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61 set back
1) отодвигать, передвигать назад Why don't you set your chair back a little to get a better view? ≈ Почему бы тебе не передвинуть стул чуть-чуть, чтобы лучше было видно?
2) препятствовать, задерживать The cost of the war has set back national development by ten years. ≈ Расходы на военные действия затормозили национальное развитие примерно на 10 лет.
3) отсрочивать, откладывать, переносить The election will be set back to July to avoid the June holiday. ≈ Выборы будут перенесены на июль, чтобы, не попасть в июньский отпуск.
4) переводить, передвигать назад ( стрелки часов) My watch was fast so I set it back three minutes. ≈ Мои часы спешили, поэтому я перевел их на три минуты назад.
5) разг. стоить, обходиться The boy's education has set me back more than $
3000. ≈ Образование мальчика обошлось мне больше, чем в 3000$. помещать в глубине( чего-л.), в дальнем конце и т. п. - a front door * in a porch входная дверь в глубине веранды отодвигать - ti set the chairs back отодвигать стулья - the dog * its ears собака прижала уши - to * one's shoulders расправить плечи повернуть назад, придать обратное движение - to * the clock( one hour) перевести часы назад (на час) препятствовать, задерживать - all their efforts have been * все из усилия наталкивались на (непреодолимые) препятствия - this catastrophe set them back by about one hundred years эта катастрофа задержала их развитие почти на столетие - shortage of the right materials set us back задержка произошла из-за нехватки нужных материалов (разговорное) стоить, обходиться - the hat set me back twenty dollars эта шляпа обошлась мне в двадцать долларов - how much did it set you back? сколько вы за это заплатили? - what were you * for it? сколько с вас за это взяли?Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > set back
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62 fiestas
1 (festividades) festivity, fiesta2 (navidad) Christmas* * *A fiesta in Spain can be a day of neighborhood celebrations, a larger event for a town or city, or a national holiday, to commemorate a saint's day or some historical event. For example, Madrid has the fiestas de San Isidro, in honor of its patron saint. Other famous Spanish holidays include the Fallas (↑ falla a1) in Valencia, the Sanfermines (↑ Sanfermines a1) in Pamplona, and the Feria de Sevilla (↑ feria a1).They can last for a week or more, during which everyday life is often interrupted. Classes in schools may stop and banks, stores, and post offices alter their opening hours. There are often bullfights and dancing to live bands and people eat and drink plentifully.* * *fiestas npl1. (conjunto de actos) fiesta2. (de Navidad) Christmas -
63 quatorze
quatorze [katɔʀz]* * *katɔʀzadjectif invariable, pronom fourteen••chercher midi à quatorze heures — (colloq) to complicate matters
c'est reparti comme en 14! — (colloq) here we go again!
* * *katɔʀz numMon frère a quatorze ans. — My brother's fourteen.
à quatorze heures — at 2 p.m.
* * *chercher midi à quatorze heures to complicate matters; c'est reparti comme en 14! here we go again![katɔrz] déterminant1. fourteen2. [dans des séries] fourteenthle 14 Juillet Bastille Day, the fourteenth of Julyla guerre de quatorze World War I, the First World Warvoir aussi link=cinq cinq————————[katɔrz] nom masculin invariable -
64 young talents
Общая лексика: юные дарования (Local young talents will be sharing the stage with principal dancers from the National Ballet of Canada in the holiday production of The Nutcracker.) -
65 юные дарования
General subject: young talents (Local young talents will be sharing the stage with principal dancers from the National Ballet of Canada in the holiday production of The Nutcracker.) -
66 août
c blackaoût° [u(t)]masculine noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Les noms de mois s'écrivent avec une majuscule en anglais.* * *u(t)nom masculin August* * *u(t) nmSee:* * *août ⇒ Les mois de l'année nm August.[u(t)] nom masculinla nuit du 4 août 1789the night during which feudal privileges were abolished by the 'Assemblée Constituante' (considered to be one of the starting points of the French Revolution)le 15 aoûtfeast of The Assumption, national holiday in France well-known as a time of heavy traffic congestionvoir aussi link=mars mars -
67 Quatorze Juillet
Bastille Day, the French national holiday, celebrated by a big military parade down the Champs Elysées in Paris, in the presence of the President, and firework displays in the evening in most towns and cities.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Quatorze Juillet
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68 set back
фраз. гл.1) препятствовать, задерживатьThe cost of the war has set back national development by ten years. — Расходы на войну затормозили развитие страны примерно на десять лет.
