🇬🇧 Thirteen meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Thirteen is the number you get when you have twelve things and then add one more; it is written as 13 and comes right after twelve and right before fourteen.

The cat knocked over thirteen cups, then sat in the middle like a proud bowling ball.

The teacher said, “Count to thirteen,” and my brain said, “How about a nap instead?”

There were thirteen peas on my plate, so I formed them into a tiny, angry marching army.

I tried to eat thirteen pancakes, but the pancakes won.

My alarm rang thirteen times and I still pretended I couldn’t hear it.

At the small table a girl puts thirteen candles on a cake. She had twelve then adds one and says Now thirteen. Friends clap. She lights thirteen candles, counts them: one, two, three, thirteen, then blows all thirteen out. Everyone smiles. The girl is happy and the cake is ready to share.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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