E8 - Unit 5: FESTIVAL IN VIETNAM (Vocab 2)

to feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do (v)

• recommend

• visit

• regret

• sorry

a long, narrow boat of traditional Chinese design that is used for racing and that is moved through the water by a lot of people using paddles. It is decorated to look like a dragon (n)

• whale boat

• buffalo boat

• fish boat

• dragon boat

a race in which cows are used to compete, the only twist, the cows competing are totally untrained (n)

• cow racing

• elephant race

• buffalo fighting

• dragon boat

to make something or somebody ready to be used or to do something (v)

a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to throw or force their opponent to the ground (n)

a person who visits a person or place (n)

usually composed of a hand of green bananas, a ripe pomelo (or a Buddha's hand, a shaddock), oranges, persimmons, sapodilla plums, a bunch of kumquat, and in recent years, one can add mangoes and grapes from southern Vietnam, or apples and pears from China (n)

a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large fish. There are several types of whale, some of which are hunted (n)

a special event that people organize in order to celebrate something (n)

a period of time when you are not at work or school (n)

• weekend

• holiday

• festival