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A & E ... a bundle of nerves idiom a cappella ... a fair hearing phrase a fair shake idiom ... a good, remarkable, etc. likeness phrase a good/bad buy phrase ... a list as long as your arm idiom a litany of something phrase ... a narrow escape phrase a narrow squeak idiom ... a plum in your mouth idiom a plume of dust, smoke, etc. phrase ... A share a shock to the system phrase ... a walking disaster, encyclopedia, etc. phrase a watch out idiom ... AAR aardvark ... abdicate abdicate responsibility phrase ... ability ability to pay principle ... abominated abomination ... abridged abridging ... absolute age absolute auction ... absorptive absorptive capacity ... abutilon abutment ... accelerated depreciation accelerated payment ... accessing accession ... accommodation accommodation address ... accounting principle accounting rate of return ... accumulated dividend accumulated earnings ... acetylene acetylsalicylic acid ... acidified acidify ... acquirable acquire ... act as something phrasal verb act for someone ... action thriller action-oriented ... activist activity ... ad hockery ad hominem ... add salt to something idiom add something in ... adduced adducing ... adipose tissue adit ... adjustor adjutant ... admonishing admonishingly ... adrenoleukodystrophy adrift ... advance warning advance/decline line ... adverse weather adversely ... aedeagus Aegean ... aeromagnetic aeronaut ... affectionate affectionately ... affordable housing affordably ... Afro-Caribbean afro-textured ... against (all) the odds/against all odds idiom against all expectations phrase ... agender agenesis ... aggrievedly aggro ... agony column agony uncle ... ague ah ... aimed aiming ... Air Miles air patrol ... airbrushing aircraft ... airworthiness airworthy ... Alawite albacore ... aleatory contract Aleppo ... alighted alighting ... all eyes are on someone/something idiom all good things (must) come to an end idiom ... all your own all's fair in love and war idiom ... all-time great all-wheel drive ... allistic alliteration ... allusion allusive ... alpha alpha channel ... alter ego alterable ... altogether altostratus ... amass a fortune amassed ... ambrosia ambrosial ... American bully XL American Bureau of Shipping ... amicably amicus ... amoebic amoebic dysentery ... amphoteric amphotericin B ... an ace up your sleeve idiom an acquired taste idiom ... anaesthetized anaesthetizing ... analyzer
anamorphic ... ancestry ancho ... and the like phrase and the same to you with (brass) knobs on idiom ... aneroid aneroid barometer ... Anglesey Anglican ... animal animal cracker ... ankylosis annal ... annual report annual return ... another couple of something another/a second bite at/of the cherry idiom ... antegrade antelope ... anthropologically anthropologist ... anti-bribery anti-British ... anti-cult anti-cultural ... anti-foreign anti-foreigner ... anti-life anti-literary ... anti-phishing anti-piracy ... anti-revolutionary anti-riot ... anti-state anti-static ... anti-Western anti-whaling ... antigen antigen test ... antiquark antiquary ... antrum antsy ... aortic aortic aneurysm ... aphetically aphid ... apologizing apology ... appeal court appealable ... apple cider vinegar apple fritter ... appointment letter apportion ... approachable approached ... apt aptitude ... arachnoid arachnophobia ... arced arch ... archiving archivist ... arête argan oil ... arithmetic progression arithmetical ... armour-plated armoured ... arousing arpeggiate ... arrow key arrowhead ... artfulness arthouse ... artificial preservative artificial respiration ... as American as apple pie idiom as an experiment ... as old as Methuselah idiom as old as the hills idiom ... (as) pleased as Punch idiom (as) proud as a peacock idiom ... ascites ascocarp ... Asiatic Asiatic cholera ... aspersion asphalt ... assemblage assemble ... asset mix asset shuffling ... assisted dying assisted living ... assumed liabilities assumed name ... astral plane astral projection ... asymmetric bars asymmetric warfare ... at any rate idiom at arm’s length idiom ... at present phrase at random phrase ... at this moment in time phrase at this rate idiom ... athlete athlete's foot ... atomic radius atomic structure ... attachment parenting attack ... attested copy attesting ... aubade aubergine ... auditing audition ... auricle auricula ... authenticated authenticating ... autobiographically autobiography ... automated teller machine automatic ... Autotune autumn ... average out at something phrasal verb average pay ... avoidable avoidably ... awe-inspiringly awed ... axonal axonometric ... azygous

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comfort zone

UK
/ˈkʌm.fət ˌzəʊn/
US
/ˈkʌm.fɚt ˌzoʊn/

a situation in which you feel comfortable and in which your ability and determination are not being tested

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