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Bonfire Night
For writing about Bonfire Night celebrations: firework, sparkler, bonfire ... Use history topic "Gunpowder Plot" if writing about the historical event.
created: 25 Oct 2002
words: 300
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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  Chinese New Year
For writing about the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival: good luck, fortune, lion dance, dumpling, Chinatown, red packet, Lantern Festival...
revised: 7 Oct 2005
words: 300
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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Christmas_12 Days Of
Phrases for the "The Twelve Days of Christmas" — my true love gave to me ...
created: 12 Oct 2001
words: 40
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 3K Main Dictionary or higher
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  Christmas Grinch
For writing about the "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr Seuss. "The Grinch" and related words are trademarks of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P.
revised: 30 Jan 2006
words: 150
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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Earth Day International
For writing about Earth Day and the ways that we can help save our environment: conservation, recycling, renewable energy...
revised: 14 May 2004
words: 600
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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  Economic Issues
For writing about current economic issues: bail-out, credit crisis, default, oversight, deregulation, bankruptcy, the Treasury, globalisation…
created: 14 October 2008
words: 900
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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General Election UK
For writing about the UK General Election: ballot, campaign, democratic, candidate, vote …
created: 4 November 2009
words: 300
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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  Halloween
Scary words of the season! Includes spooky characters, places and food.
revised: 7 Oct 2005
words: 400
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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Kwanzaa
Words used in the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa: nguzo saba (seven principles), umoja (unity), kinara (candle holder), ancestors, community...
revised: 7 Oct 2005
words: 400
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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  Martin Luther King Jr
For writing about Dr Martin Luther King Junior and his role in the civil rights movement: desegregation, bus boycott, inequality, non-violence...
revised: 27 Jan 2006
words: 600
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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Slave Trade Britain
For writing about the abolition of the slave trade throughout the British Empire: slavery, abolition, labour, Africa, West Indies, plantation…
created: 27 March 2007
words: 800
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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  Swine Flu Pandemic
For writing about the H1N1 flu: virus, symptom, spread, influenza A, vaccine, susceptible, flu shot, worldwide, UN, epidemiologist …
created: 4 November 2009
words: 600
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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Thanksgiving Canada
For writing about the observance of Thanksgiving in Canada: turkey, stuffing, Martin Frobisher, clergy, cornucopia, custom, culture, harvest celebration...
revised: 27 Oct 2005
words: 600
author: Don Johnston Incorporated
use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher
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