Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them in situations of your own.

- build-up

- ancient pagan tradition

- to popularize

- commemoration

- pantomime

- cracker

- resurrection

- revelry

- to boil down

- to adhere to

- burgeoning spring sun

- fertility

- to refine

- to mesh

- to wane

- fireworks displays

- chant

- to blend

- pagan festival

- to solicit

- condemn

- prank

- armistice

5. a) Give the synonyms for the following words:

Pagan, to adhere, to refine, chant, to solicit, to blend, prank.

b) Give the antonyms for the following words:

Build-up, fertility, to wane, armistice.

Complete the table to make word families. Use a dictionary to help you.

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
Condemnation
		prankish
	build up
		pagan
adherence
		refined
	solicit

7. Think of the words that fit the definitions below:

1) the state of being able to produce babies (about people, animals, plants);

2) a formal agreement during a war to stop fighting and discuss making peace;

3) to become gradually weaker or less important;

4) words or phrases that a group of people shout or sing again and again;

5) a tube of coloured paper that makes a loud explosive sound when it is pulled open by two people. It usually contains a paper hat, a small present and a joke, and used in Britain at Christmas parties and meals;

6) to make a substance pure by taking other substances out of it; to improve smth by making small changes to it;

7) to express very strong disapproval of smb/smth, usually for moral reasons;

8) a person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world’s main religions;

9) noisy fun, usually involving a lot of eating and drinking;

10) a trick that is played on smb as a joke;

11) to stick firmly to smth;

12) a type of play with music, dancing and jokes, that is based on a fairy tale and is usually performed at Christmas.

? 8. Paraphrase the following sentences using the topical vocabulary so that they mean the same.

1) The day was in its prime, then the day faded, and still she slept on. (to wane)

2) She never liked him to play childish tricks. (prank)

3) The whole town blamed the girl for her wild behaviour. (to condemn)

4) We could hear sounds of binge from next door. (revelry)

5) A group of Buddhists, singing and carrying placards, waited outside.(to chant)

6) These houses seem to harmonize with the trees and the surrounding land. (to blend)

7) Take care not to entangle your long clothes in the wheels. (to mesh)

8) These labels do not stick well. (to adhere)

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