Usage examples of "holidays" in English with translation to French

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Translations: all66 vacances56 jour férié7 congé3

All the students like holidays. Tous les étudiants aiment les vacances.

Next Monday and Tuesday are consecutive holidays. Lundi prochain et mardi prochain seront deux jours fériés consécutifs.

When does school let out for the holidays? Quand l'école ferme-t-elle pour les congés ?

Did you enjoy your winter holidays? Avez-vous passé de bonne vacances d'hiver ?

In England in the Middle Ages, whole towns played football on certain holidays, sometimes with as many as 500 players at one time. En Angleterre au Moyen-Âge, des villes entières jouaient au football lors de certains jours fériés, parfois avec jusqu'à cinq cents joueurs en même temps.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. Tout le monde a le droit au repos et aux loisirs, y compris à une limitation raisonnable du temps de travail et à des congés payés réguliers.

They all longed for the holidays. Ils avaient tous envie de vacances.

Where did you spend your holidays? Où as-tu passé tes vacances ?

I did nothing during the holidays. Je n'ai rien fait des vacances.

We are looking forward to the holidays. Nous attendons les vacances avec impatience.

I like summer holidays better than school. Je préfère les vacances d'été à l'école.

I spent the holidays decorating the house. J'ai passé les vacances à décorer la maison.

Workaholics view holidays as a waste of time. Les accros du travail considèrent les vacances comme une perte de temps.

Over the holidays, I spent days doing nothing. Pendant les vacances, j'ai passé des jours à ne rien faire.

Do you sometimes go abroad on your holidays? Vas-tu quelquefois en vacances à l'étranger ?

The holidays came to an end at last. Les vacances ont finalement touché à leur fin.

I used to fish for hours on holidays. En vacances, je pouvais passer des heures à la pêche.

Tell me what you did on your holidays. Dis-moi ce que tu as fait pendant tes vacances.

There are many tourists in the city on holidays. Il y a beaucoup de touristes dans la ville pendant les vacances.

Students are impatient for the summer holidays to come. Les étudiants sont impatients que les vacances d'été arrivent.

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