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New Year, New You CHAPTER 1

How to Find a Dictionary Entry
One important aspect of learning
how to use the dictionary is to look
for the headword.
Let’s Read the dictionary entry for the
headword, reunion, as used in the
text. How many meanings does the
word, reunion, have?

BrE means British English
and NAmE means North
Headword
American English
reunion noun
BrE / ri:’ju: nin/ ; NAmE /,ri:’ju:nin/
Hi, I’m Leong Wei Khang. 1. [countable] a social occasion or party attended by a
We celebrate Chinese New Year group of people who have not seen each other for a
which falls on the first day of the long time
Chinese Lunar calendar. We clean • a family reunion • the school’s annual reunion
the house and buy new clothes. These • a reunion of the class of ’85
activities signify a new beginning for us.
It is taboo to sweep the house on the first 2. [countable, uncountable] reunion (with somebody)
day of New Year because it is believed that | reunion (between A and B) the act of people
we will sweep away our good luck. coming together after they have been apart for
On the eve of New Year, all our family some time
members gather for a grand reunion. • an emotional reunion between mother and son
I receive money in red packets from my • Christmas is a time of reunion.
parents and married relatives. 3. [uncountable] the action of becoming a single
We put up red-coloured decorations such as group or organisation again
lanterns and couplets. To us, red symbolises • The reunion of the Church of England with the Church
good fortune. We watch the famous lion of Rome.
dance which is a symbol of strength and
prosperity. For the next few days, we 1. Words in the dictionary are arranged
have open house to celebrate the New in alphabetical order. Look at the
Year with our relatives and friends of
different races. following word list.
Adapted from http://www.123newyear. sweet ukulele
com/newyear-traditions/ sweeten ulcer
Glossary sweetie ultra
opportunity chance to do a particular swell umbrella
activity
intricate complicated parts and 2. Rearrange the following words in
small details that fit the correct alphabetical order. Look
together
countdown action of counting seconds up the meaning in the dictionary.
backwards to zero family clothes
couplets two lines of poetry of friends cultures
equal length
prosperity state of being successful famous celebrate
festival calendar

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