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| actually |
"Actually" means "really." If you actually catch a very big fish, you really catch it. It is not just a story or a dream. [1/2 definitions] |
| a few |
If you have a few friends, you don't have a lot of friends, but you have a small number of friends. If you have a few friends, you are probably pretty happy. If you have FEW friends, though, you might be sad. There is a big difference between "a few" and just "few." "A few" gives a positive feeling, and "few" gives a negative feeling, even though both of them mean "a small number." |
| affair |
An affair is a big or important event where people talk with each other and often enjoy themselves. [1/3 definitions] |
| affect1 |
When one thing affects another thing, it makes a change in it or causes something to happen to it. The weather is something that often affects the way people feel. If it is a sunny day, people often feel happy and as if they have more energy. If a big storm affects an area, it probably causes some damage or harm there. [1/2 definitions] |
| Algeria |
Algeria is the largest country in Africa. It lies along the shore of a sea called the Mediterranean. Algeria has big cities, beaches, and mountains in the north, but the southern part of Algeria is all desert. It is part of the Sahara Desert, the biggest desert in the world. |
| ambition |
When you have ambition, you have big goals for your life that you want to make come true. When you have a particular ambition, you have a certain goal that you want to reach. Probably you will try hard to have success in reaching it. |
| apply |
If something doesn't apply to you, then it has no connection with you or it doesn't matter for you. Let's say children under six aren't allowed to play in the big playground. But, you're older than six, so that rule doesn't apply to you. It's OK for you to play there. [1/4 definitions] |
| aquarium |
An aquarium is a container filled with water that people use as a home for fish and other water animals. An aquarium is usually made of clear glass. It can be very small or very big. [1/2 definitions] |
| arch1 |
An arch is a curved structure. An arch goes over the top of an open space. You can sometimes see an arch over the top of a big entrance to a place. Arches are often made of stone. [1/2 definitions] |
| asteroid |
Asteroids are chunks of rock that travel around the sun in the same way as planets travel around the sun. Asteroids can be as big as 600 miles across or as small as a single piece of dust. Most asteroids are found between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. |
| bald eagle |
A bald eagle is a type of eagle that lives in the United States, northern Mexico, and Canada. An eagle is a large bird with a strong, curved beak and big, sharp claws. A bald eagle is an especially large eagle and is dark brown with a white head and tail. |
| big |
When something is big, it is large. [3 definitions] |
| bison |
A bison is a big, powerful animal that is a member of the same animal family as the cow. It has a large head and body, and it has horns and hoofs. In the United States, bison are often called buffalo, but their true name is bison. |
| Black Sea |
The Black Sea is a large body of water that is located between the country of Ukraine to the north and the country of Turkey to the south. The Black Sea is not really black, but sometimes the water can look very dark. On a map, the Black Sea looks like a big lake, but the water is salty, and it connects to another sea, which connects to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| blizzard |
A blizzard is a very big snowstorm that lasts for a long time. |
| bologna |
Bologna is something made of meat, spices, and salt. People often eat round slices of bologna in a sandwich. Bologna is really a big, fat sausage, but when we see it in a store, it is usually already cut into slices. |
| bound2 |
When a person or animal bounds, they go across or over an area by making big jumps. |
| break into |
If you break into a certain type of business, you are successful in entering it. If a singer breaks into show business, they have their first big success as a professional singer, and usually they continue to be successful. [1/3 definitions] |
| bring about |
When people bring something about, they make it happen or make it exist. Things that are "brought about" are often big things, like a major change, a new beginning, or an end to something. |
| bulldozer |
A bulldozer is a heavy vehicle with something like a big scoop attached to it that can pick up and move heavy things like dirt and rocks. |
| bunch |
A bunch is a fairly big group of things or people. [1/2 definitions] |
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