Theme: The Word “TAKE”
Word: take off
Meaning: Leave, go
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Theme: The Word “TAKE”
Word: take after
Meaning: Resemble a member of your family in appearance or behavior
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Theme: The Word “TAKE”
Word: takeout
Meaning: Food from a restaurant that is to take home to eat
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Theme: CHRISTMAS
Word: candy cane (n)
Pronunciation: /kan-di kein/
Meaning: A traditional Christmas candy with a peppermint flavour. It is usually has red and white stripes, or sometimes green stripes also.
Example:
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Theme: CHRISTMAS
Word: mistletoe (n)
Pronunciation: /mI-s∂l-to/, the first “t” is silent
Meaning: Mistletoe is a plant. Traditionally we hang a piece of this plant in a doorway at Christmastime. If someone stands under this plant, another person will kiss him or her. It is a fun tradition!
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Theme: CHRISTMAS
Word: carol (n); go caroling (v)
Pronunciation: /kε-r∂l/
Meaning: a song, we use this word to talk about Christmas songs; go sing songs outside people’s houses
Example:
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Theme: CHRISTMAS
Word: festive (adj)
Related Words: festival, festivities, feast
Pronunciation: /fεs-tIv/
Meaning: relating to a celebration, things are special and exciting to celebrate a holiday or special day
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Theme: CHRISTMAS
Word: jingle (n,v)
Pronunciation: /jIη-g∂l/
Meaning: the sound of metal lightly hitting metal
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Theme: New Words in English
Word: binge-watch (verb)
Meaning: to watch many episodes of a TV show during a period of several hours.
Example: We binge-watched “Game of Thrones” season 2, because my friend lent me the DVD boxed set.
Word: hashtag (noun)
Pronunciation: ˈhaʃtaɡ
Meaning: (on social media sites such as Twitter) a word or phrase preceded by a hash or pound sign (#) and used to identify messages on a specific topic.
Example: The hashtag #streetcleanup is being used on Twitter and Facebook to coordinate volunteers who want to participate in the spring cleaning movement downtown.
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