2 If you ask for something, you say that you want it.
She asked for some sweets.
asleep adjective
If you 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
Look at eat (#litres_trial_promo).
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.
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