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half-term

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Noun1.half-term - a short vacation about halfway through a school term; "he came to visit at half-term"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
holiday, vacation - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
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half-term عطلة نصف الفصل الدراسي pololetní prázdniny skoleferie midt i året Trimesterferien σχολικές διακοπές στη μέση της χρονιάς mitad de trimestre lukukauden puolivälissä oleva loma petites vacances polugodište metà trimestre 学期中の中間休暇 학기 중의 중간 방학 korte vakantie skoleferie midt i terminen przerwa semestralna férias escolares короткие каникулы mitterminslov ครึ่งเทอม yarıyıl tatili nghỉ giữa kỳ 期中假期


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Mandated by Resolution 1559, which had scraped by with a mere nine votes for, and six abstentions, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported that there were indeed still Syrian troops in Lebanon, and that the Lebanese parliament had indeed changed its constitution to allow President Emile Lahoud an extra half-term.
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The railways were on strike so the school had to charter buses to take us home at half-term.
 
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