| ago |
"Ago" means "before now." If today is Friday and you saw your friend two days ago, it means that you saw your friend on Wednesday. |
| also |
When you buy a jacket and you also buy a hat, it means that you buy a jacket and you buy a hat too. If it rained today and it rained yesterday also, it means it rained both today and yesterday. |
| any |
If it is not any colder today than it was yesterday, then it is not at all colder today than yesterday. It is not even a little colder. If your cousins are not any smarter than you, then you are exactly as smart as your cousins or maybe even smarter. [1/5 definitions] |
| be |
When you say "the game is today," you mean that the game happens today. [1/4 definitions] |
| bet |
If you say, "I bet it will rain today," you are saying that you are really sure that it will rain today. Of course, you can't really know if it will rain, but you are still sure about it. [1/3 definitions] |
| better |
If you say you are better today, or "much better," it means that you don't feel sick anymore. [1/6 definitions] |
| brink |
The brink of something is the point just before a major change or event happens or could happen. If a country is on the brink of war, they are very close to being at war. The war could start even today or tomorrow. [1/2 definitions] |
| else |
"Else" means different or other. Let's say you usually wear your red jacket to school but today you want to wear something different. This means that you want to wear something else. [1/4 definitions] |
| especially |
If your lunch is especially good today, it means that your lunch is better than usual, even if your lunch is always quite good. If you are especially happy today, you are even happier than usual. Maybe it's your birthday! [1/3 definitions] |
| far |
"Far" sometimes means "much." If your brother's room is far bigger than yours, then it is much bigger than yours. If it's far colder today than yesterday, then today is much colder. [1/4 definitions] |
| itself |
When your dog is not itself today, it means that your dog is not its usual self. [1/2 definitions] |
| later |
Let's say the bus always comes late, but today the bus comes later. This means that today the bus is even more late than usual. [1/3 definitions] |
| leave1 |
When you leave your homework for tomorrow, it means that you do not do it today and let it go until tomorrow. [1/7 definitions] |
| no1 |
If the weather is no better today than yesterday, it means that the weather is not at all better. If your shirt looks no cleaner after you washed it, then it doesn't look cleaner at all. [1/4 definitions] |
| representative |
A representative can be a typical example of something. If someone's hat is a good representative of the hats that people wear today, it means that their hat is a good example of what people wear today. [1/4 definitions] |
| say |
If the weather person says it will be cloudy today, it means that the weather person reports that it will be cloudy today. [1/7 definitions] |
| suit |
When you wear the color blue and it suits you, it means that it is right for you. When the weather suits what you are doing today, it means that the weather is right for what you are doing today It fits very well. [1/4 definitions] |
| temperature |
The temperature of something is a number that tells you exactly how hot or cold the thing is. Heat and cold are measured in something called "degrees." When we say that the temperature of something is 60 degrees, for example, that number is the temperature of that thing. If the weather report says the temperature will be zero degrees today, then we know it's going to be a very cold day! [1/3 definitions] |
| today |
Today is the day that you are in right now. [4 definitions] |
| tomorrow |
the day after today. [2/3 definitions] |
| twice |
"Twice" also means two times as much. If you usually eat one bowl of cereal for breakfast but today you ate two bowls, then today you ate twice the cereal you usually eat. [1/2 definitions] |