2) отсрочивать, откладывать, переноситьThe election will be set back to July to avoid the June holiday. — Выборы будут перенесены на июль, чтобы они не пришлись на июньские отпуска.
3) разг. сто́ить, обходитьсяThe boy's education has set me back more than $3000. — Обучение мальчика обошлось мне больше чем в три тысячи долларов.
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69 торжество торжеств·о
1) (полная победа) triumph2) (празднество) festival, celebrationsюбилейные торжества — jubilee / anniversary celebrations
3) (радость) triumph, exultationRussian-english dctionary of diplomacy > торжество торжеств·о
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70 dankdag
n. Thanksgiving Day, national holiday of feasting and giving thanks for divine blessings or goodness (celebrated on the last Thursday in November in the United States and on the second Monday in October in Canada) -
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(because; in consideration of the fact that: It would not be true to say he had retired from this firm, inasmuch as he still does a certain amount of work for us.) insofern als* * *in·as·much as[ɪnəzˈmʌtʃəz]1. (to the extent that) insofern [als]\inasmuch as you are their commanding officer,... im Rahmen Ihrer Befehlsgewalt als Offizier...2. (because) da [ja], weil\inasmuch as Wednesday is a national holiday, banks and most businesses will be closed wegen des staatlichen Feiertags bleiben am Mittwoch die Banken und die meisten Geschäfte geschlossen* * *inasmuch as [ˌınəzˈmʌtʃ] konj1. in Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass; da (ja), weil2. obs insofern als -
72 День согласия и примирения
ДЕНЬ СОГЛАСИЯ И ПРИМИРЕНИЯDay of Accord and Reconciliation 7 ноября, бывший праздник Великой Октябрьской Социалистической Революции; 7 и 8 ноября - нерабочие дни November 7, the former national holiday of the Great October Socialist Revolution; November 7 and 8 are holidaysДополнение к русско-английским словарям > День согласия и примирения
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73 decree
1. сущ.1) юр. декрет, указ, приказ (документ, оформляющий решение главы государства или органа исполнительной власти; не требует согласования с законодательным органом)See:2) юр. постановление, судебное решение (судебный приказ, в отличие от "решения суда в чью-л. пользу", "оценки, данной судом")interlocutory decree — промежуточное [решение\] постановление ( не выносит окончательного решения по поставленным вопросам)
See:2. гл.пол., юр. издавать декрет [указ\], приказывать, отдавать распоряжениеThe president decreed that June 1st should be a National Holiday. — Президент распорядился сделать первое июня национальным праздником.
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74 memorial
[mə'mɔːrɪəl] 1.1) (monument) monumento m. commemorativo2) (reminder)3) (document) memoriale m.2.aggettivo commemorativo* * *[mi'mo:riəl](something (eg a monument) that honours or commemorates people or events of the past: a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill; a war memorial.) monumento commemorativo* * *memorial /məˈmɔ:rɪəl/A a. attr.commemorativo; in memoria: a memorial stamp, (un) francobollo commemorativo; a memorial service, una funzione religiosa in memoria di q.B n.1 (di solito al pl.) memoriale; cronaca; testimonianza2 commemorazione; festa celebrativa4 (leg.) memoria; istanza; nota; petizione5 (leg.) estratto● ( USA) Memorial Day, giorno commemorativo dei Caduti in guerra NOTE DI CULTURA: Memorial Day: è una festa nazionale ( national holiday) e cade di solito l'ultimo lunedì di maggio, il fine settimana esteso viene detto Memorial Day Weekend □ ( USA) memorial park, cimitero □ memorial plaque, targa funebreFALSI AMICI: memorial non significa memoriale.* * *[mə'mɔːrɪəl] 1.1) (monument) monumento m. commemorativo2) (reminder)3) (document) memoriale m.2.aggettivo commemorativo -
75 inasmuch as
