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Since the disease requires surgery, be sure to use it for a long vacation this winter.
而且由于這種病需要手術，你可以為今年冬天準備一個長點的假期了。
Think of evaluating the "truth" of your relationship the way you would evaluate a long vacation overseas: When you come back, what do you tell people when they ask you how it was?
評價人際關系中的“事實”，就像評價一個漫長的海外假期：當你度假歸來，人們問你這個假期到底怎么樣的時候，你會如何告訴人家？
So despite research documenting the health and productivity benefits of taking time off, a long vacation can be undesirable, scary, unrealistic or just plain impossible for many U.S. workers.
所以盡管描述性的研究報告表明休假對生產效率和健康的益處頗多，但一個長的假期對于美國雇員而言是不受歡迎的，他們會覺得不放心，覺得不切實際，甚至覺得是不可能的。

(THE BEACH BOYS - "ALL SUMMER LONG") However,for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games.
Imagine, if you will, that there were certain locations, certain vacation spots, where as long as you were there you couldn't die.
想象一下，如果你愿意的話，有一些特定的地點，特定的旅游景點，只要你呆在那，你就不可能死。
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These parks attract folks who want to take their kids on outings that offer entertainment and a bit of education--without having to plan a days-long vacation.
FORBES: Cheap Thrills
On the sidewalk during the long vacation months we played a new game called "I Declare War, " using a cheap rubber ball and a piece of chalk.
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the three months in the summer when college and university students do not have classes

the long period of holiday in the summer during which universities, law courts, etc, are closed