Longman 3000 most used words in English

ABLE
Adjective: a·bler, a·blest.
- having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications to do something; to
be qualified to something.
able to lift a two-hundred-pound weight; able to write music; able to travel
widely; able to vote.

ABOUT
Preposition
- of; concerning; in regard to;
instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War.

- connected or associated with

There was an air of mystery about him.

Adverb
- near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
It's about five miles from here.

- nearly; almost
Dinner is about ready.

ACCEPT
Verb
- to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
to accept a presente; to accept a proposal.
- to agree or consent to; accede to:
to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.
- to respond or answer affirmatively to:
to accept na invitation.
- to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of:
to accept the office of presidente.
- to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club.
ACCOUNT
Noun
- a report or description of an event or experience.
"a detailed account of what has been achieved"
- record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a
particular period or purpose.
"the ledger contains all the income and expense accounts"

ACROSS
Preposition
- from one side to the other of:
a bridge across a river.
- on or to the other side of; beyond:
across the sea.
Adjective
- being in a crossed or transverse position; crosswise:
an across pattern of supporting beams.

ACT
Noun
- aything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
a heroic act.
- the process of doing:
caught in the act.
Verb (used without object)
- to do something; exert energy or force; be employed or operative:
He acted promptly in the emergency.
- to reach, make, or issue a decision on some matter:
I am required to act before noon tomorrow.
ACTION
- the process or state of acting or of being active:
The machine is not in action now.
- Something done or performed; act; deed.
- an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or
mental activity:
a crisis that demands action instead of debate; hoping for constructive
action by the landlord.
- actions, habitual or usual acts; conduct:
He is responsible for his actions.

ACTUALLY
Adverb
- as an actual or existing fact; really.