OVERVIEW
NEW WORDS
Birthdays
Nouns.
- age (plural: ages) the length of time that a person or thing has existed.
- balloon (plural: balloons) a usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy or decoration.
- birthday (plural: birthdays) the day of one’s birth; The anniversary of one’s birth.
- birthday cake (plural: cakes) a decorated cake served at a birthday party.
- birthday card (plural: cards) a card expressing a birthday greeting.
- candle (plural: candles) a cylindrical piece of wax, tallow, or other fatty substance surrounding a wick, which is burned to produce light
- emotion (plural: emotions) mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes. Emotions manifest either consciously or subconsciously.
- feeling (plural: feelings) both emotional experiences and physical sensations — such as hunger or pain — bring about feelings. Feelings are experienced consciously. While emotions start as sensations in the body, feelings are generated from our thoughts about those emotions.
- happiness joy, contentment.
- present/gift (plural: presents/gifts) a gift given to someone on their birthday.
Other key life events
- birth (plural: births) the start of life as a physically separate being.
- anniversary (plural: anniversaries) the date on which an event took place.
- death (plural: deaths) the permanent, irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
- engagement (plural: engagements) the period of time between a marriage proposal and the marriage itself.
- funeral (plural: funerals) a ceremony associated with a burial of a person.
- graduation (plural: graduations) the receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma.
- retirement (plural: retirements) the withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from one’s active working life.
- wedding (plural: weddings) a ceremony in which two people are united in marriage.
Expressions
- Happy Birthday an expression of good will offered on a person’s birthday.
- to buy a house going through the process of acquiring by deed a property whether with cash or a mortgage.
- to celebrate an anniversary a day when we remember or celebrate something important such as a wedding that happened on that day in a previous year.
- to change jobs a change to a different type of job from the one you have been doing.
- to get a divorce to legally dissolve one’s marriage with one’s spouse.
- to fall in love to begin to feel romantic love for someone.
- to get engaged to formally agree to marry.
- to get a job to find employment.
- to graduate to complete school, college, or university successfully.
- to get married to begin a legal relationship with someone as their husband or wife.
- to get promoted to raise someone to a higher or more important position or rank.
- to have children to give birth to a baby.
- to leave school to leave a specific establishment.
- to move into a retirement home to move to a place where retired people can live and sometimes be taken care of.
- to pass your exams to have received a passing grade on an examination or test or successfully completed a school course, year, or program of study.
How you feel
Nouns.
- joy a feeling of happiness.
- sadness feeling of being unhappy.
Adjectives.
- annoyed irritated or displeased.
- anxious worried, troubled.
- confused being unable to think with clarity .
- cross angry.
- curious inquisitive.
- disappointed saddened by the failure of an expectation.
- disgusted feeling or expressing revulsion or strong disapproval.
- elated joyful, very happy.
- envious wanting something that someone else has.
- fine being in a state of satisfactory health; quite well.
- furious full of or characterized by extreme anger.
- happy cheerful, enjoying.
- hopeful feeling optimism.
- indignant angered at something unjust or wrong.
- irate characterized by extreme anger; enraged.
- jealous envious or resentful of the good fortune or achievements of another.
- joyful glad, delighted, elated.
- jubilant expressing joy.
- lonely unhappy as a result of being without the companionship of others.
- mad angry, resentful.
- nervous easily agitated or distressed, jumpy.
- nostalgic longing for familiar things or persons.
- optimistic manifesting hope, expecting the best.
- overwhelmed feeling overcome by something and not knowing how to deal with it.
- sad feeling sorrow or unhappiness.
- seething in a state of extreme agitation, especially through anger.
- shocked surprised and scandalized.
- sorrowful sad, grieved.
- stubborn refusing to agree, or give in; obstinate.
- surprised takenunawares or suddenly and feeling astonishment.
- tense under mental or emotional strain.
- tired weary, fatigued.
- upset in a state of emotional or mental distress; distraught.
- worried to feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled.
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- Remembering key life events
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