in·as·much as conj( form)1) ( to the extent that) insofern [als];\inasmuch as you are their commanding officer,... im Rahmen Ihrer Befehlsgewalt als Offizier...2) ( because) da [ja], weil;\inasmuch as Wednesday is a national holiday, banks and most businesses will be closed wegen des staatlichen Feiertags bleiben am Mittwoch die Banken und die meisten Geschäfte geschlossen -
76 July
ию́ль мthe Fourth of july is a national holiday — четвёртое ию́ля явля́ется нерабо́чим днём во всей стране́
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77 jour
jour [ʒuʀ]━━━━━━━━━3. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. day• quel jour sommes-nous ? what day is it today?• un jour viendra où... the day will come when...• décidément ce n'est pas mon jour ! it's just not my day today!• du jour où sa femme l'a quitté, il s'est mis à boire he started drinking the day his wife left him• tes deux enfants, c'est le jour et la nuit your two children are chalk and cheese• c'est le jour et la nuit ! there's no comparison!► à jour• hôpital de jour (pour traitement) outpatient clinic ; (psychiatrique) day hospital ; (pour activités) daycare centre• mon manteau de tous les jours my everyday coat► un beau jour (passé) one fine day ; (futur) one of these days• il n'existe à ce jour aucun traitement efficace no effective treatment has been found to date► au jour le jour [existence, gestion] day-to-day• vivre au jour le jour ( = sans souci) to live from day to day ; ( = pauvrement) to live from hand to mouth► jour après jour day after day• on l'attend d'un jour à l'autre ( = incessamment) he's expected any day now• il change d'avis d'un jour à l'autre ( = très rapidement) he changes his mind from one day to the next► du jour au lendemain overnightb. ( = lumière, éclairage) light• demain, il fera jour à 7 heures tomorrow it'll be light at 7c. ( = naissance) donner le jour à to give birth tod. ( = ouverture) gap2. <a. ( = période) days• ces vedettes ont fait les beaux jours de Broadway these were the stars of the golden age of Broadwayb. ( = vie) jusqu'à la fin de mes jours until I die3. <► jour de repos [de salarié] day off• après deux jours de repos, il est reparti after a two-day break, he set off again ► le jour des Rois Twelfth Night* * *ʒuʀnom masculin1) ( période de vingt-quatre heures) dayd'un jour — [bonheur, espoir] fleeting; [mode] passing; [reine] for a day
jour après jour — ( quotidiennement) day after day; ( progressivement) little by little
vivre au jour le jour — to live one day at a time; ressembler, Rome
2) ( date) daymettre à jour — ( actualiser) to bring up to date [courrier, travail]; to revise [édition]; ( révéler) to expose, to reveal [mystère, secret, trafic, problème]
mise à jour — ( actualisation) (d'édition, de données, statistiques) updating (de of); ( découverte) (de secret, trafic) revelation (de of)
jusqu'à ce jour — ( maintenant) until now; ( alors) until then
d'un jour à l'autre — [être attendu] any day now; [changer] from one day to the next
nouvelle/mode du jour — latest news/fashion
3) ( du lever au coucher du soleil) dayau lever or point du jour — at daybreak
4) ( clarté) daylightse faire jour — [vérité] to come to light
mettre au jour — to unearth [vestige]; to bring [something] to light [vérité]
jeter un jour nouveau sur quelque chose, éclairer quelque chose d'un jour nouveau — to shed new light on something; faux I
5) ( aspect)sous ton meilleur/pire jour — at your best/worst
je t'ai vu sous ton vrai jour — I saw you in your true colours [BrE]
sous un jour avantageux — in a favourable [BrE] light
6) figvoir le jour — [personne] to come into the world; [œuvre, projet] to see the light of day; [organisme] to come into being
7) Construction, Bâtiment ( ouverture) gap8) ( de broderie)jours — openwork (embroidery) [U]
•Phrasal Verbs:••il y a des jours avec et des jours sans — (colloq) there are good days and bad days
* * *ʒuʀ nm1) (durée, fraction de la semaine) dayJ'ai passé trois jours chez mes cousins. — I spent three days staying at my cousins'.
