as sist-ance /a'sistans/ noun (U] help or support as-sist-ant /a'sistant/ noun someone who helps a person in their job as-so-ci-ate /2'sou/iert, - (associating, associated) 4. to connect two things or ideas in your mind 2 associate with someone to spend time with someone or be connected with him or her association /2,sousi'eifon, -fi'ei-/ noun an organization of people with a particular pur- pose or interest as-sume /o'sun/ verb (assuming, assumed) to think that something is true even though you do not know that it is: | assumed that she was English by the way she talks. as-sure /o'four/ verb (assuring, assured) to tell someone that something is true to make them feel less worried: / can assure you that we are not closing the hospital. as-terisk /‘zstorisk/ noun the sign * as-tonish /o'staniJ/ verb to surprise someone very much astonishment /e'stant{mont/ noun [U] when you are very surprised as-trol-o-ger /a'straled3a/ noun someone who studies ASTROLOGY as-trol-o-gy /o'stralad3i/ noun [U] thé study of the PLANETs and stars in the belief that they influence people's lives as-tro-naut /‘wxstre,not, -,nat/ noun someone who travels in space —see color pic- ture on page 192 as-tron-a-mer /2'stranema/ noun someone who studies ASTRONOMY as-tron-omy /a'stranami/ noun [U] the science of the study of the sun, moon, and stars Jat; strong eet! preposition 41 in a particular place: Meet me at my house around six. | She's at work. 2 when something happens: Ic gets ald at night. | The movie starts at seven o'clock, 3 toward someone or something: Look at me! | Stop shouting at the children. 4 because of something: No one laughed at hits joke. 5 used for showing how much, how ald, or how fast: He got married at twentyone. | dri- ving at forty miles per hour 6 good/bad etc. at something able or not able to do something well ate /eit/ the PAST TENSE of the verb eat atheist /‘eiGirst/ noun someone wha doas nat believe in the existence of God athlete /‘zOlit/ noun someone who is good at sports, especially someone who takes part in sports competitions ath-let-ic /26'letik/ adjective able to play a sport very well atlas /‘et"las/ noun (plural atlases) a book of maps ATM /erti 'em/ noun ‘Automated Teller Machine; @ machine in the wall outside a bank where you can get money at-mos-phere /‘et'mos,fir/ noun 1 a feeling that a place or situation gives you: | enjoyed the exciting atmosphere of tha game. 2 the atmosphere [U] the air that surrounds the Earth 3 the air in a room, building etc.: @ smoky atmosphere at-am /'2tem/ noun the smallest part into which a substance can be divided atomic energy ef noun [U] power produced by splitting an atom, used for making electricity at-tach /o'tet{/ verb 41 te connect ane thing ta something else: This machine attaches labels to clothes. 2 be attached to someone to like someone very much: Mary was very attached to her father: at-tack' /o'tak/ verb 4 to use violence against @ person or place, often using weapons: The army attacked with no warning. | The rebels attacked the camp at dawn 2 to sey bad things about someone or some- thing; criticize attack? noun a violent action intended to hurt someone or something