Language Activator – celebrate

اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از آفرینش اکتیوتر لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت celebrate را بررسی خواهیم کرد.

:Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

Celebrate / commemorate / do something in honor of / mark

.N1. The annual parade ……………… the soldiers who died in the two World Wars

! ……………… N2. Congratulations on your promotion – we must go out and

N3. The celebration ……………… the 100th anniversary of the staging of the modern Olympic Games

N4. A parade was organized …………… Madame Blier, who had risked her life to save the villagers from enemy soldiers

:Answers

N1. Commemorates N2. celebrate N3. marks N4. in honor of

:Celebrate (intransitive/transitive verb)

to do something , for example to have a party or special meal, because it is someone’s birthday, wedding, or because of some other special event

!Congratulations on your promotion – we must go out and celebrate

:Commemorate (transitive verb)

to do something to show that you remember and respect an important event in the past or someone who did something important in the past, especially someone who is now dead

.The annual parade commemorates the soldiers who died in the two World Wars

:In honor of

do something in somebody’s honour to do something in order to show your respect for someone, for example because they have been very brave or have achieved something very special

A parade was organised in honor of Madame Blier, who had risked her life to save the villagers from enemy soldiers

.When Mr Johns retired after 45 years’ service, the company held a party in his honor

:Mark

something to mark a particular occasion, you do something special to show that it is important and should be remembered

.A firework display was organized to mark the Queen’s birthday

The celebration marked the 100th anniversary of the staging of the modern Olympic Games