Words

festival n.

The city holds a music festival every summer.

Lanterns are hung on the streets during the festival.

The crowd will dance in a circle around the campfire during the festival.

lantern n.

The lantern is made of paper.

I saw a lantern thrown on the ground, so I picked it up. After turning it around, I found a piece of paper taped to it. It said that the lantern should be put on the water. So I walked to the river and put it on the water, watching it drift away until it could be seen no more.

How did you get the lantern into such a mess?

spectacle n.

make a spectacle of oneself: to behave foolishly or improperly in public

Don’t make a spectacle of yourself.

He made a speech without any prepare, so he successfully made a spectacle of himself.

The fireworks over the river were a moving spectacle.

moving adj.

I recommend you watch that movie because it is very moving.

The movie was so moving that I couldn’t stop crying.

The story of the rescued puppy is truly moving.