Veterans Day (Vocabulary)

a holiday held on November 11 in the United States in honor of veterans of the armed forces.

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to give up for the sake of something or someone else.

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to regard or treat with respect.

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to perform an official job, duty or service.

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the war fought between the Allies (mainly France, Great Britain and the United States) and the Central Powers (mainly Germany and Austria-Hungary) from 1914 to 1918. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.

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a person who has fought in a war.

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the holiday held on November 11, the anniversary of the end of World War I. It is now called "Veterans Day" in the United States.

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love and support for one's country.

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the 28th president of the United States (1913-1921), who led the US into World War I. His Fourteen Points address was key to the peace agreement ending the war, and he won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1919.

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an agreement by all sides in a war to stop fighting.

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