Holidays:
To celebrate celebration; commemorate, to honour somebody;
Easter resurrection, full moon, lamb, plaited willow twigs, dyed eggs, ribbon, to whip the girls,
Labour day trade unions; Liberation day to liberate a country from (Nazi) occupation; to surrender;
Jan Hus priest, burnt at the stake, heretic, religious thinker, to recall his teaching,
Statehood day the anniversary of the death of ; patron saint of the Czech nation; pilgrimage
Independence Day to establish an independent kation; succession state,
Struggle for Freedom and Democracy day to supress the protest, to arrest somebody, velvet revolution;
New Years Eve first footing, hangover, to toast, lentils, poultry;
Trooping the Colour
Halloween the eve before the All Saints Day, pumpkin lanterns to hollow a pumpkin, carved pumpkins; to dress up, to scare away evil spirits, trick-o-treating, pagan holiday;
Bonfire Night to conspire/to plot against, to rent a cellar, barrels with gunpowder, to warn, to blow up some building, a plot was revealed; to make a figure to stuff old clothes with newspapers etc ; bonfire, fireworks;
Thanksgiving Day harvest celebrations, Pilgrim Fathers, turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumking pie;
Martin Luther King civil rights leader, fight for equal opportunities for the Afro-Americans; assassinated;
Education:
Compulsory/obligatory, optional; to attend school school attendance; kindergarten/nursery; primary school/basic school; grammar school, vocational school, school fees, public school (in Brit. and US); to take entrance exams, to specialize in some subjects; the final exam consists of several parts; oral exam, written exam, dress code (sleeveless tops, bare midriffs, high-heel shoes); grades; grades/marks; degree, bachelor, master, to defend ones thesis, to graduate in (eg. English), a graduate`
Comprehensive school, GCSE, A levels.
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