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awake

/əˈweɪk/ adjective A1
  1. Not asleep; conscious. · We've lain awake a good many nights worrying about her.
  2. Alert, aware. (figuratively) · They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.
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I've been awake all night puzzling my brain, and the more I think the more incredible does it become.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 3 · B2
I just lay awake and imagined the concert over and over again.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 200 · C1
It was lucky the Scarecrow and the Woodman were wide awake and heard the wolves coming.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 78 · B2
Mercédès was the only one awake in the whole settlement.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 73 · C1

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