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(Updated on 15/05/2011)
Vocabulary : 
(Bride and Groom)
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Tie the knot - Meaning : Get married.
+ Origin
(phrases.org.uk)Wedding invitation
"KNOT: LOOP THAT IS FASTENED AND LOCKED SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO RELEASE,
AND THE MORE ITS ENDS ARE PULLED APART THE MORE IT TIES TOGETHER."
(behance.net)
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Morning suit v lounge suit : A quick history lesson / When to wear it / Modern weddings / In praise of
(BBC)
The morning suit
The lounge suit
- Bachelorette
party (Wikipedia)
= "hen party, or hen's night, is a party held for a woman who is about to be married as a rite of passage. This is a "last night of freedom!"
"She's just got back from her Hen night." (cartoonstock.com)
- To have a stag party
= to have a bachelor party (US) or buck's night (Australia) = "enterrer sa vie de garçon"
"is a party held for a bachelor shortly before he enters marriage, to make the most of his final opportunity to engage in activities a new wife or husband might not approve of, or merely to spend time bonding with his male friends." (Wikipedia)
He's getting married in the morning. (cartoonstock.com)
- Wedding
(answers.com)
"The act of marrying.
The ceremony or celebration of a marriage.
The anniversary of a marriage: 'a silver wedding'.
The act or an instance of joining closely: 'a wedding of ideas'."
- Wedding
(Wikipedia)
1 Types
2 Expense
3 Customs
4 Clothing
5 Music 5.1 African weddings 5.2 Chinese weddings 5.3 Western weddings
6 See also 6.1 Related events and social processes 6.2 Wedding traditions 6.3 Participants 6.4 Related travel 6.5 Other
7 References
- Marriage and wedding vocabulary (english-at-home.com)
- Bridegroom (Wikipedia)
- Bride
(Wikipedia)
1 Legal requirements
2 Attire
3 History
4 Images of brides from around the world
5 Images of brides in history
6 References
7 See also
- Best man
(Wikipedia)
1 Duties
2 Best man in various cultures
3 References
4 See also
- Maid
of honor (Wikipedia)
1 North America 1.1 Pre wedding 1.2 Wedding day
2 United Kingdom
3 See also
- Bridesmaid
(Wikipedia)
- Ringbearer (Wikipedia)
- Principal translations (wordreference.com)
- Love,
marriage, divorce, quarrel - vocabulaire
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H.R. Giger Cake
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Wedding
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Just
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Just
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Bride
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Maid
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Wedding bouquet
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Arab ambassador discovers bride is bearded and cross-eyed behind veil
"The envoy had only met the woman a few times, during which she had hidden her face behind a niqab...
He sued for the contract to be annulled and also demanded the woman pay him 500,000 dirhams (£85,000) for clothes, jewelry and other gifts
he had bought for her."
(telegraph.co.uk)
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Rise in sham marriages to beat UK immigration laws
"The number of suspected sham marriages by illegal immigrants has leapt by more than half in the past year."
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Free wedding for quitting smoking
"A charity in the Saudi capital Riyadh has come up with a novel incentive to encourage young men to quit smoking - an all-expenses-paid wedding...
Banners in Riyadh are advertising the campaign slogan: "Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us." "
(BBC)
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See Vocabulary
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A history of royal weddings : PHOTOS + VIDEOS
+ Timeline of key events: details and archive clips
(BBC)
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Royal wedding: What past events were like
"How royal weddings have changed - and stayed the same - in the past 100 years, from that of William's great-grandparents to his father's second marriage.
Watch clips of these events