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| aghast |
filled with alarm or horror; shocked. |
| alarm |
When you feel alarm, you suddenly feel very worried or afraid. [3/4 definitions] |
| alarm clock |
An alarm clock is a clock with a bell or other sound that wakes you up at a certain time. |
| cry wolf |
to give a false alarm. |
| dismay |
alarm, confusion, or mental distress. [1/4 definitions] |
| fire alarm |
A fire alarm is a device that makes a loud noise to warn people that there is a fire. |
| goodness |
a word used to express surprise or alarm. [1/2 definitions] |
| go off |
If your alarm clock goes off, it suddenly becomes active and starts ringing. [1/2 definitions] |
| in order to |
When we use "in order to," we are telling the reason or purpose for doing something. If you set your alarm clock in order to get up early, the purpose of setting your clock is to make it possible to get up early. If someone asks why you set your clock, you could answer "in order to get up early." |
| loud |
When a noise or sound is loud, it is big. It is not soft or quiet. The sound of a fire alarm in school is loud. [1/3 definitions] |
| oversleep |
When you oversleep, you sleep past the time that you planned to get up. If you set your alarm for 7:30 but you sleep till 8:30, then you have overslept. |
| set |
When you set a clock, you put the hands of the clock where they should be in order to show the time, or, with a digital clock, you choose the correct numbers to show the time. When you set an alarm, you choose the time when you want the alarm to ring. [1/17 definitions] |
| startle |
to alarm suddenly; surprise. [1/3 definitions] |
| waken |
If something wakens you, it makes you stop sleeping. The sound of an alarm is often used to waken people. [1/2 definitions] |
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