My sister made an exciting announcement; she was accepted to Hebrew University.

A translation of announcement is:

10thgraders are "freshmen" and12th graders are "seniors".

The translation of senior is:

They invited 200 people to the wedding but expected that 150 would actually come.

to expect is:

One definition of society is a group of people living together as a community.

Society in Hebrew is:

She'd never mentioned that she had a brother, so we were very surprised to meet him.

To mention is

Something that is particularly important, is more important than other things.

The Hebrew word for particularly is:

The class voted what color shirts to buy for the school trip; thus it was decided they would be purple.

the translation of thus is:

Theodor Herzl dreamed of the creation of a Jewish state.

Creation, in Hebrew, is:

She has a very creative imagination and is always dreaming up new ideas.

A translation of creative is:

When young people and older people can not understand each other, it is called a "generation gap".

A generation is:

Our ancestors lived in ancient times.

A translation of ancient is:

College and univserity graduates earn a degree upon completing their studies.

A degree is

What do you hope to achieve by the time you are 20?

Achieve, in Hebrew, is:

Yur parents have to sign a letter stating they permit you to go on the school trip.

To permit is :

I marked all my friends' birthdays on my calendar so I will not forget to congratulate anybody on thier special day.

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