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      afraid adjective

      If you are afraid, you are frightened because you think that something bad will happen to you.

      I am not afraid of the dark.

      after

      1 If something happens after another thing, it happens later than it.

      I watched television after dinner.

      2 If you go after a person or thing, you follow them or chase them.

      They ran after her.

      afternoon noun afternoons

      The afternoon is the part of each day between twelve noon and about six o’clock.

      again

      If something happens again, it happens another time.

      We went to the park again yesterday.

      against

      1 If something is against another thing, it is touching it.

      He leaned against the wall.

      2 If you play against someone in a game, you try to beat them.

      The two teams played against one another.

      age noun ages

      Your age is the number of years that you have lived.

      ago

      You use ago to talk about a time in the past.

      She left two weeks ago.

      agree verb agrees, agreeing, agreed

      If you agree with someone, you think the same as they do about something.

      I agree with you about him.

      ahead

      Someone who is ahead of another person is in front of them.

      My brother ran ahead of us.

      air noun

      Air is the mixture of gases all around us that we breathe.

      I opened the window and let in some air.

      aircraft noun aircraft

      An aircraft is any vehicle which can fly.

      airport noun airports

      An airport is a place where aeroplanes fly from and land.

      alarm noun alarms

      An alarm is a piece of equipment that warns you of danger by making a noise.

      The car alarm woke us up.

      alien noun aliens

      In stories and films, an alien is a creature from another planet.

      alike adjective

      If people or things are alike, they are the same in some way.

      The two cats looked alike.

      alive adjective

      If a person, an animal or a plant is alive, they are living and not dead.

      all

      You use all to talk about everything, everyone, or the whole of something.

      Did you eat all of it?

      alligator noun alligators

      An alligator is a large reptile with a long body, a long mouth and sharp teeth. Alligators’ mouths are in the shape of a letter U.

      allow verb allows, allowing, allowed

      If you allow someone to do something, you let them do it.

      Mum allowed us to go out and play.

      all right or alright adjective

      If you say that something is all right, you mean that it is good enough.

      I thought the film was all right.

      almost

      Almost means very nearly.

      I almost missed the bus.

      alone adjective

      When you are alone, you are not with any other people.

      She was alone in the room.

      along

      1 If you walk along a road or other place, you move towards one end of it.

      We walked along the street.

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