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СКАЧАТЬ 1 If you ask someone something, you put a question to them.

      2 If you ask someone to do something, you tell them you want them to do it. • We asked him to do his card trick.

      3 If you ask for something, you say you would like to have it. • She asked for a drink of water.

      4 If you ask someone to come or go somewhere, you invite them there.

      asleep

      ADJECTIVE If you are asleep, your eyes are closed and your whole body is resting.

      aspect aspects

      NOUN one of many ways of seeing or thinking about something

      aspirin aspirins

      NOUN 1 a white drug used to relieve pain, fever and colds

      2 a small white tablet of this drug

      ass asses

      NOUN another word for donkey

      assassinate assassinates, assassinating, assassinated

      VERB If someone assassinates an important person, they murder them.

      assassination NOUN

      assault assaults

      NOUN a violent attack on someone

      [from Latin assalire meaning to leap upon]

      assemble assembles, assembling, assembled

      VERB 1 If people assemble, they gather together. • We assembled in the playground to watch the display.

      2 If you assemble something, you fit the parts of it together. • It took us ages to assemble the model car.

      assembly assemblies

      NOUN a group of people who have gathered together for a meeting

      assess assesses, assessing, assessed

      VERB If you assess something, you consider it carefully and make a judgement about it. • She tried to assess how much further they had to walk.

      SYNONYMS: judge, size up

      asset assets

      NOUN 1 If someone or something is an asset, they are useful or helpful. • He’s an asset to the school.

      2 The assets of a person or a company are all the things they own that could be sold to raise money.

      assignment assignments

      NOUN a job you are given to do

      assist assists, assisting, assisted

      VERB If you assist someone, you help them to do something.

      assistant assistants

      NOUN someone who helps another person to do their job

      associate associates, associating, associated

      VERB 1 If you associate with someone, you spend time with them.

      2 If you associate one thing with another, you make a connection between them.

      association associations

      NOUN 1 an organization for people who have similar interests, jobs or aims

      2 An association between two things is a link you make in your mind between them.

      assorted

      ADJECTIVE Assorted things are a mixture of various sorts of something. They may be different colours, sizes and shapes.

      assortment assortments

      NOUN a group of similar things that are different sizes, shapes and colours • There was an amazing assortment of toys in the shop.

      assume assumes, assuming, assumed

      VERB 1 If you assume that something is true, you believe it, even if you have not thought carefully about it.

      2 If you assume responsibility for something, you decide to do it. • I assumed responsibility for feeding the hamster.

      assure assures, assuring, assured

      VERB If you assure someone of something, you say something to make them less worried about it. • I assured him that I wouldn’t be late.

      asterisk asterisks

      NOUN a symbol (*) used in writing and printing to draw attention to something that is explained somewhere else, usually at the bottom of the page

      asteroid asteroids

      NOUN one of the large number of very small planets that move around the sun between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars

      asthma

      NOUN a disease of the chest that causes wheezing and difficulty in breathing

      [from Greek azein meaning to breathe hard]

      asthmatic ADJECTIVE

      astonish astonishes, astonishing, astonished

      VERB If something astonishes you, it surprises you very much.

      astonished ADJECTIVE astonishing ADJECTIVE

      astonishingly ADVERB astonishment NOUN

      astrology

      NOUN the study of the sun, moon and stars in the belief that their movements can influence people’s lives

      astronaut astronauts

      NOUN a person who operates a spacecraft

      [from Greek astron meaning star and nautes meaning sailor]

      astronomy

      NOUN the scientific study of stars and planets

      astronomer NOUN

      at

      PREPOSITION 1 where someone or something is • John waited for me at the bus stop.

      2 the direction something is going in • I threw the snowball at my brother.

      3 when something happens • The party starts at six o’clock.

      ate

      VERB the past tense of eat

      atheist atheists

      NOUN someone who does not believe in any form of God

      athlete СКАЧАТЬ