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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
To express that it is very hot weather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the verse/song by Noel Coward: "Mad dogs and Englishmen / Go out in the midday sun."
