Examples
A hundred years is called a century.
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A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.
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They named her baby Jenny.
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The river outside of the castle is called a moat.
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People call this kind of bird a cuckoo.
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Is there a Percy in your class?
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We call our dog Pochi.
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My name's Cyril; pleased to meet you!
My name's Cyril. Nice to meet you.
My name's Cyril. Pleased to meet you.
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Londoners call the subway "The Tube."
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He got mad at me for calling him Shorty.
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One side of a coin is called 'heads' and the other side is called 'tails'.
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It says in the Bible, "Man shall not live on bread alone."
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Bigfoot is not a pet. For one thing, they don't like being called 'bigfoot'.
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Defenestrate your clock to see how time flies.
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"My new animated movie is called 'Stretchie: End of Clays Part II,'" said Tom.
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The Indian flag is called the tricolour because it has stripes of three colours – saffron, white and green.
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That 'Ayumi' kid, only 13 but has performed in movies and theatres as a child actor since she was five.
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Entry Composition
| =1 | 叫 | jiào |
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| =1 | 叫 | jiào | variant of 叫 jiào |
| 2 | 做 | zuò |
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Related entries
| 稱作 | chēngzuò |
to be called; to be known as
香港被稱作東方之珠。
Hong Kong is referred to as the Pearl of Asia. Source: Tatoeba |