Summer. Holidays
Places to stay and types of holiday.
Camp-site: a place where you can pitch a tent or park a caravan.
Self-catering flat: a flat which you rent; you cook for yourself.
Guesthouse: accomodation like a hotel but cheaper and with fewer services.
Holiday camp: a place providing holiday accomodation in little chalets or flats with a lot of facilities and entertainment.
Package holiday: a holiday in which you pay for travel, accommodation and food in advance.
Cruise: a holiday spent touring on a boat, stopping off to go sight-seeing at different ports.
Winter. Christmas
Typical symbols of Christmas
Christmas tree: an evergreen tree (often a spruce) that people decorate with lights and ornaments
Christmas card: a greetings card that people send to friends and family
Christmas carol: a religious song or popular hymn that people sing
Christmas present: a present given at Christmas
Christmas cake: a fruit cake covered with white icing, eaten at Christmas.
Chimney: Father Christmas traditionally enters a house through the chimney.
Autumn. Halloween
Typical symbols of Halloween
Pumpkin: vegetable used at Halloween to make lanterns.
Bat: small mouse-like animal that flies at night
Costume: scary clothing or disguises worn at Halloween
Mask: covering for the face worn as a disguise.
Scary: frightening
Trick-or-treating: is a custom for children on Halloween. Children proceed in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as confectionery with the question, "Trick or treat?" The "trick" is an idle threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.
Places to stay and types of holiday.
Camp-site: a place where you can pitch a tent or park a caravan.
Self-catering flat: a flat which you rent; you cook for yourself.
Guesthouse: accomodation like a hotel but cheaper and with fewer services.
Holiday camp: a place providing holiday accomodation in little chalets or flats with a lot of facilities and entertainment.
Package holiday: a holiday in which you pay for travel, accommodation and food in advance.
Cruise: a holiday spent touring on a boat, stopping off to go sight-seeing at different ports.
Winter. Christmas
Typical symbols of Christmas
Christmas tree: an evergreen tree (often a spruce) that people decorate with lights and ornaments
Christmas card: a greetings card that people send to friends and family
Christmas carol: a religious song or popular hymn that people sing
Christmas present: a present given at Christmas
Christmas cake: a fruit cake covered with white icing, eaten at Christmas.
Chimney: Father Christmas traditionally enters a house through the chimney.
Autumn. Halloween
Typical symbols of Halloween
Pumpkin: vegetable used at Halloween to make lanterns.
Bat: small mouse-like animal that flies at night
Costume: scary clothing or disguises worn at Halloween
Mask: covering for the face worn as a disguise.
Scary: frightening
Trick-or-treating: is a custom for children on Halloween. Children proceed in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as confectionery with the question, "Trick or treat?" The "trick" is an idle threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.
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