seasonal

1.It causes seasonal flu in every subsequent year.

2.Some peasants left their home village and peregrinated the country for seasonal jobs. 

 

Obon

1.People have holidays in Obon period. 

2.Obon has a family-reunion element, as the Japanese will return to their ancestral homes to be reunited with relatives living and deceased. 

 

grave 

1.His grave is marked by a fine stela.

2.They sorrowed for his death at his grave.  

 

incense

1.It actually tasted and smelled like incense.

2.The parents began lighting candles and incense. 

 

skull 

1.Doctors have temporarily removed about half of her skull to ease pressure.

2.I glowered up at the skull and nodded. 

 

Halloween

1.In other words, your children are just as safe on Halloween as any other day of the year.

2.I've been invited to a grown-up Halloween Party. 

 

Columbus Day

1.The bond market was closed Monday for the Columbus Day holiday.

2.Americans are celebrating Columbus Day Monday.  

 

produce

1.All we need to do to achieve that is produce more, consume less, or both.

2.How do they decide what to produce within their factory?  

 

Carnival 

1.In the days in between I went to the Carnival. It was marvelous.

2.There the Carnival forms part of politics. 

 

lunar 

1.This calendar is a lunar calendar.

2.On the plateau, the scene feels like a lunar landscape.

 

parade 

1.Some boys tailed after the parade.

2.A band ended the parade.

 

Jesus

1.As a scientist,he disbelieves in Jesus.

2.Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others.

 

cherry

1.He chopped down the cherry tree.

2. A great star came out over the white cherry trees.

  

blossom

1.A blossom develops from a bud.

2.This flower-girl now offered her blossom to the soul.

 

rosebud

1.This is the original rosebud.

2.Each graduate held a long-stemmed, white rosebud to give to the person who had meant the most to him or her.

 

necessity 

1.Necessity is the mother of invention.

2.Out of necessity or out of interest, people go back to school for the common goal to improve themselves. 

 

prediction 

1.Without experience, you have no basis for any prediction.

2.Or, do you disagree with this prediction entirely? 

 

fashion 

1.She designed new dresses for the fashion show.

2.But I still love fashion.

 

Trinidad

1.In Trinidad, I proposed an Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas.

2.May the Republic of Trinidadand Tobago enjoy prosperity and its people enjoy happiness.

 

Valentine's Day 

1.Once you have a date for Valentine's Day, that's half the struggle over.

2.To the girl who sits next to me in class; have a terrific Valentine's Day.

 

weave 

1.Workers weave silk thread into beautiful shirts.

2.She then had the idea to weave it.

 

herd

1.The herd is not big.

2.With the help of computers, I can insert a herd of elephants into a scene, or create an earthquake.

 

the Milk Way 

1.The Milk Way is composed of an infinite number of radiant stars.

2.Finding that Zhinu was heart-broken, her grandmother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milk Way to meet once a year.  

 

magpie 

1.But magpie would not go to California.

2.An old magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully.

 

announcer

1.His wife, Mrs. Smiths was an announcer on TV broadcast.

2.The announcer read out the names of the players before the game began.