Macmillan First Dictionary

From Chapter Dictionary A-Z lightningLightningis a bright light sometimes seen in the sky during a storm. It is electricity between clouds or between a cloud and the ground. Thunder is the sound that comes afterlightning.like¹When something islikesomething else, it looks, acts, feels, or seems the same in some way. Tad is dressedlikea clown.like²If youlikesomething, it means that it makes you happy. Iliketo read.liked, liking.line1.Alineis a long, thin mark. Jan used a pencil to draw alineacross the paper.2.Alineis also things in a row. We stood in line for the bus.lines.lionAlionis one kind of large, wild cat.Lionsare yellow or brown.lions.lipAlipis the part of your face around your mouth. People have twolips.lips.liquidAliquidis something that is wet when you touch it.A liquidcan be poured. Water and milk areliquids.liquids.listAlistis a number of things that are written down. Lauren made alistof the people she wanted at her party.lists.listenListenmeans to try to hear in a careful way. The childrenlistenedto the story. Thelma likes tolistento music. I likelisteningto the sound of rain falling on the roof.listened, listening.litLitcomes from the wordlight.Welita candle to find our way down the dark hall. Uncle Davelitthe logs in the fireplace.little1.When something islittle,it is small. Mylittlesister can't walk yet. An ant islittle.That is thelittlestpuppy that I have ever seen.2. Littlealso means not very much. Jack drank only alittlejuice because he wasn't thirsty. Cally used alittlered in her painting. We only spent alittletime picking apples because it started to rain.littler, littlest. Copyright © 1990 by Simon & SchusterLevey, Judith S. is the author of 'Macmillan First Dictionary' with ISBN 9780027617313 and ISBN 0027617319.