Lesson 36 Flashcards

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Festival

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Special day(s) / event

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Fall

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To come at a particular time or happen in a particular place

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Festivities

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Enjoyable activities

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Spectacular

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Very exciting to look at

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Parade

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A large number of people walking or in vehicles, all going in the same direction, usually as part of a public celebration of something

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Feast

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Big meal to celebrate something

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Ceremony

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Formal acts, often fixed and traditional, performed on important sociLor religious occasions

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Renew

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To increase the life of or replace something old

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Superstitious

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Have illogical beliefs about hidden forces in nature

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Centenary / bi-centenary

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100th anniversary / 200th anniversary

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Flamboyant

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Extremely colorful and exaggerated

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Raucous

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Very noisy

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Sombre

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Serious, heavy and sad

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Atmospheric

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Had a special feeling or atmosphere

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Traced back to

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Its origin may be found in

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Pagan times

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The times when people believed that nature had special powers

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Commemorate

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Respect and remember officially