“age”

The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)

To prepare; to establish the basis or required conditions.

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.

The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

To obtain; to acquire.

Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).

A numerical value equal to 2; the number following one and preceding three.

Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)

Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.

Most; largest.

In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)

Greater in amount or quantity

A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

From a place, hence.

To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.

MI6; the agency or a particular agent.

A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

The beginning of an activity.

An actual event, situation, or fact.

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

An act of being of assistance to someone.

The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.

Joined into a single entity.

Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.

New information of interest.

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

Expression of surprise.

In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

To communicate, usually by means of speech.

An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.