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Meaning of half term | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A short school holiday in the middle of the term, generally lasting a week.
    UK
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, term.

Examples

“I have just visited him at his mother's home where he is spending half term and we reminisced while looking at his photo album.”
“Georgia's not a very good correspondent, which is perfectly reasonable at her age, but she didn't come down for half term and then she didn't come for Easter either.”
““Good idea. The boy seems to be coping quite well, although I had a feeling he wasn't too happy about spending half term in Crete with his old grandpa."”
“"We had an extraordinary February half term - I think we had 22,000 visitors in the seven days. Which actually is a bit like bedlam at times."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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