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awake
verbs
stay/keep/remain awake
• I was tired and it was hard to stay awake.
lie awake
• Kate lay awake thinking about what had happened.
keep somebody awake
• The noise of the airplanes kept me awake.
shake somebody awake
• Ben shook me awake and told me the news.
adverbs
be wide/fully awake
(= completely awake )
• I'm never wide awake until I've had a cup of coffee.
be half awake
(= not fully awake )
• Most of the people on the train were only half awake.
be hardly/barely awake
• George, barely awake, came stumbling down the stairs.
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adj. VERBS be, lie At night, he lay awake beside her. | come, jerk Claudia came awake slowly. Stephen jerked awake from a nightmare. | keep, remain, stay He was struggling to stay awake. | jerk sb, jolt sb, nudge sb, shake sb A few hours later Benjamin shook me awake. | keep sb The noise had kept her awake. ADV. fully, wide By now, the baby was wide awake. | hardly, only half It was very early and I was only half awake. | still The children were still awake when we went out., verb ADV. early, late She awoke early the next morning. PREP. from I awoke from a deep sleep at six o'clock.
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