单词 | half-term break |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-term break British. General use as a modifier (in sense 2), esp. in half-term break, half-term holiday. Π 1810 Crit. Rev. Mar. 225 The object for instance, in a college, during the short half term residence of its fluctuating members, is to inspire with the sublimity of Æschylus, the sweetness of Euripides..the minds of the pupils. 1876 Western Times (Exeter) 10 June 1/3 Boys can enter at half-term fees on and after Friday, June 16. 1930 Nottingham Evening Post 5 Mar. 1/3 Why the school may have no half term break. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear (1963) ii. ii. 132 As though the cricket match were a frost, nobody had come to the half-term holiday. 2022 Ipswich Star (Nexis) 24 Feb. 5 (headline) Free children's meals at seaside restaurant for half-term break. < as lemmas |
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