FANTASTIC TIME: HOLIDAY

1. Several different places where you can spend a holiday

Campsite: a place where you can pitch a tent or park a caravan.
Self-catering flat: flat which you rent, you cook for yourself.
Guesthouse: accommodation like a hotel but cheaper with fewer services.
Youth hostel: cheap accommodation, mainly for young people.
Holiday camp: a place providing holiday accommodation in little chalets or flats, with restaurant, bars, swimming pools and lots of other facilities and entertainment.
Time-share apartment: a vacation property with shared ownership. A management company handles the construction and sells shares, which entitle buyers to spend a specified amount of time (usually one week per year) at the property.

2. Several different things which people like to do on holiday

3. Idiom and Phrases

Tired out: very fatigued, exhausted, overtired. Eg: He was tired out from his trip to the mountains. He was very fatigued.
To get through: to survive, to endure, to tolerate. Eg: It’s not easy to get through the northern winter. It’s not easy to endure.
Little by little: gradually, by slow degrees. Eg: Little by little their savings grew. They gradually saved more money.
To find out: to learn, to discover, to acquire information. Eg: Where can I find out about Japanese culture? Where can I acquire information?
To pay off: to be of value, to be worthwhile, to be worth the effort. Eg: Saving money paid off! Saving money was worthwhile.
About planning or preparing to do immediately, ready to. Eg: Are you about to go to the swimming pool? Are you ready to go?
To have a day off: to have a day without work, to have a free day. Eg: He has a day off every two weeks. He has a free day from work every two weeks.
To take place: to happen, to occur, to be held. Eg: Did the encounter take place in the park? Did the encounter occur in the park?

Mapping out a vacation

To map out: to plan, to organize, to schedule. Eg: They mapped out the itinerary of their trip. They planned they itinerary.
Spending money: extra money to be used in any way one wants, extra money to be used for oneself. Eg: Did she give the children spending money? Did she give them money to be used for themselves?
To go wrong: to change from good to bad, to have misfortunes occur, to fail to occur as expected. Eg: Nothing went wrong during the trip. Nothing bad happened during the trip.
To make good time: to cover a distance quickly, to progress rapidly, to travel or go fast. Eg: They made good time traveling on the expressway. They traveled quickly.
To set out: to leave, to go. Eg: He set out for the airport in the early afternoon. He left in the early afternoon
On the road: traveling, going somewhere. Eg: How long was she on the road? How long was she traveling?
To pull in: to spot, to arrive. Eg: We pulled in at a motel. We stopped at a motel.

4. Some phrases that are closely associated with the word "holiday"

Happy Holidays: When saying goodbye to someone in late December, you can call this time of year.
The holiday season: You can also call it the Christmas holidays.
Holiday weekend: If a holiday happens on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, that weekend.
Holiday gift: If you're giving a gift but you don't want to associate it with the Christian holiday of Christmas.
A lot of retail stores have Holiday sales.
Holiday cards: send between mid-November and early December.
Home for the holidays: the place where they grew up.
Holiday traditions: the traditions of family in holiday.
Holiday party
Religious holiday
Secular holiday: New year
Holiday cheer: The feeling of happiness that you get around the holiday

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