has turned the tables on Runyan, the defending champion.
- Antony has turned the tables completely and has now completely destroyed all hopes of the conspirators ever establishing themselves in Rome.
- Especially when such a rider turns the tables.
- Glenn Hoddle reckons Town are a good bet to turn the tables.
- Isn't it nice to see a couple turning the tables on a double-glazing salesman?
- It's time to turn the tables.
- So much for turning the tables.
- That turns the tables on movie ratings.
- That would certainly turn the tables, Blue thinks, that would certainly stand the whole business on its head.
- If they're willing to put all their cards on the table and negotiate, that's good.
- If we want to reach an agreement, we'll have to lay all our cards on the table.
- They're willing to put all their cards on the table and negotiate.
- Come on, you can lay your cards on the table in this house.
- The new rules appear to encourage parties to lay their cards on the table and facilitate early settlements.
- Many of the photographs are not suitable for the dinner table.
- He was 24, highly intelligent, could drink Malc under the table and had a dry, lightning wit.
- Charles Forster, prosecuting, said Ganguly had stolen a nest of tables and was seen by police.
- The Anglo-Nubians posed like a nest of tables by the ropes.
- Could you help me set the table?
- A soft November swell has set the tables rattling metallically at one another across the bar.
- But come on, set the table.
- She set the table and began breakfast.
- She ran when she made the beds, ran when she set the table.
- The bird collected wood, the mouse made the fire and set the table, and the sausage cooked the food.
- The servants setting the tables ready for supper were summarily dismissed.
- The smoke was broken off the cabin chimney where she had dropped it while setting the table eighteen years ago.
- While this cooked Baucis set the table with her trembling old hands.
- In the top of the table clash, Wroxham defeated Wisbech 1-0 in front of the largest League crowd of the season, 1,011.
- Llanidloes beat the rain and a determined Cound side by four wickets to move clear at the top of the table.
- Malik's brilliant form took him to the top of the table for the tour with a total of 1,184 runs.
- Sir John eased himself into his great chair at the top of the table and gloomily reflected on the past.
- I spent the summer waiting tables.
furniture a piece of furniture with a flat top supported by legs: The food was served on long tables. → coffee table, dressing table2restaurant a table for people to eat at in a restaurant: I've booked a table for two.3sport/game snooker/billiard/ping-pong etc table a special table for playing a particular indoor sport or game on4list a list of numbers, facts, or information arranged in rows across and down a pagetable of a table of results the table of contents5on the table an offer, idea etc that is on the table has been officially suggested and someone is considering it: The offer on the table is a 10% wage increase.6turn the tables (on somebody) to change a situation completely, so that someone loses an advantage and you gain one: The tables were turned in the second half, when Leeds United scored from the penalty spot.7under the table informal money that is paid under the table is paid secretly and illegally: Payments were made under the table to local officials.8maths times table a list that young children learn, in which all the numbers between 1 and 12 are multiplied by each other SYN multiplication tablethree/four etc times table He’s 12 years old and still doesn’t know his three times table.9group the group of people sitting around a table: His stories kept the whole table amused.COLLOCATIONSverbsset/lay the table (=put knives, forks etc on a table before a meal)· The table was set for fourteen.clear the table (=take plates etc off)· Do you want me to clear the table?sit at a table· He was sitting at a corner table.sit around a table· We sat around the table and talked.get up from/leave the table· She stood up from her chair and left the table.book/reserve a table (=in a restaurant)· I've booked a table for four at a local restaurant.NOUN + tabledinner/breakfast table· Will you clear the breakfast table?bedside/kitchen/dining-room table· They were chatting around the kitchen table.table1 nountable2 verb
tabletable2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
table
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | table |
| he, she, it | tables | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tabled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tabled |
| he, she, it | has tabled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tabled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will table |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tabled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am tabling |
| he, she, it | is tabling | |
| you, we, they | are tabling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was tabling |
| you, we, they | were tabling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tabling |
| he, she, it | has been tabling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tabling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tabling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tabling |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Endlessly clear skies and lowering water tables.
- Nottingham Forest are planning a £500,000 bid for the big Ballyclare man; expect it to be tabled some time next week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The clock on her bedside table said half past four. Shelley had a job bussing tables. It’s Kelly’s turn to clear the table (=remove the dirty plates, forks etc). The program automatically creates a table of contents (=a list at the beginning of a document that shows the different parts into which it is divided). John was laying the table. His first aim is to get the warring parties back to the negotiating table (=discussing something). Her fingers drummed on the table top.
