Какие еще важные учреждения есть в москве?

  christmans is the  occasion in modern britain on which a lot of tradition   are preserved  by most ordinary people. in britain it  is celebrated on 25 december.today it is connected  with ''making money by shops'' that is now of tradition: most people follow  the tradition of buying gifts for their family members.people also buy a christmans tree.this tradition came from germany. it was introduced  in the nineteenth century.every christmas,london gets a gift from the people of norway-a christmas tree that is 23 metres high.it stands in the centre of london,in trafalgar square and it is decorated with 500 white lights. christmans is a time that unites anniversary  families. at night people get together to   mark  christmas. celebrating christmas includes  a christmas dinner and listening to the queeh's christmas  speech when the queen speaks directly to ''her'' people on tv and on the radio. there are many royal traditions in britain. the queen's telegram is not a very old custom but it is very old people. every british person gets a telegram from the queen on their ohe-hundredth birthday  . the changing of the  guard is very beautiful tradition.every morning tourists go to watch the ceremohy at buckingham palace. at 11.30 the guard that stands in front of the palace change.

as fresh as a cucumber, свежий, как огурец,

as strong as horse, сильный, как лошадь,

as cool as daisy,   прекрасная, как маргаритка,

as deaf as a post, глухой, как пень,

as blind as a bat, слепой, как летучая мышь,

as clear as crystall, прозрачный, как кристалл,

as sly as fox, хитрый, как лиса,

as slow as tortoise, медленный, как черепаха,

as sweet as honey, сладкий, как мёд.

as mad as hare? безумный, как заяц ( вообще, фраза звучит as mad as march hare - безумный, как мартовский заяц)