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costume(s): n. clothes, make-up, masks and other things such as jewelry worn so as to look like or give the illusion or being like another person, rom another time period, or being like something else such as a ghost or monster.
You coudn't see that it was Jake since his costume was so good and well done.
“Trick or Treat”: phrase. an expression used by children at Halloween: “Give us a treat, or we’ll play a joke on you!”
Do you want to go trick or treat wth me on Halloween?
pirate(s): n. a robber on the sea
A bunch of pirates attacked a ship just outside the coast last month.
goody(ies): n. sweet food that children like to eat
We have goodies every weekend if we have done well in school.
treat: n. a reward, usually a sweet food
At halloween you usually gets a lot of treats.
exclaim over: v. phrase. to admire openly
He exclaimed over her awesome costume.
hallow: v. to make sacred or holy; to make highly respected
You can make people hallow by making something really good for a lot of people.
ancestor(s): n. family member who came before, such as grandparent, great-grand parent and so on.
My ancestors are originally from Finland, so they speak finish.
mingle: v. to mix with; to join with
If you are talking to a lot of different people at a party you are mingleing.
dress up: v. to wear a costume
When you dress up, people usually don't see who you are.
bonfire: n. a large public fire, around which people may gather or a party or celebration
At a holiday in Sweden we lit a huge bonfire and gather around it.
harvest: adj. reerring to the time or year when crops are ripe and ready to gather
You harvest crops usually in the fall when they are ready.
outrageous: adj. shocking; elaborate or wild in design
Some costumes can be outrageous if they are really good.
prank(s): n. a trick or mischievous act
Mean kids play pranks on people druing halloween.
soap(ing): v. to cover with soap
If peolpe don't give you treats on halloween you could soap their house as a trick.
reveler(s): n. people who are celebrating
There are many revelers here in the US during alloween.
ghost story(-ies): n. phrase. a scary or frightening story about ghosts, goblins or evil spirits
Ghost stories are most effectful when you tell them on a rainy fall night.
bob(bing): v. to move up and down briefy and repeatedly
Girls are bobbing when they are suppsed to be polite.
originate(d): v. to begin or start a practice or tradition
The one who started Halloween must have been really bored.
witch(es): n. a woman that is believed to have supernatural powers; some are believed to be good, but most are considered to be evil and use black magic
Witches ride on broomsticks and have black cats.
goblin(s): n. an evil or tricky spirit
Some people are dressing up as goblings during Halloween.
skeleton(s): n. the bone framework of a body
There are skeletons in some biologi classrooms for teaching the students about the human body.
evolve(d): v. to develop over a long period or time
The whole world is evolving as years pass by.
silhouette(s): n. the shadow-like shape or something seen rom the side; an outline or something or someone, filled in with black
In the dark, you almost oly sees silhouettes.
ake: adj. articial; false
At Halloween, almost everything is ake.
elaborate: adj. complicated in design
When you do something elaborate you do it very accurately.
spooky: adj. scary, frightening
Ghosts, witches and skeletons are spooky things.
graveyard: n. a place (cemetery) where people bury (put under the ground) their dead, or place their dead in tombs above ground
You go to the graveyard if someone has died and you want to see the grave.
squash: n. a round or long vegetable belonging to the gourd family
A squash can be used in many different meals.
carve(-ing): to cut a design careully with a knie jack-o-lantern: n. phrase. a pumpkin which has been carved with a scary or funny face
Everybody carve pumpkins for halloween in the US.
legend: n. a story passed from one generation to another
Some legends are more trustworthy than others depending on where it comes from.
stingy: adj. unwilling to share
People are often stingy about candy.
doom(ed): v. to judge against; condemn or send to a terrible fate or punishment
People who are doomed usually don't live very happy lifes.
wander: v. to walk without a goal
Some people likes to wander, and just don't do anything.
turnip(s): n. a large root eaten as a vegetable
Most peolpe don't like turnips.
You coudn't see that it was Jake since his costume was so good and well done.
“Trick or Treat”: phrase. an expression used by children at Halloween: “Give us a treat, or we’ll play a joke on you!”
Do you want to go trick or treat wth me on Halloween?
pirate(s): n. a robber on the sea
A bunch of pirates attacked a ship just outside the coast last month.
goody(ies): n. sweet food that children like to eat
We have goodies every weekend if we have done well in school.
treat: n. a reward, usually a sweet food
At halloween you usually gets a lot of treats.
exclaim over: v. phrase. to admire openly
He exclaimed over her awesome costume.
hallow: v. to make sacred or holy; to make highly respected
You can make people hallow by making something really good for a lot of people.
ancestor(s): n. family member who came before, such as grandparent, great-grand parent and so on.
My ancestors are originally from Finland, so they speak finish.
mingle: v. to mix with; to join with
If you are talking to a lot of different people at a party you are mingleing.
dress up: v. to wear a costume
When you dress up, people usually don't see who you are.
bonfire: n. a large public fire, around which people may gather or a party or celebration
At a holiday in Sweden we lit a huge bonfire and gather around it.
harvest: adj. reerring to the time or year when crops are ripe and ready to gather
You harvest crops usually in the fall when they are ready.
outrageous: adj. shocking; elaborate or wild in design
Some costumes can be outrageous if they are really good.
prank(s): n. a trick or mischievous act
Mean kids play pranks on people druing halloween.
soap(ing): v. to cover with soap
If peolpe don't give you treats on halloween you could soap their house as a trick.
reveler(s): n. people who are celebrating
There are many revelers here in the US during alloween.
ghost story(-ies): n. phrase. a scary or frightening story about ghosts, goblins or evil spirits
Ghost stories are most effectful when you tell them on a rainy fall night.
bob(bing): v. to move up and down briefy and repeatedly
Girls are bobbing when they are suppsed to be polite.
originate(d): v. to begin or start a practice or tradition
The one who started Halloween must have been really bored.
witch(es): n. a woman that is believed to have supernatural powers; some are believed to be good, but most are considered to be evil and use black magic
Witches ride on broomsticks and have black cats.
goblin(s): n. an evil or tricky spirit
Some people are dressing up as goblings during Halloween.
skeleton(s): n. the bone framework of a body
There are skeletons in some biologi classrooms for teaching the students about the human body.
evolve(d): v. to develop over a long period or time
The whole world is evolving as years pass by.
silhouette(s): n. the shadow-like shape or something seen rom the side; an outline or something or someone, filled in with black
In the dark, you almost oly sees silhouettes.
ake: adj. articial; false
At Halloween, almost everything is ake.
elaborate: adj. complicated in design
When you do something elaborate you do it very accurately.
spooky: adj. scary, frightening
Ghosts, witches and skeletons are spooky things.
graveyard: n. a place (cemetery) where people bury (put under the ground) their dead, or place their dead in tombs above ground
You go to the graveyard if someone has died and you want to see the grave.
squash: n. a round or long vegetable belonging to the gourd family
A squash can be used in many different meals.
carve(-ing): to cut a design careully with a knie jack-o-lantern: n. phrase. a pumpkin which has been carved with a scary or funny face
Everybody carve pumpkins for halloween in the US.
legend: n. a story passed from one generation to another
Some legends are more trustworthy than others depending on where it comes from.
stingy: adj. unwilling to share
People are often stingy about candy.
doom(ed): v. to judge against; condemn or send to a terrible fate or punishment
People who are doomed usually don't live very happy lifes.
wander: v. to walk without a goal
Some people likes to wander, and just don't do anything.
turnip(s): n. a large root eaten as a vegetable
Most peolpe don't like turnips.