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In Canada, we have many different days that we celebrate. On the first day of January, there is New Year's Day. That is when we ring in the New Year and say goodbye to the old year.verb
1. assign great social importance to
e.g. The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood
The tenor was lionized in Vienna
Synonym: lionizelionise
2. have a celebration
e.g. They were feting the patriarch of the family
After the exam, the students were celebrating
Synonym: fete
3. behave as expected during of holidays or rites
e.g. Keep the commandments
celebrate Christmas
Observe Yom Kippur
Synonym: observekeep
noun
1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
e.g. his labor did not require a great deal of skill
Synonym: labourtoil
2. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
e.g. he prepared for great undertakings
Synonym: undertakingprojecttask
3. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
e.g. there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
Synonym: labourworking classproletariat
4. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
Synonym: labor movementtrade union movement
5. concluding state of pregnancy
from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
e.g. she was in labor for six hours
Synonym: parturiencylabourconfinementlying-intravailchildbed
noun
1. a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
noun
1. a short prayer of thanks before a meal
e.g. their youngest son said grace
Synonym: graceblessing
noun
1. a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs
for transportation over snow
Synonym: sledsledge