??1.Time off in lieu (of overtime)

“调休”的意思，用法如：

I would like to get 1 day off in lieu of the overtime I worked on Christmas day.

Can I have 3 hours off today in lieu of the 3 hours of overtime I worked last night?

Do I get time off in lieu if I work overtime on the holiday?

2. Holiday

一般指法定假期，当老美说 the holidays/the holiday season，是说包括Christmas, Hanukkah(犹太人圣节), and New Year’s Day的这段假期。但不包括周末，假定是周末有必要说on a weekend。

分配：

New Year Holiday新年假期

a legal holiday, a national holiday 法定假期

on holiday/on one’s holiday 休假中

half-holiday/half-day 半天休假

take a week’s holiday 一周的休假

have a holiday 休假、庆祝、歇息

be home for the holiday 放假回家

package holiday 指由旅行社包办一切屎的参观旅行

3. Vacation:

一般指中止作业或读书的假期，与天数无关。

如annual vacation, Christmas vacation。

分配 ：

summer vacation 暑假

winter vacation寒假

go on vacation/ take a vacation 自个放假

4. Days off

朴实指不必上班，歇息的日子或一段时刻，例如周末，就是days off。

分配：

[一段时刻＋off] (一般用take/have当动词)

例句：

He has a day off today.

She had two weeks off because she was ill.

I want to take a day off to see the doctor.

I got an afternoon off and went to the ball game. (请两小时假看球赛。)

5. Leave

亦可当假期，但一般有必要是自个请求的休假。

如ask for leave （请假）grant leave （给假）overstay one’s leave （超假）sick leave （病假）maternity leave（产假）annual leave（年假）。

分配：

on leave乞假中

go home on leave请假回家

take one’s leave告辞

take French leave不告而别

例句：

I met her while I was on leave.

She is on six week’s paid leave. (她正在度六周有薪假期)

I get leave twice a year. = I have two leaves a year. (我一年有两次休假)

6. Break

短时刻的歇息，亦指课堂间的时刻短歇息或音乐会的中场歇息。

分配：

have/take a break 歇息一下

Give me a break! 饶了我吧

例句：

There was a break in the concert.

Let’s have a coffee/tea break.

They usually go shopping during their lunch break.

7. Furlough

指武士、公务员、政府官员的休假，一般假期较长。

分配：

be home/go home on furlough 回家/回国休假

例句：

He’s on nine month’s furlough.

He was given/granted two week’s furlough.

I have a furlough every two years.

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