2) (opposé à la nuit) day, daytimependant le jour — during the day, in the daytime
à la lumière du jour — by the light of day, in daylight
3) (= clarté) daylightau grand jour — in broad daylight, figin the open
4) (= aspect)5) (= ouverture) opening6) COUTURE openwork no plmettre à jour — to bring up to date, to update
mettre au jour — to uncover, to disclose
se faire jour fig — to become clear
de nos jours — these days, nowadays
* * *A nm1 ( période de vingt-quatre heures) day; en un jour in one day; dans les trois jours within three days; mois de trente jours thirty-day month; barbe de trois jours three days' growth of beard; trois fois par jour three times a day; c'est à trois jours de train it's three days away by train; ces derniers jours these last few days; un jour de plus ou de moins ne changera rien one day here or there won't make any difference; les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas every day is different; dans huit jours in a week's time, in a week; quinze jours a fortnight GB; tous les quinze jours every fortnight GB ou two weeks US; d'un jour [bonheur, espoir] fleeting; [mode] passing; [reine] for a day; deux poussins d'un jour two one-day old chicks; être la vedette d'un jour to be here today and gone tomorrow; des jours et des jours for ever and ever; dès le premier jour right from the start; jour après jour ( quotidiennement) day after day; ( progressivement) little by little; vivre au jour le jour to live one day at a time; gagner sa vie au jour le jour to scratch a living; voir les choses au jour le jour to take each day as it comes; noter ses pensées au jour le jour to note down one's thoughts every day; ⇒ barbe C 1;2 ( date) day; ce jour-là that day; quel jour sommes-nous? what day is it today?; elle viendra un jour she'll come one day; c'est mon jour de courses it's my shopping day; viens un jour où il n'y sera pas come on a day he's out, come one day when he's out; le jour où je mourrai the day I die; un jour ou l'autre some day; l'autre jour the other day; un de ces jours one of these days; un beau jour one fine day; tous les jours every day; de tous les jours everyday; jour pour jour to the day; de jour en jour from day to day; à ce jour to date; à jour up to date; mettre à jour ( actualiser) to bring up to date [courrier, travail]; to revise [édition]; to update [données, application]; ( révéler) to expose, to reveal [mystère, secret, trafic, problème]; mise à jour ( actualisation) ( d'édition) revision; (de données, d'application) updating (de of); ( découverte) (de secret, trafic) revelation (de of); édition mise à jour revised edition; tenir à jour to keep up to date; jusqu'à ce jour ( maintenant) until now; ( alors) until then; de nos jours nowadays; d'un jour à l'autre [être attendu] any day now; [changer] from one day to the next; du jour au lendemain overnight; nouvelle/mode du jour latest news/fashion; au jour d'aujourd'hui○ today;3 ( du lever au coucher du soleil) day; les jours raccourcissent the days are getting shorter; pendant le jour during the day; nuit et jour night and day; tout le jour all day; le jour se lève it's getting light; lumière du jour daylight; au lever or point du jour at daybreak; le petit jour the early morning; se lever avec le jour to get up at the crack of dawn; travailler de jour to work days; travail de jour day work;4 ( clarté) daylight; il fait jour it's daylight; laisser entrer le jour to let in the daylight; en plein jour in broad daylight; faire qch au grand jour to do sth for all to see; se faire jour [vérité] to come to light; mettre au jour to unearth [vestige]; to bring [sth] to light [vérité]; jeter un jour nouveau sur qch, éclairer qch d'un jour nouveau to shed new light on sth; ⇒ faux;5 ( aspect) sous ton meilleur/pire jour at your best/worst; je ne te connaissais pas sous ce jour I knew nothing of that side of you; je t'ai vu sous ton vrai jour I saw you in your true colours; sous un jour avantageux in a favourableGB light;6 fig donner le jour à qn to bring sb into the world; donner jour à qch to give rise to sth; voir le jour [personne] to come into the world; [œuvre, projet] to see the light of day; [organisme] to come into being; mes jours sont comptés my days are numbered; finir ses jours à la campagne to end one's days in the country; des jours difficiles hard times; attenter à ses jours to make a suicide attempt; avoir encore de beaux jours devant soi to still have a future; les beaux jours reviennent spring will soon be here;8 Cout jours openwork (embroidery) ¢; faire des jours to do openwork; une bordure avec des jours an openwork border; jours à fils tirés drawn thread work; motif à jours ( en tricot) lacy pattern.jour de l'An New Year's Day; jour d'arrivée day of arrival; jour