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Love is the most wonderful thing on earth! Two people meet each other and crown their love with marriage. The final act of love! Let me introduce myself. I'm Ann and I'm going to tell the story about my wedding.

My wedding was two months ago. The first decision to be made was whether we wanted a church or civil ceremony. A civil wedding meant going to the local registry office, along with two witnesses for the ceremony.

My friend Ellen said she had never seen such a lovely weeding before. Traditional wedding customs on my wedding included the well known English rhyme which went like this: "Something Old, something New, something Borrowed and something Blue." One of my first tasks as a bride was to choose my bridesmaids. Their job was to help me during my wedding preparations. After my bridesmaids had helped me in choosing my wedding dress I assisted them in choosing their outfits. Before Ellen bought the dress for my wedding party she had read the book of "superstitions". White, blue, silver and gold are considered the luckiest shades. Nothing black, green, brown, purple should be worn by the bride;

Married in white, You have chosen a right.
Married in blue, Your lover is true.
Married in pink, Your fortunes will sink.
Married in green, You will not long be seen.
Married in red, You'll wish you were dead.
Married in yellow, Ashamed of the fellow.
Married in brown, You'll live out of town.
Married in grey, You'll live far away.
Married in black, You'll wish you were back.

After we had decided on our guest list we sent invitations and booked the wedding cars, organized the reception, sent for the photographer and bought flowers. When we chose the church, the minister advised us on the form of service, choice of hymns and wedding music.

I and my future husband Thomas decided on the song which we heard when we first met.

After the wedding ceremony I threw the bouquet and... who caught it?! Ellen, of course!

This is what the groom Thomas said about the same occasion. I remember when I had first seen Ann. I had been very nervous that day. I had lost my job and had to return some money to my friend. While I was walking in the rain I suddenly saw Ann with beautiful blonde curls sliding along her neck and face, big blue eyes as a big blue sea…the moment was perfect... I heard the wedding bells in my head.

I chose Charles to be my best man. Charles organized the "Stag night". Like most people, we didn't know the origin of the customs for such a night but we knew some of the most popular ideas for Stag night activities like "Go Kart Racing (indoor or outdoor), Paintball, Overnight ferry trip". Charles chose the last one.

Before we went to the honeymoon we had opened our presents (now you probably know what we did on our first wedding night as a newlywed couple). We spent our honeymoon in Paris where we enjoyed the first days of our marriage. We had never felt better!

Vocabulary

Nouns (imenice):	Verbs (glagoli):
earth – zemlja marriage – brak act – čin wedding – venčanje decision – odluka civil ceremony – građanska služba/ceremonija registry office – matični ured witness – svedok ceremony – ceremonija custom – običaj rhyme – stih bride – mlada, nevesta task – zadatak bridesmaid – deveruša wedding dress – venčanica outfit – odeća superstition – sujeverje shade – nijansa fortune – sreća groom – mladoženja invitation – poziv, pozivnica minister – sveštenik service – služba choice – izbor curls – kovrdže bell – zvono best man – kum Stag night – Momačko veče origin – poreklo Paintball – ‘'Paintball''(igra) honeymoon – medeni mesec newlywed couple – tek venčani par bouquet – buket hymn – himna fellow – momak, mladić supper – večera town hall – gradska skupština certificate of merit – zahvalnica puzzle – zagonetka	crown - krunisati introduce – predstaviti show - pokazati take along – povesti sa sobom attend – prisustvovati assist - pomagati consider - smatrati sink - potonuti live out of town – živeti van grada book - rezervisati advise – posavetovati return - vratiti slide along – kliziti niz throw - baciti
Adjectives and adverbs (pridevi i prilozi):	Prepositions and conjunctions (predlozi i veznici):
final – konačan local – lokalan borrowed – pozajmljen dead – mrtav ashamed – posramljen, postiđen suddenly – iznenada	whether – da li

Synonyms

Nouns (imenice):	Verbs (glagoli):
earth – world, globe marriage – matrimony act – performance wedding – wedding ceremony, marriage ceremony decision – determination, conclusion ceremony – ceremonial occasion custom – tradition, practice rhyme – verse task – duty, chore bridesmaid – maid of honor wedding dress – bridal gown, wedding gown outfit – clothes superstition – myth, story, belief, legend shade – tint fortune – luck groom – bridegroom invitation – invite minister – priest service – religious service, ceremony choice – selection curls – locks Stag night – bachelor party origin – beginning, root bouquet – bunch of flowers fellow – chap supper – dinner, evening meal	introduce – present show – demonstrate attend – be present assist – help consider – think, believe sink – go down book – reserve advise – recommend, suggest return – turn back, turn back throw – cast
Adjectives and adverbs (pridevi i prilozi):	Prepositions and conjunctions (predlozi i veznici):
final – last suddenly – all of a sudden	whether – if

Nouns (imenice):

Verbs (glagoli):

earth – world, globe
marriage – matrimony
act – performance
wedding – wedding ceremony, marriage ceremony
decision – determination, conclusion
ceremony – ceremonial occasion
custom – tradition, practice
rhyme – verse
task – duty, chore
bridesmaid – maid of honor
wedding dress – bridal gown, wedding gown
outfit – clothes
superstition – myth, story, belief, legend
shade – tint
fortune – luck
groom – bridegroom
invitation – invite
minister – priest
service – religious service, ceremony
choice – selection
curls – locks
Stag night – bachelor party
origin – beginning, root
bouquet – bunch of flowers
fellow – chap
supper – dinner, evening meal

introduce – present
show – demonstrate
attend – be present
assist – help
consider – think, believe
sink – go down
book – reserve
advise – recommend, suggest
return – turn back, turn back
throw – cast

Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):

Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):

final – last
suddenly – all of a sudden

whether – if

Antonyms

Nouns (imenice):	Verbs (glagoli):
earth – sky marriage – divorce act – inaction wedding – divorce decision – disagreement civil ceremony – church ceremony registry office – church witness – participant rhyme – prose bride –groom, bridegroom task – inactivity, pastime bridesmaid – bridesman superstition – fact, reality, truth shade – light, brightness, lightness fortune – misfortune groom – bride invitation – denial, answer choice – indecision Stag night – Bachelorette party origin – outcome fellow – stranger, enemy puzzle – solution	crown -weaken, dishonor introduce – end, finish show - hide, withhold take along – keep, hold attend – be absent, disregards assist - discourage consider - disbelieve, ignore sink - go up, increase, grow live out of town – live in the town book - cancel, disorganise advise – disapprove, discourage return - hold, keep, take throw - receive, catch
Adjectives and adverbs (pridevi i prilozi):	Prepositions and conjunctions (predlozi i veznici):
final – indefinite, introductory local – foreign borrowed – owned dead – alive ashamed – bold, confident suddenly – expectedly

Nouns (imenice):

Verbs (glagoli):

earth – sky

marriage – divorce

act – inaction

wedding – divorce

decision – disagreement

civil ceremony – church ceremony

registry office – church

witness – participant

rhyme – prose

bride –groom, bridegroom