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ADVERB

      If you do something again, you do it once more.

      against

      PREPOSITION 1 If you play against someone, you are not on their side.

      PREPOSITION 2 If you are against something, you are touching it and leaning on it. She felt tired and leaned against the tree.

      age ages

      NOUN 1 Your age is how old you are.

      NOUN 2 An age is a special period in history, like the Stone Age.

      ago ADVERB

      If something happened four days ago, it is four days since it happened.

      agree agrees, agreeing, agreed

      VERB 1 If you agree with someone, you think the same about something.

      VERB 2 If you agree to do something, you say you will do it.

      agreement NOUN

      ahead ADVERB

      Something or someone who is ahead of you is in front of you.

      My brother ran ahead of us.

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      aim aims, aiming, aimed

      VERB 1 If you aim at something, you point a weapon at it.

      VERB 2 If you aim to do something, you plan to do it.

      air NOUN

      Air is the mixture of gases that we breathe.

      aircraft NOUN

      An aircraft is a vehicle that flies. Helicopters and aeroplanes are aircraft.

      airport airports NOUN

      An airport is a place where aircraft land and take off.

      alarm alarms

      NOUN 1 An alarm is something like a bell or flashing light that warns you of something.

      NOUN 2 Alarm is a feeling of fear.

      He looked at the hungry bear in alarm.

      album albums NOUN

      An album is a book that you put things like stamps or photographs in.

      alien aliens NOUN

      In science fiction, an alien is a creature from outer space.

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      alight ADJECTIVE

      If something is alight, it is burning.

      alike ADJECTIVE

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

      alive ADJECTIVE

      If a person, animal or plant is alive, they are living now.

      all ADJECTIVE

      You say all when you mean the whole of a particular group or thing. Put all your toys away.

      Allah NOUN

      Allah is the Muslim name for God.

      allergy allergies NOUN

      If you have an allergy to something, it makes you ill. Tom has an allergy to nuts, so he must not eat them.

      alley alleys NOUN

      An alley is a narrow path with buildings or walls on both sides.

      alligator alligators NOUN

      An alligator is a reptile. It is of the same family as a crocodile, but smaller.

      See Reptiles on page 264

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      alliteration NOUN

      Alliteration is the use of words close together which begin with the same sound, for example “hundreds of huge hairy horses”.

      allow allows, allowing, allowed VERB

      If someone allows you to do something, they let you do it.

      all right

      ADJECTIVE 1 If someone is all right, they are well or safe. See if the baby’s all right.

      INTERJECTION 2 You say all right if you agree to something.

      almost ADVERB

      Almost means very nearly, but not quite.

      He tripped and almost fell.

      alone ADJECTIVE

      If you are alone, there is nobody with you.

      along PREPOSITION

      If you go along something, you move towards the end of it.

      aloud ADVERB

      If you read something aloud, you read it so that people can hear you.

      alphabet alphabets NOUN

      An alphabet is all the letters used to write words, written in a special order.

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      alphabetical ADJECTIVE

      Alphabetical means arranged in the order of the letters of the alphabet. She read out the names on the register in alphabetical order.

      already ADVERB

      If you have done something already, you did it earlier.

      also ADVERB

      You say also when you want to add to something you have just said.

      alter alters, altering, altered VERB

      When you alter something, you change it in some way.

      alternate alternates, alternating, alternated VERB

      When two things alternate, they regularly happen one after the other. He alternates between being friendly and completely ignoring me.

      although CONJUNCTION

      You say although when you expected something different. Although my dad was cross, he still gave me my pocket money.

      altogether ADVERB

      If you say there are a number of things altogether, you are counting all of them. I’ve picked four apples and you’ve picked two, so that’s six altogether.

      aluminium NOUN

      Aluminium is a light, silver-coloured metal. It is used for making rolls of foil and containers like cans and pie dishes.

      always

      ADVERB 1 If you always do something, you do it every time. He always puts his things away when he has used them.

      ADVERB 2 If something has always been so, it has been that way at all times. They have always been good friends.

      a.m. ADVERB

      a.m. is the time between midnight and noon. I get up at 7 a.m.

      See p.m.

      am VERB

      Am is a present tense form of be used when you are talking about yourself. I am six years old.

      See be

      amaze amazes, amazing, amazed VERB

      If something amazes you, it surprises you very much.

      amazement NOUN

      amazing ADJECTIVE

      Something that is amazing is very surprising or