. (lamp-)shade.
. 1. abbot;2. ( ) abbe;~ . abbess;~ . abbey.
. abbreviation.
. aberration.
. 1. (   ) indention; () ~a indent;(new) paragraph;2. ( ) paragraph.
. , ~ . university entrant, candidate for university/college admission.
. season-ticket; ~ interlibrary loan system.
. subscriber;() telephone subscriber;() reader, borrower.
.  . subscribe (to), take* out a booking (for), reserve a seat for (a season at a theatre, a series of concerts, etc.).
. . boarding;  ~ board;~ boarding attr. ;~  . grapnel
. , ~ . aboriginal;aborigine.
. abortion;~ . abortive.
. abracadabra.
. 1. () apricot;2. () apricot-tree;~ apricot attr.
. apricot liqueur.
. contour(s), outline.
. absinthe.
. absenteeism.
. absentee.
. . the absolute.
|. . absolutism;~ absolutist.
|absolute;~  complete rest;~  complete/utter/abysmal ignorance: ~  absolute/overwhelming majority;~  perfect ear, absolute pitch;~  absolute/overall champion.
.  . absorb.
. absorption.
.  . abstract.
abstract.
|. abstractionism;~ . abstract artist;~ abstractionist.
. abstraction.
. nonsense; -.  ~ carry smth. to the point of absurdity;~ . absurdity;~ absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical, ludicrous.
. . abscess.
. . absciss, abscisa ( pl -sas, sae).
|. , ~ . Abkhazian;~ Abkhazian;~  Abkhazian, the Abkhazian language.
