are asleep, you are sleeping.
The cat was asleep under the tree.
assembly noun assemblies
An assembly is a group of people who meet together.
We were late for school assembly.
assistant noun assistants
An assistant is someone who helps another person in their work.
astronaut noun astronauts
An astronaut is a person who travels in space.
ate
He ate three apples.
atlas noun atlases
An atlas is a book of maps.
attack verb attacks, attacking, attacked
If someone attacks another person, they try to hurt them.
attention noun
If you pay attention, you watch and listen.
He always pays attention in class.
attract verb attracts, attracting, attracted
If something attracts things to it, it makes them move towards it.
Magnets attract anything made of iron.
audience noun audiences
An audience is all of the people who watch or listen to something, for example a film or a play.
August noun
August is the month after July and before September. It has 31 days.
We went on holiday in August.
aunt noun aunts
Your aunt is the sister of your mother or father, or the wife of your uncle.
author noun authors
An author is a person who writes books.
autumn noun autumns
Autumn is the season after summer and before winter. In the autumn the weather usually becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees.
awake adjective
Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
I stayed awake until midnight.
away
1 If someone moves away from a place, they move so that they are not there any more.
He walked away from the house.
2 If you put something away, you put it where it should be.
Put your books away before you go.
awful adjective
If something is awful, it is very bad.
There was an awful smell.
axe noun axes
An axe is a tool with a handle and a big, sharp blade. It is used to chop wood.
baby noun babies
A baby is a very young child.
back noun backs
1 Your back is the part of your body from your neck to your bottom.
He was lying on his back in the grass.
2 The back of something is the side or part of it that is farthest from the front.
She was in a room at the back of the shop.
backwards
1 If you move backwards, you move in the direction behind you.
She walked backwards.
2 If you do something backwards, you do it the opposite of the usual way.
He had his jumper on backwards.
bad adjective worse, worst
1 Something that is bad is not nice or good.
The weather is bad today.
2 Someone who is bad does things they should not do.
Some bad boys stole the money.
badge noun badges
A badge is a small piece of metal or plastic with words or a picture on it that you wear on your clothes.
badger noun badgers
A badger is an animal that has a white head with two black stripes on it. Badgers live beneath the ground and come out at night.
bag noun bags
A bag is a container that you use to hold or carry things.
He put his shoes in his bag.
bake verb bakes, baking, baked
When you bake food, you cook it in an oven.
baker noun bakers
A baker is a person who makes and sells bread and cakes.
balance verb balances, balancing, balanced
When you balance something, you keep it steady and do not let it fall.
She balanced a book on her head.
ball noun balls
A ball is a round thing that you kick, throw or catch in games.
ballet noun
Ballet is a kind of dance with special steps that often tells a story.
balloon noun balloons
A balloon is a small bag made of thin rubber that you blow into to make it bigger.
banana noun bananas
A banana is a long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin.
band noun bands
1 A band is a group of people who play music together.
He plays the guitar in a band.
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