- agley
- almsgiver
- a cold sweat
- and all
- a leg up
- at close quarters
- as far as one can see
- ad libitum
- arouse one's curiosity
- auster
- arraign tell off
- aye aye
- a la mode
- accolades
- act for
- abandon one's principles
- apropos of
- at nay rate. conjunction although
- astronomic
- a scrape
- a rip-off
- as sound as a bell
- abused
- a muddle
- a pickle
- assist be of assistance to
- abide it
- a ball
- amok
- aforethought
- as plain as the nose on your face
- argufy
- absent oneself from
- alky
- a considerable number
- anti-Semitism
- AWOL
- an additional number
- amigo
- a hoot
- as clear as mud
- administrate
- a bundle of nerves
- all over the map
- a splash of
- anorexic
- age spot
- advantageousness
- acclimate
- all ears
- an addition
- as sharp as a tack
- airheaded
- adulate
- area of expertise
- a cakewalk
- a wealth of
- approachability
- a mess
- a.s.a.p. as soon as possible
- allaying
- amate-urrish
- acting up
- an arm and a leg
- arful
- anatomize
- arch-
- a pinch of
- acclivitous
- at the speed of light
- attached to
- a cinch
- a.s.s.p
- as plain as the nose on one's face
- auditioner
- a goose egg
- as near as dammit
- acting-up
- altercate
- a murmur
- a pretty kettle of fish
- as white as a sheet
- a clinch
- all-year-round
- a load
- agreed
- a shambles
- a scream
- anti-Semitic
- abounding in
- almost always
- a sprinkling of
- apple-polishing
- ageism
- apodictic
- at bottom
- about to happen
- and collected
- a shake up
- amenability