Collins French Dictionary: English Words Beginning With “A”
- a...a bar of chocolate
- a bar of gold...a boiling hot day
- a bolt from the blue...a burst of gunfire
- a burst of laughter...a change in procedure
- a change in sb's environment...a collectivized farm
- a college with a tremendous sporting history...a crock of shit
- a cross between ......a decent education
- a decent wage...a dirty trick
- a dirty tricks campaign...a duplicate set
- a dusk-to-dawn curfew...a female rat
- a fever of ......a flashback to sth
- a flat roof...a French citizen
- a French conversation class...a gift token
- a gin and tonic...a grim-faced man
- a grounding in biology...a high number of
- a high official...a house off the main road
- a house search...a lapse of memory
- a large amount of money...a lightweight boxer
- a likeness between...a low-carbohydrate diet
- a low-fat yoghurt...a marble statue
- a margin for error...a mere detail
- a mere five percent...a multiplicity of ...
- a multitude of...a nuclear holocaust
- a nuclear reactor...a pale imitation of sth
- a palliative to sth...a Persian
- a Persian carpet...a pillar of salt
- a pillar of society...a pot of coffee
- a pot of red paint...a protest rally
- a Protestant church...a rant against sth
- a rare bird...a reputation for sth
- a research institute...a rough estimate
- a rough outline of sth...a screen for sth
- a scruffy, unshaven man...a Shakespeare quote
- a shampoo and set...a single room
- a single room supplement...a soft-boiled egg
- a soggy tissue...a steady job
- a steady trickle of visitors...a sunny morning
- a superb view of sth...a television studio
- a temperature of 30 degrees...A to Z
- a toasted sandwich...a variable rate of interest
- a variant of sth...a wealth of sth
- a weather update...a wise decision
- a wisp of straw...abacus
- abalone...abnormality
- abnormally...abs
- ABS brakes...absurdist
- absurdity...accepted practice
- access...according to tradition
- accordingly...acetic acid
- acetone...acrid
- acrimonious...actress
- acts of mercy...added to this
- added value...adjunct
- adjust...adopt
- adopted...advantaged
- advantageous...aerate
- aerial...affliction
- affluence...after much thought
- after some hesitation...against the run of play
- against to all expectation...agitate
- agitated...aide-de-camp
- aide-memoire...air traffic
- air traffic control...airway
- airwoman...alcoholic
- alcoholism...all bar one
- all because of...all the more reason
- all the same...allege
- alleged...almanac
- almanack...Alta.
- altar...am I to understand that ... ?
- am-dram...ambulancewoman
- ambush...ammunition belt
- ammunition clip...amusement ride
- amusing...an airlift of food and medicines
- an alarm system...an attempt to do sth
- an attractive proposition...an escape from
- an escape hatch from sth...an inflation rate of 2%
- an informed guess...an offer of compensation
- an office-cum-workshop...an unofficial strike
- an unprofitable business...anathema
- anatomical...and to crown it all ...
- and upwards...angora
- angrily...announcer
- annoy...antagonistic
- antagonize...anticipation
- anticipatory...any amount of
- any day now...apathy
- APB...appeal court
- appealing...appoint
- appointed...apricot jam
- April...arbour
- arc...area manager
- area of outstanding natural beauty...Armenia
- Armenian...arrange
- arranged marriage...artful
- artfully...as a favour to sb
- as a general rule...as far as I can see
- as far as I can tell...as solid as a rock
- as soon as...ash blond
- Ash Wednesday...assault
- assault course...assured
- assuredly...at 13 plus
- at 2 o'clock precisely...at a walking pace
- at about 2 o'clock...at full throttle
- at full tilt...at one's disposal
- at one's own risk...at the agreed time
- at the appointed hour...at the office
- at the optician's...at twelve
- at two o'clock in the morning...atrophy
- attach...attractiveness
- attribute...Aussie
- austere...automatically
- automation...avoid
- avoidable...axiomatic
- axis...azure