Homework: grammar, p. 27
ˈ hen night ( also ˈ hen ˌ party ) noun [ C ]
a party for women only, usually one held for a woman
before she gets married
Compare stag night
ˈ stag ˌ night noun [ C ]
a night when a group of men go out just before one of
them gets married
Compare hen night
rehearsal
/rɪˈhɜːs
ə l/ noun [ C , U ]
a time when all the people involved in a play, dance,
etc practise in order to prepare for a performance
knackered /ˈnækəd/ adjective
christening /ˈkrɪs ə nɪŋ/ noun [ C ]
[ RELIGION ] a ceremony where someone is christened
breaststroke /ˈbreststrəʊk/ noun [ U ]
[ SPORT ] a way of swimming in which you push your arms forward
and then to the side, while you kick your legs backwards
backstroke /ˈbækstrəʊk/ noun [ U ]
[ SPORT ] a style of swimming on your back
crawl 2 /krɔːl/ noun
2 SWIMMING [ SPORT ] [ U ] a style of swimming
in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs
lie-in /ˈlaɪˌɪn/ noun [ no plural ] UK
when you stay in bed in the morning longer than usual
I had a long lie-in this
morning.
in-laws /ˈɪnlɔːz/ noun [ plural ] informal
the parents of your husband or wife, or other people
in their family
My in-laws have invited us for
dinner.
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