ankle noun ankles
Your ankle is the part of your body where your foot joins your leg.
I fell and twisted my ankle.
annoy verb annoys, annoying, annoyed
If something annoys you, it makes you angry and upset.
It annoys me when people are rude.
another
You use another to mean one more.
She ate another cake.
answer verb answers, answering, answered
If you answer someone, you say something back to them.
She said hello, but he didn’t answer.
ant noun ants
Ants are small insects that live in large groups.
antelope noun antelopes
An antelope is an animal that looks like a deer.
any
1 You use any to mean some of a thing.
Is there any juice left?
2 You also use any to show that it does not matter which one.
Take any book you want.
anybody
You use anybody to talk about a person, when it does not matter which one.
Is there anybody there?
anyone
You use anyone to talk about a person, when it does not matter who.
Don’t tell anyone.
anything
You use anything to talk about a thing, when it does not matter which one.
I can’t see anything.
anywhere
You use anywhere to talk about a place, when it does not matter which one.
You can go anywhere you like.
apart
1 When things are apart, there is a space or a distance between them.
The desks are too far apart.
2 If you take something apart, you take it to pieces.
He took his bike apart.
ape noun apes
An ape is an animal like a large monkey with long, strong arms and no tail.
apologize or apologise verb apologizes, apologizing, apologized
When you apologize, you say that you are sorry for something you have said or done.
He apologized for breaking the window.
appear verb appears, appearing, appeared
When something appears, it becomes possible to see it.
The sun appeared from behind the clouds.
apple noun apples
An apple is a firm, round fruit with green, red, or yellow skin.
April noun
April is the month after March and before May. It has 30 days.