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Spelling Pronunciation Meaning

1. Bless /bles/ To ask for god’s help and protection for
someone or something, to call or make
someone or something holy.
To bess someone / something
2. Merry /ˈmer.i/ Happy or showing enjoyment
3. Congratulations /kənˌɡrætʃ·ə Something that you say when you want to
ˈleɪ·ʃənz/ congratulate someone
An expression communicating to someone
how pleased you are about his or her
success / hapinesss.
4. Carnival /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vəl/ A special occasion / period of public
enjoyment and entertainment involving
wearing unsuual clothes, dancing, eating and
drinking.
Usually held in the streest of a city.
5. Independence day /ɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns ˌdeɪ/ In the US, the official name for the fourth of
July holiday.
6. Religious /rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/ Relating to religion
Examples of religions : jewish, cathlotic,
islam, buddhism, e.t.c
7. Festival /ˈfes.tə.vəl/ A special day or preiod, usually in memory
of a religious event.
With its own social activites, food or
ceremonies
8. Easter /ˈiː.stər/ A christian religious holiday to celebrates
Jesus Christ’s return to life after he was
killed
9 Celebrate /ˈsel.ə.breɪt/ To celebrate something
To take part in special enjoyable activites in
order to show a particular occasion is
important
10. Celebration /ˌsel.əˈbreɪ.ʃən/ A special social event, such as a party, when
you celebrate something
The act of celebrating something
11. Occur /əˈkɜːr/ (specially of accidents and other unexpected
events) to happen
12. Fantastic /fænˈtæs.tɪk/ Extremely good
13. National /ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/ Relating to or typical of a whole country and
its people, rather than to part of that country
or to other countries
14. Local /ˈləʊ.kəl/ From, existing in, serving, or responsible for
a small area, especially of a countryl.
15. Colorful /ˈkʌl.ə.fəl/ Having a lot of variety and therefore
interesting
16. Exciting /ɪkˈsaɪt/ To make someone have strong feelings of
happiness and enthusiasm
17. Traditional /trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/ Following or belonging to the customs or
ways or behaving that have continued in a
group of people or society for a long time
without changing
18. Dress up /dres/ To put on formal clothes for a special
occasion
19. Commemorate /kəˈmem.ə.reɪt/ To remember officially and give respect to a
great person / event, especially by a public
ceremony or by making a statue or special
building
20. Ancestor /ˈæn.ses.tər/ A person related to you who lived a long
time ago.
21. Bonfire /ˈbɒn.faɪər/ A large fire that is made outside to burn
unwanted things, or for pleasure. Some
people also make bonfires to cook food, like
marshmellows.
22. Costume /ˈkɒs.tʃuːm/ The set of clothes typical of a particular
country or period of history, or suitable for a
particular activity.
23. Decorate /ˈdek.ə.reɪt/ To add something to an object or place,
especially in order to make it more
attractive.
24. Decoration /ˌdek.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ The activity of making something look more
attractive by putting things on it or around
it, or something that you use to do this.
25. Fireworks /ˈfɑɪərˌwɜrks/ small containers filled with explosive
chemicals that make a loud noise when they
explode and sometimes produce bright,
colored patterns
26. Lantern /ˈlæn.tən/ A light inside a container that has a handle
for holding it for hanging it up, or the
container itself.
27. Symbol /ˈsɪm.bəl/ a sign, shape, or object that is used to
represent something else:
28. Anniversary /ˌæn.ɪˈvɜː.sər.i/ the day on which an important event
happened in a previous year:
29. Calendar /ˈkæl.ən.dər/ a printed table showing all the days, weeks,
and months of the year:
30. Custom /ˈkʌs.təm/ A way of behaving or a belief that has been
established for a long time
31. Disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ To give a new appearance to a person or a
thing, especially in order to hide its true
form.
32. Mask /mɑːsk/ A covering for all part of the face. Usually
used to protects, hides, or decorates the
person who is wearing the mask.
33. Procession /prəˈseʃ.ən/ A line of people who are all walking or
travelling in the same direction, especially in
a formal way as part of a religious ceremony
or public celebration.
34. Candle /ˈkæn.dəl/ a stick-shaped piece of wax with a wick (=
piece of string) in the middle of it that
produces light as it slowly burns
35. Fancy-dress /ˌfæn.si ˈdres/ the special clothes that you wear for a party
where everyone dresses as a particular type
of character or a thing
36. Grave /ɡreɪv/ A place in the ground where a dead person is
buried
37. Spectator /spekˈteɪ.tər/ A person who watches an activity, especially
a sports event without taking part
38. Candy cane /ˈkæn.di ˌkeɪn/ A piece of flavoured hard candy that is
shaped like a cane (a.k.a a walking stick)
39. Carol singer /ˈkær.əl ˌsɪŋ.ər/ A member of a group of people who go from
house to house to sing carols during
Christmas
40. (Christmas) Pudding /ˌkrɪs.məs ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/ A sweet, dark food that contains dried food.
Is often eaten at the end of the meal in some
countries during, as the name suggests,
Christmas.
41. (Christmas) stocking /ˌkrɪs.məs ˈstɒk.ɪŋ/ A large sock that children usually leave out
when the go to bed the night before
Christmas (or Christmas eve) so that it can
be filled with presents.
42. Oranment /ɔːʳnəmənt/ An ornament is an attractive object that you
display in your home or in your garden.
(although the word given in this file might
refer to the Christmas tree ornaments)
43. Fireplace /faɪəʳpleɪs/ In a room, the fireplace is the place where a
fire can be lit and the area on the wall and
the floor surrounding this place
(we do not set the places on fire though)
44. Mistletoe /mɪsəltoʊ/ Mitsletoe is a plant with pale berries that
grows on the branches of some trees.
Mistletoe is used in Britain and the United
States as a Christmas decoration.
There is a tradition where people under the
mistletoe would kiss.
45. Gift /gɪft/ A gift is something that you give someone as
 a present.
46. Reindeer /reɪndɪə/ A reindeer is a deer with large horns (that
are also called antlers) that lives in nothern
areas of Europe, Asia and America
47. Snowman /snoʊmæn/ A snowman is a large shape which is made
out of snow, which is made out of snow,
especially by children and is supposed to
look like a person
Normally, the snowman would insists of 3
layers (or balls of snow), each ball getting
smaller and smaller and is decorated with
rocks, a carrot (tupically for the nose), as
well as sticks (for the arms). Some snowmen
would also be decorated with human winter
clothes, like a scarf, hat, or a coat.
48. Bell /bel/ A bell is a device that makes a ringing sound
and is used to give a signal to attract
people’s attention.
49. Feast /fiːst/ A feast is a large and special meal.
Each feast does not include a specific kind of
food, but feasts sometimes occur during
special occasions, like christmas, a wedding,
or maybe a birthday. What includes in the
feast usually dpeends on bu
50. Buffet /bʌfeɪ/ A buffet is a meal of cold food that is
displayed on a long table at a party or public
occasions. Guests usually serve themselves
from the table.
Buffets consists of all diffirent types of food,
but it does matter in tradition as well as the
chef’s skills.
51. Surprise party /səˈpraɪz ˈpɑːtɪ/ A party or enjoyable social event arranged
secretly in order to surprise sombody.
Surprise parties usually occurs during a
birthday, a celebration, or just a normal
surprise party that your parents do not
expect you to throw on a Friday night with
your friends.
52. Barbecue /ˈbɑrbəˌkju/ A barbecue is a piece of equipment which
you use for cooking on in the open air.
Barbecues are usually used to grill
something, for example steak.
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