How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English!

About this episode

This episode teaches listeners about phrases used when discussing long weekends and extra days off.

In this English lesson you’ll learn words and phrases we use when talking about long weekends and extra days off from work or school. You’ll hear natural English expressions like long weekend, to have Friday off, to have Monday off, 4 day weekend, and personal days. These are phrases native speakers use all the time when talking about holidays, vacations, and schedules.

People in this episode

Host: Bob the Canadian

Topics covered

• long weekend
• English expressions
• vacations
• holidays
• schedules

Keywords

• long weekend
• extra days off
• English phrases
• vacation vocabulary
• holiday expressions

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