Holiday / vacation
In British English, a break of a few days or longer (often one or two weeks) is called a holiday. We sometimes use this word in the plural when we are talking about a long break.
I'm going on holiday next week
I'm going on holidays next week
In the UK a national day of rest can be called a holiday, a bank holiday or a public holiday. If you're taking one day off work but it isn't a public holiday, we call it a day off.
I'm taking the day off on Wednesday
If you take a day or two off next to Saturday or Sunday, we call this kind of break a long weekend.
In American English, holiday always means a public holiday. A longer break is called a vacation.
I'm going on vacation to Mexico
Phrasebook
A book that contains useful phrases in another language
'Happy holidays!'
A phrase you can say to someone who is going on holiday
