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 Year’s 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 one’s thesis, to graduate in (eg. English), a graduate`

Comprehensive school, GCSE, A levels.

Shopping – see the handout – page written by me on a computer J