The clock on her bedside table said half past four. (=in a restaurant)· I’ll book a table for 7.30 tomorrow evening.
· The house has a large kitchen and a breakfast room.
Shelley had a job bussing tables. It’s Kelly’s turn to clear the table (=remove the dirty plates, forks etc). The program automatically creates a table of contents (=a list at the beginning of a document that shows the different parts into which it is divided).· The passports are in my desk drawer.
· He read by the light of the bedside lamp.
John was laying the table. (=the polite way of eating at a table)· My parents expected us to have good table manners.
(=make a proposal) I’d like to propose a motion to move the weekly meetings to Thursdays.
I’d like to propose a motion to move the weekly meetings to Thursdays. His first aim is to get the warring parties back to the negotiating table (=discussing something). (=officially propose it)· Siddall tabled a resolution asking for the Board’s approval of the Five Year Business Plan.
American English
(=when everyone can discuss things in an equal way)· An election law, agreed during round-table talks, gave every voter the right to two votes.
Her fingers drummed on the table top. (=an inexpensive wine to drink with a meal)· The vineyard produces table wines for local use.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· It would imply that Labour was ill-advised in ever tabling the amendment, and in believing it to undermine the opt-out.· Both Texas senators, Phil Gramm and Hutchison, voted against tabling the amendment because they opposed the measures.· He anticipated that the government might table amendments to the Bill as it passes through parliament.· The Opposition have tabled a cluster of amendments.
· He anticipated that the government might table amendments to the Bill as it passes through parliament.· The committee voted 17-9 to table the bill.
· Mr. Renton I know that the hon. Gentleman tabled an early-day motion on the subject a short time ago.· The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies.
· Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
· If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me, I shall be glad to enlarge upon that.· Having tabled my question two weeks ago according to the procedures of the House, I have not yet received a reply.· Speaking of that, I wonder just what the hon. Gentleman had in mind when he tabled this question.· I have tabled parliamentary questions about that, but I have received no proper answers.· He has tabled a question on the issue for tomorrow's council meeting.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the periodic table
1table a proposal/question/motion etc British English to formally present a proposal etc for other people to discuss: - Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
- Even our own wets will summon up the courage to table a question or two.
- He has tabled a question on the issue for tomorrow's council meeting.
- If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me, I shall be glad to enlarge upon that.
- The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies.
- The Umpires' Association had planned to table a motion giving an official vote of support for Lamb.
- At that time, Dole voted to table a measure that would have negated the Supreme Court ruling.
- Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
- For example, by the drinks table Bill Muggeridge seemed to be trying to make up to Mrs Crumwallis.
- If they're willing to put all their cards on the table and negotiate, that's good.
- If we want to reach an agreement, we'll have to lay all our cards on the table.
- They're willing to put all their cards on the table and negotiate.
- Come on, you can lay your cards on the table in this house.
- The new rules appear to encourage parties to lay their cards on the table and facilitate early settlements.
- Many of the photographs are not suitable for the dinner table.
- He was 24, highly intelligent, could drink Malc under the table and had a dry, lightning wit.
- Charles Forster, prosecuting, said Ganguly had stolen a nest of tables and was seen by police.
- The Anglo-Nubians posed like a nest of tables by the ropes.
- Could you help me set the table?
- A soft November swell has set the tables rattling metallically at one another across the bar.
- But come on, set the table.
- She set the table and began breakfast.
- She ran when she made the beds, ran when she set the table.
- The bird collected wood, the mouse made the fire and set the table, and the sausage cooked the food.
- The servants setting the tables ready for supper were summarily dismissed.
- The smoke was broken off the cabin chimney where she had dropped it while setting the table eighteen years ago.
- While this cooked Baucis set the table with her trembling old hands.
- In the top of the table clash, Wroxham defeated Wisbech 1-0 in front of the largest League crowd of the season, 1,011.
- Llanidloes beat the rain and a determined Cound side by four wickets to move clear at the top of the table.
- Malik's brilliant form took him to the top of the table for the tour with a total of 1,184 runs.
- Sir John eased himself into his great chair at the top of the table and gloomily reflected on the past.
- I spent the summer waiting tables.
Dr Clark tabled a motion for debate at next month’s committee meeting.2table a bill/measure/proposal etc American English to leave a bill etc to be discussed or dealt with in the future