| bang
| [bæŋ]
| взрыв
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| «Cinderella»
| [¸sındə΄relə]
| «Золушка»
|
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Commonwealth
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[΄komənwelθ]
| Содружество (государственное объединение Великобритании и большинства ее бывших доминионов и колоний)
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| eve
| [ı:v]
| канун
|
| holly
| [΄hPlı]
| остролист
|
| ivy
| [΄aıvı]
| плющ
|
| «Puss in Boots»
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| «Кот в сапогах»
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| robin
|
| малиновка
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| stocking
| [΄stPkıŋ]
| чулок
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| Yuletide
| [΄ju:ltaıd]
| Рождество, святки
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II. Match the words with their definitions:
| 1. to celebrate
| 1) a national holiday in England and Wales, on the first day after Christmas Day
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| 2. festival
| 2) to show that an event or occasion is important by doing something special or enjoyable
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| 3. to connect
| 3) something you give someone on a special occasion or to thank them for something
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| 4. present
| 4) a decorated paper tube that makes a small exploding sound when you pull it apart.
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| 5. to decorate
| 5) to realize or show that a fact, event, or person is related to something
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| 6. reindeer
| 6) a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, water, and usually some alcohol
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| 7. piece
| 7) a special occasion when people celebrate something
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| 8. candle
| 8) a special place in the wall of a room, where you can make a fire
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| 9. fireplace
| 9) a vertical pipe that allows smoke from a fire to pass out of a building up into the air, or the part of this pipe that is above the roof
|
| 10. cracker
| 10) a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light
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| 11. performance
| 11) a large deer with long wide antlers (horns), that lives in cold northern areas
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| 12. fairy
| 12) a small ugly creature in children's stories that likes to trick people
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| 13. chimney
| 13) something that is done by people in a particular society because it is traditional
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| 14. custom
| 14) a small imaginary creature with magic powers, which looks like a very small person
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| 15. Eve
| 15) the main ceremony in some Christian churches
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| 16. goblin
| 16) a coin of a particular value
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| 17. mass
| 17) a strong alcoholic drink
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| 18. Boxing Day
| 18) the night or day before an important day
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| 19. punch
| 19) when someone performs a play or a piece of music
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| 20. spirit
| 20) to make something look more attractive by putting something pretty on it
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