Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• trifle with: To treat someone or something without seriousness or respect.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
• surreal: Concerning surrealism
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• monarch: A king or queen
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• silver: Person's name
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• royal: Excellent or grand; suitable for a king or queen
• coronation: Crowning of a king or queen
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• commemorate: To celebrate the memory of someone or some event
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• special: Being additional or extra
• platinum: Very expensive silver-colored metal
• long: Person's name
• pageant: Rich and spectacular ceremony
• custard: Sweet, pudding-like dessert made with eggs, milk
• trifle: Thing that is of little value; trivial affair
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• jubilee: Special anniversary
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product