astronomique astronomical day; jour calendaire calendar day; jour de chance lucky day; jour de colère day of wrath; jour de départ day of departure; jour de deuil day of mourning; jour de deuil national national day of mourning; jour férié bank holiday GB, legal holiday US; jour de fermeture closing day; jour de fête ( férié) holiday; aujourd'hui c'est jour de fête fig it's a great day today; jour franc clear day; jour du Grand Pardon Relig Day of Atonement; jour J D day; jour du Jugement Relig Judgment Day; jour maigre Relig day of abstinence (without meat); jour des morts Relig All Souls' Day; jour ouvrable working day; jour de paie payday; jour de planche Naut lay day; jour de relâche Théât closing day; jour du Seigneur Relig Sabbath; jour sidéral sidereal day; jour solaire solar day; jour de souffrance Constr opening looking on to a neighbourGB; jour de travail working day; jour utile lawful day.Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour Rome wasn't built in a day; beau comme le jour very good-looking; ce n'est pas mon jour! this isn't my day!; être dans un bon jour to be in a good mood; être dans un mauvais jour to be having an off day; il y a des jours avec et des jours sans there are good days and bad days.[ʒur] nom masculinA.[DIVISION TEMPORELLE]1. [division du calendrier] dayil me reste des jours à prendre avant la fin de l'année I still have some (days) to take before the end of the yeardans deux/quelques jours in two/a few days' timea. [sans s'occuper du lendemain] from day to dayb. [précairement] from hand to moutha. [grandir] daily, day by dayb. [varier] from day to day, from one day to the nexta. [incessamment] any day (now)b. [de façon imprévisible] from one day to the nexta. [constamment] day after dayb. [graduellement] day by day2. [exprime la durée]nous avons eu trois jours de pluie we had rain for three days ou three days of rainça va prendre un jour de lessivage et trois jours de peinture it'll take one day to wash down and three days to paint3. [date précise] dayle jour où the day ou time thatle vendredi, c'est le jour de Nora/du poisson Friday is Nora's day/is the day we have fishle jour du Jugement dernier doomsday, Judgment Dayle jour du Seigneur the Lord's Day, the Sabbathle grand jour pour elle/lui her/his big dayson manteau/son discours des grands jours the coat she wears/the speech she makes on important occasionsmes chaussures de tous les jours my everyday ou ordinary shoes, the shoes I wear everydayun de ces jours, un jourou l'autre one of these daysà ce jour to this day, to dateB.[CLARTÉ]1. [lumière] daylightavant le jour before dawn ou daybreakau petit jour at dawn ou daybreakjour et nuit, nuit et jour day and night, night and dayje dors le jour I sleep during the day ou in the daytimeexamine-le au ou en plein jour look at it in the daylight2. [aspect]enfin, il s'est montré sous son vrai jour! he's shown his true colours at last!voir quelque chose sous son vrai ou véritable jour to see something in its true light3. (locution)a. [enfant] to give birth to, to bring into the worldb. [projet] to give birth toc. [mode, tendance] to startjeter un jour nouveau sur to throw ou to cast new light ona. [bébé] to be bornb. [journal] to come outc. [théorie, invention] to appeard. [projet] to see the light of dayC.[OUVERTURE]4. (locution)se faire jour to emerge, to become clear————————jours nom masculin pluriel2. [époque]a. [les moments difficiles] unhappy days, hard timesb. [les jours où rien ne va] bad daysa. [printemps] springtimeb. [été] summertimeah, c'étaient les beaux jours! [jeunesse] ah, those were the days!————————à jour locution adjectivale[cahier, travail] kept up to date————————à jour locution adverbialetenir/mettre quelque chose à jour to keep/to bring something up to date————————au grand jour locution adverbiale————————de jour locution adjectivale[hôpital, unité] day, daytime (modificateur)————————de jour locution adverbiale[travailler] during the dayêtre de jour to be on day duty ou on days————————du jour locution adjectivale[homme] of the momentun œuf du jour a new-laid ou newly-laid ou freshly-laid eggdu jour au lendemain locution adverbiale————————d'un jour locution adjectivale————————par jour locution adverbiale -
78 día festivo
m.feast day, day off, holy day, holiday.* * ** * *(n.) = holiday, public holiday, bank holidayEx. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.Ex. When a holiday falls on a weekend, the following day becomes a public holiday.Ex. They are dedicated to out of hours emergency veterinary care for sick and injured pets during evenings, weekends and bank holidays.* * *(n.) = holiday, public holiday, bank holidayEx: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
