Collins English-French Dictionary: English Words Starting With “A”
- a ... a bar job
- a bar of chocolate ... a body of people
- a bogus marriage ... a burst of applause
- a burst of energy ... a challenging job
- a chance meeting ... a coherent whole
- a cold drink ... a crime wave
- a crippling blow to the government ... a day at the races
- a day of mourning ... a difficult proposition
- a dig at sb ... a drop in
- a drop in wages ... a father of three
- a favourable opinion of sb/sth ... a five-dollar bill
- a five-kilometre track ... a forty-roomed mansion
- a forum for discussion ... a garden hose
- a gas leak ... a government crackdown
- a government directive ... a heat shield
- a heated exchange ... a holly leaf
- a holy man ... a just war
- a kaleidoscopic vision of sth ... a letter of complaint
- a letter of condolence ... a long-sleeved dress
- a look of incomprehension ... a man of God
- a man of great learning ... a mechanical failure
- a mechanical fault ... a modicum of
- a moment of triumph ... a nesting site
- a new ball game ... a pair of glasses
- a pair of gloves ... a patron of the arts
- a pattern for trousers ... a piece of apparatus
- a piece of charcoal ... a plot to do sth
- a ploy to do sth ... a prime example of ...
- a priori ... a qualified driving instructor
- a qualified nurse ... a red rag to a bull
- a red rose ... a riding school
- a right hook ... a run of luck
- a running joke ... a select few
- a self-catering apartment ... a shoo-in for sth
- a shop window ... a slander on sb
- a slap in the face ... a spate of
- a special feature on sb ... a stomach ulcer
- a stomach upset ... a symbolic gesture
- a Syrian-backed régime ... a testament to sth
- a tetanus injection ... a touch of sth
- a tough guy ... a verdict of guilty
- a verdict of not guilty ... a week tomorrow
- a week's worth of food ... a woman with blue eyes
- a woman's touch ... abashed
- abate ... abominable
- abominable snowman ... absence makes the heart grow fonder
- absent ... abundance
- abundant ... access point
- access provider ... accost
- account ... acetylene
- ache ... acrimonious
- acrimoniously ... actress
- acts of mercy ... added time
- added to this ... adjudication
- adjudicator ... adolescence
- adolescent ... advancement
- advances in sth ... AEC
- Aegean ... affirmation of sth
- affirmative ... after having asked
- after his deliverance, he ... ... against all the odds
- against one's better judgment ... aggrieved at being ...
- aggrieved at sth ... ahead of schedule
- ahead of time ... air quality
- air rage ... airplay
- airport ... albino
- album ... alive and kicking
- alive and well ... all right
- all round ... all-party
- all-powerful ... allow of
- allowable ... aloud
- alpaca ... alto saxophone
- altogether ... ambiguously
- ambiguously worded ... Americanize
- Americanized ... amphibian
- amphibious ... an addition to sth
- an additional 30 dollars ... an apple core
- an apple tart ... an embargo against sb
- an embargo on sb ... an extra pair of hands
- an eye for an eye ... an intellectual powerhouse
- an intelligence test ... an outpouring of grief
- an outrage against sth ... anaesthetic
- anaesthetist ... ancillary
- and ... anesthetist
- anesthetize ... animal testing
- animal welfare ... anode
- anodyne ... antenna
- anterior ... antipathy
- antiperspirant ... anybody
- anybody who is anybody ... aplenty
- aplomb ... appellate court
- append ... appreciable
- appreciably ... apt at
- Apt. ... archaeologist
- archaeology ... Argentinian
- argon ... armored
- armory ... arrayed
- arrears ... article
- article of faith ... as a mark of respect
- as a matter of course ... as far as it goes
- as far as possible ... as soon as I left my room
- as soon as is humanly possible ... ashamed
- ashen ... assault course
- assault weapon ... assured
- assuredly ... at
- at 13 plus ... at a UN panel discussion
- at a walk ... at full blast
- at full speed ... at one point
- at one remove ... at that point
- at that rate ... at the latest
- at the least provocation ... at this moment
- at this moment in time ... atonal
- atone ... attitude of mind
- attitude to ... august
- Auld Lang Syne ... Autocue
- autograph ... averse
- aversion ... awkward
- awkward to carry ... azure