Chinatown and Trafalgar Square in London are usually at the center of the UK’s Chinese New Year celebrations (Image: AFP/Getty Images) Vocabulary underway /ˌəndərˈwā/ adv. having started and in progress; being done or carried out. Chinese New Year got underway on Tuesday, February 1. usage /ˈyo͞osij,ˈyo͞ozij/ n. the action of using something or the fact of being used. Solar calendars are in popular and legal usage across much of the world. passage /ˈpasij/ n. the act or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another. Solar calendars are based on the earth’s passage around the sun. seem /sēm/ v. give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality. …this might seem like a very foreign concept, most cultures around the world have used lunar calendars at some point in their history. vigor /ˈviɡər/ n. physical strength and good health. ...