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Halloween
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N. a holiday celebrated on October 31 in which people dress in scary costumes | |
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to carve
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V. to cut with a large knife | |
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pumpkin
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N. a large, orange vegetable associated with Halloween | |
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Jack-o-lantern
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N. Americans traditionally cut out scary faces in pumpkins and put a candle inside. These pumpkins with faces are called "Jack-o-lanterns." Jack-o-lanterns are made to scare away evil spirits on Halloween. | |
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costume
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N. scary clothing or disguises worn on Halloween | |
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"trick or treat"
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On Halloween, children go from house to house and say "trick or treat." This phrase means give me candy or I will play a trick on you. Families usually give the children candy. If the children don't get candy, they sometimes play mean tricks like breaking the house's Jack-o-lantern or putting soap on its windows. | |
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a costume party
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N. a party where everyone dresses in scary costumes | |
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bobbing for apples
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This is a traditional Halloween game. You put apples in a barrel of water and people try to take the floating apples out of the water using only their mouths. | |
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a skeleton
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N. a body of nothing but bones | |
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a ghost
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N. the spirit of a dead person which appears again | |
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a ghoul
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N. an evil spirit which takes bodies from graves and eats them | |
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a goblin
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N. an unkind spirit which plays tricks on people | |
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a witch
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N. a woman with magic powers (usually evil) | |
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a warlock
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N. a man with magic powers (usually evil) |