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Thanksgiving

The fourth Thursday in November

Thanksgiving is a national holiday when people in the USA thank Cod for the harvest. Traditionally, Thanksgiving remembers the time in the 17th century when the first English people who came to live m America were taught to grow local crops by the Native American people, so they had enough food to live through the winter People usually spend Thanksgiving with their families, and have a special meal of turkey and pumpkin pie.

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fiotioiuU fwlidw/publk Holiday

holffll .рлЫгк Шдщ'Ьаажс^ [n Q a special day

when most people in a country do not have to go to work or school, because the country is celebrating an important religious or national event

pared* /p*reid/ [n C] a big public celebration when people dress up, play music, and go along the street on foot or in decorated vehicles: In New York they hove a parade to celebrate St Patrick's Day

party tv^y ln Q an occasion when people meet together to enjoy themselves by eating» drinking, and dancing

have a party We're having a New Year party. Do you wont to come?

90 to a party / went to lots of parties last

Christmas.

prtsent/gtffc tprcuai, gift/ [n C] something that you give to someone on a special occasion Christmas/birthday/wedding etc present My

mother wrapped the Christmas presents and put them under the tree, t a wedding gift

r»meffib«r^n nriem^3r/ have a ceremony or

do something special on a particular day because

an important event happened on that day in the

past: On November 11tht we remember the end

of the war, and think about those who died.

traditional Лга'А/яюV [adj] traditional customs ana ways oF celebrating are what people have done in the same way for many years, sometimes hundreds of years

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not common /not 'кштюпЦ-кш-Мас// not before noun] fairly rare among a particular group of people or in a particular place: A lot of people own guns in America but they're not so common in Britain. I This style of pottery is not at all common on the mainland.

rare rc9r [adj] something that is rare is not common and not many of them exist . The library contains some of the rarest books in Europe. I a new law to prevent the export of rare birds

a minority /э тш'пог^пЦ-п^'пэ:-/ [quantifier] a small number of the people who belong to a larger group + of Nowadays only a minority of people leauing school have jobs to go to. a tiny/small minority The Gaelic language is still spoken in Ireland, but only by a tiny minority.

Qa COUple /э 'клр«?1; [quantifier] espe^ ciallv spoken a small number, usually only two or three

+ of A couple of kids were playing in the street. I / saw her a couple of days ago.

Д In British English a couple usually means 'two', but in American English it can mean any small number.

a very small number

/ew/very few /fju:, ,veri fju: [quantifier]

a very small number of people, things, or places etc: At that time, few people had televisions. J Very few companies have women directors.

+ of Very few of the students we asked said they were interested in politics.

hardly any /,ha:rdli eni/ [quantifier] almost no people or things - use this especially to show that you are surprised or disappointed by how few there are hardly any/anyone/anything etc \Me thought there would be lots of places to see, but there were hardly any. I Hardly anyone came to my party. + of Hardly any of the people there even spoke to me.

FIGHT

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fight /fait/ [u I/T) if people fight, or if one person fights another, they hit or kick each other in order to hurt each other: Two men were fighting in the street outside. J Grant fought the other boy and won. + with Billy had been fighting with some kids from another school. jtght over sth (=fight because you disagree about something or because you both want to get something) Two men in the bar began fighting over a game of cards. 1 The two boys were fighting over a toy car.

fighting - fought - have fought

fight fait/ [n C] when people fight each other: There was a fight after school yesterday - one of my friends got badly hurt.

have a fight (with sb) / didn't want to

have a fight with him - he was much bigger than me.

be in a fight You look terrible - have you been in a fight? get into a fight (=become involved in а fight, often without intending to) David was always getting into fights at school. start a jight/pick a jig fit (with sb) (=deliberately try to make someone fight you, by arguing with them or insulting them) I walked into a bar, and this drunk tried to pick о fight with me.

fighting "famij/ I» U] when a lot of people nght each other in a public place: There was fighting on the streets of Paris yesterday when police and demonstrators clashed.

+ between Fighting between rival gangs resulted in the death of a teenage boy. .fighting breaks oat (=it starts suddenly) Fighting broke out between English and Dutch football fans after the game.

riot 'raist, [n C] a violent fight in a public place in which a lot of people attack the police and damage shops, cars etc, especially because they are angry with the government: Their store got burned down in the LA riots, rioting \n U] when there are riots happening, especially for a long period: Days of rioting left the city in chaos, rioter (n C| someone who takes part in a riot: Police began shooting at the rioters

Ei when people fight each other as a sport