VOCABULARY Focus:

• White elephant: something that has cost a lot of money but has no usefulpurpose
• Elephant gift exchange: It is a holiday party game found primarily inNorth America. They have been known to result in playful rivalries between players trying to get sought-after items. The goal is usually to entertain rather than to gain.
• Elephantine: /ˌel.ɪˈfæn.taɪn/ formal very large
• There’s an elephant in the room: If you say this expression, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.
• Have a memory like an elephant:  to be able to remember things easily and for a long period of time
• Valley: an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it:
• Liquorice: the dried root of a Mediterranean plant, used in medicines and to give flavour to food, especially sweets› a black sweet made from liquorice
• Absinthe:  /ˈæbsɪnθ/ a strong alcoholic drink that is green and has a bitter taste
• Bamboo beads: a small, coloured, often round piece of a tall tropical grass  with a hole through it. It is usually put on a string with a lot of others to make jewellery
• Junction a place where things, especially roads or railways, come together:
•  operation an occasion when a doctor cuts a body for medical reasons inorder to repair, remove, or replace an unhealthy or damaged  part
• Anis del Toro: is Spanish for 'Bull's Anisette'. It refers to anisette liqueur, a colorless alcoholic beverage that tastes somewhat like licorice.