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Happy Diwali (the festival of lights )
Video page https://multimedia-english.com/videos/esl/happy-diwali-the-festival-of-lights-3612
Focus Vocabulary
Description Learn vocabulary with this activity based on the video Happy Diwali. Don't forget to also learn the pronunciation of the words.
Instructions 1- Look at the words and think of its meaning (and maybe pronunciation)
2- Move your mouse over the black button to check your answer.
3- If you were right, click on the green button, if wrong, click on the red.
 
Item Match Pronunciation Comments
garland festive wreath made of flowers and leaves to decorate your head, neck, etc /gɑ:lənd/
dawn early morning /dɔ:n/
monsoon the rainy season in India /mɒnsu:n/
customary usual /kʌstəmərɪ/
rejoice feel joyful and happy /rɪdʒɔɪs/
jasmine a fragrant flower (genus Jasminum) /dʒæsmɪn/
at hand nearby, conveniently close /ət hænd/
treat something you do or have which is specially enjoyable for you /tri:t/
firework pyrotechnic device, colourful lights of fire shooting in the sky /faɪəwɜ:k/
feverishly feeling or showing great or extreme excitement /fi:vərɪʃlɪ/ Marked by intense agitation, emotion, or activity.
ground surface of the earth /graʊnd/
spruce up to make (someone or something) look cleaner, neater, or more attractive /spru:s ʌp/
show up arrive or be present (informal) /ʃəʊ ʌp/
fully completely /fʊlɪ/
throughout everywhere; all the time /θru:aʊt/
head for go towards, go to /hed fɔ:*/
sight view /saɪt/
sell out sell every item of it, and there's no more left /sel aʊt/
commemorate to do something special in order to remember and honor /kəmeməreɪt/ Usually an important event or person from the past.
indeed certainly /ɪndi:d/
colourful having many colours /kʌləfəl/
fragrant having a pleasant or sweet smell /freɪgrənt/
doorway the entranceway to a room, building, or passage /dɔ:weɪ/
outfit clothes /aʊtfɪt/
over above in superiority, in position /əʊvə*/
blossom flower (especially from trees) /blɒsəm/
overwhelmed feeling a very strong emotion /əʊvəwelmd/
packed filled with as many people as possible /pækt/
hunched not upright in position or posture; bent forwards /hʌntʃt/
in essence basically /ɪn esəns/
to purchase to buy /pɜ:tʃɪs/
darkness ignorance, evil (figurative) /dɑ:knɪs/
take the shape of assume the form of /teɪk ðə ʃeɪp ɒv/
fortunate lucky, having unexpected good fortune /fɔ:tʃənɪt/
Total number of items: 34
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