Ex: When a holiday falls on a weekend, the following day becomes a public holiday.Ex: They are dedicated to out of hours emergency veterinary care for sick and injured pets during evenings, weekends and bank holidays.* * *holiday -
79 día de fiesta
(n.) = holiday, public holidayEx. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.Ex. When a holiday falls on a weekend, the following day becomes a public holiday.* * *(n.) = holiday, public holidayEx: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
Ex: When a holiday falls on a weekend, the following day becomes a public holiday.* * *holiday -
80 festivo
adj.1 festive, merry, playful, joyful.2 holiday.* * *► adjetivo1 (alegre) festive, merry2 (humorístico) witty* * *ADJ1) (=no laborable)2) (=alegre) festive, merry3) (=gracioso) witty, humorous4) (Literat) burlesque, comic* * ** * ** * *festivo11 = holiday, public holiday, bank holiday.Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
Ex: When a holiday falls on a weekend, the following day becomes a public holiday.Ex: They are dedicated to out of hours emergency veterinary care for sick and injured pets during evenings, weekends and bank holidays.festivo22 = celebratory.Ex: And the atmosphere, especially in elementary schools, should be celebratory, the events more akin to a literary workshop than to an adult lecture course.
* día festivo = holiday, public holiday, bank holiday.* * *festivo -vafestivereinaba un aire festivo there was a festive atmosphere* * *
festivo◊ -va adjetivo
festive;
See Also→ dia 1b
festivo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (humor, ambiente) festive
2 (no laborable) día festivo, holiday
II sustantivo masculino holiday
' festivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
día
- festiva
- clima
- fiesta
English:
celebratory
- festive
- holiday
- bank
- boxing
- feast
- legal
- spirit
* * *festivo, -a adj1. [de fiesta] festive;día festivo (public) holiday2. [alegre] cheerful, jolly;[chistoso] funny, witty* * *adj festive* * *festivo, -va adj1) : festive2)día festivo : holiday♦ festivamente adv* * *festivo adj
См. также в других словарях:
National Holiday (Quebec) — Quebec s National Holiday Fête nationale du Québec Fête nationale parade, Montreal, June 24, 2006 Also called La Saint Jean, Fête de la Saint Jean Baptiste Obse … Wikipedia
national holiday — ➔ holiday * * * national holiday UK US noun [C] (US also federal holiday, UK bank holiday) ► an official public holiday when banks, schools, and many businesses in a country are closed for the day: »The 4th of July was declared a national holiday … Financial and business terms
National holiday — may refer to: A National Day, in which a country celebrates its independence, establishment or an otherwise significant event. A public holiday, which can be celebrated across a nation. That means that some nations can have more than one National … Wikipedia
The National Lampoon Radio Hour — was a comedy radio show which was created, produced and initially written by staff from National Lampoon magazine. The show ran weekly, for a little over a year, from November 17, 1973 to December 28, 1974. Originally an hour in length, after 13… … Wikipedia
The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor — National Lampoon s Encyclopedia of Humor Author(s) Michael O Donoghue (editor) C … Wikipedia
national holiday — noun count AMERICAN a holiday when most businesses in a country close a. the day on which people celebrate the time when their country was formed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
National holiday of Sweden — Infobox Holiday holiday name = National Day (Sweden) caption = Celebrations at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm official name = Sveriges nationaldag (Swedish national day) nickname = Svenska flaggans dag (Swedish flag day) observedby = Sweden date = 6… … Wikipedia
national holiday — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms national holiday : singular national holiday plural national holidays a) a holiday when most businesses in a country close b) the day on which people celebrate the time when their country was formed … English dictionary
Cherokee National Holiday — Arts and crafts booths on the Cherokee Heritage Center grounds, Cherokee National Holiday, 2007 The Cherokee National Holiday is an annual event held each Labor Day weekend in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The event celebrates the September 6, 1839… … Wikipedia
national holiday — noun a) A statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. b) A public holiday. Syn: National Day … Wiktionary
National Foundation Day — 1940 Japanese Empire propaganda poster celebrating the 2600th anniversary of the mythical foundation of the empire by emperor Jimmu Observed by Japan Type … Wikipedia