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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.
2 If you bring something along when you go somewhere, you bring it with you.
She brought a present along to the party.
aloud
When you read or talk aloud, you read or talk so that other people can hear you.
She read the story aloud to us.
alphabet noun alphabets
An alphabet is a set of letters that is used for writing words. The letters are arranged in a special order.
A is the first letter of the alphabet.
already
You use already to show that something has happened before the present time.
She is already here.
also
You use also to give more information about something.
I’m cold, and I’m also hungry.
always
If you always do something, you do it every time or all the time.
She’s always late for school.
am
I am six years old.
amazing adjective
You say that something is amazing when it is a surprise and you like it.
We had an amazing holiday.
ambulance noun ambulances
An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to hospital.
amount noun amounts
An amount of something is how much there is of it.
We only have a small amount of food.
amphibian noun amphibians
An amphibian is an animal that lives both on land and in water, for example a frog or a toad.
ancient adjective
Ancient means very old, or from a long time ago.
They lived in an ancient castle.
angry adjective angrier, angriest
When you are angry, you feel very upset about something.
She was angry at her brother for breaking the window.
animal noun animals
An animal is any creature that is alive, but not a plant or a person.
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