1. A Day Off Flashcards
Any day that you are not working
Day Off
What are your day offs?
Do you have regular days off from work?
My days off are Sunday and Monday.
Religious, cultural or national celebration
HOLIDAY
Holiday comes from holly day.
What are your plans for the Christmas holiday?
My parents came to visit over the holidays.
Extended time off from work
VACATION
What are your plans FOR winter vacation?
I have vacation coming up in June.
Are you going anywhere FOR your vacation?
GO ON VACATION- take a trip
He went to Hawaii on vacation.
We can’t afford to go on vacation this year.
A lot of tourists come here on vacation.
STAYCATION
when you stay at home on vacation
I don’t have enough money to take a trip, so I’m just going to have a little staycation.
When you are unfocused or unmotivated
OFF-DAY
I’m sorry I forgot our meeting…
I must be having an off-day.
I’m having an off-day; I can’t focus at all.
To have a day off
To HAVE OFF
I have ( day or time period) OFF (from work).
I have the day off from work.
I have off from work.
I have off.
I have Thursday off ( from work).
I have today off
I have the weekend off.
I have 2 weeks off.
When you request the day free
TAKE (the day) off
I’m going to take off tomorrow.
I’m taking day or time period off from X.
I’m going to take tomorrow oof the gym.
I’m taking some time off from training.
You TAKE the day OFF.
Your company GIVES you the day off.
Other meaning of TAKE OFF
When plan leaves the ground
I always get scared when the plan takes off.
Sleep later than usual
SLEEP IN = SLEEP LATE
I’m planning to SLEEP IN since it’s my day off.
I SLEPT IN today, and was almost late to work.
Are you going to wake up early or sleep in?
SLEEP the DAY AWAY-sleep for most of the day
I stayed out late on Friday and slept the day away on Saturday.
Collocation ⭐️. SLEEP THROUGH something -
keep sleeping while there is noise.
I slept through my alarm.
I slept through the storm.
He slept through the movie.
Kids can sleep through anything.
Move your finger up or down on your phone
SCROLL
Scroll ON the phone
Scroll social media
Just scrolling - wasting time on the phone.
I got stuck just scrolling for hours.
SCROLL THROUGH social media, articles, photos
I was scrolling through his photos ON Facebook.
She drinks coffee and scrolls through news.
SWIPE - move your finger quickly in ANY direction ON your phone.
On most dating apps, you swipe right to approve someone and swipe left to reject them.
Do nothing, waste time and be lazy
SIT AROUND
STAND AROUND
LIE AROUND
Why are you just STANDING AROUND?
They don’t work too much; they just SIT AROUND and gossip.
She just LIES AROUND scrolling her phone.
Housework; work you do to maintain you home ( vacuum, clean, wash dishes, do laundry, cut the grass, cook
CHORES
I’m planning on sleeping in and doing chores.
You can only go out to play after you have done your chores.
PUTTERING AROUND- doing little things around the house; not really trying to get anything done
Grandpa just putters around the house all day.
Do boring tracks OUTSIDE your home
(Ex. Go o the bank, go shopping, go to the post office, pick up the dry cleaning
RUN ERRANDS
I have to RUN some ERRANDS today, but we can hang out later.
Cone to my house
Come to my place
Go to someone’s place
COME OVER
Do you want to come over later?
COME BY
DROP BY ( quick visit)
STOP BY. (quick visit)
COME VISIT
My family coming over tonight .
She came by say hello.
I’ll drop by around 3 to pick up the kids.
She stopped by to collect the rent.
You can come visit any time.
