My Day Off

to need a good rest after a busy week

to look forward to one’s day off

to have plenty of spare time

not to get enough sleep on week-days

to catch up with one’s sleep at week-ends

to prefer to go home (to the country)

to stay in the city

to admire the contrast between the bustle of the city and the peace of the village

My parents are glad to have me home with them and my mother shows this by cooking an enormous meal.

to help the parents (in the orchard, about the house, with the kids)

to do a lot of housework

to do the domestic chores

to see to lots of jobs that one has been meaning to do for ages but just hasn’t got round to

to have a real housecleaning

to have neither time nor inclination to do it on weekdays

to take the linen to the laundry

to iron the shirts, to press the bedclothes

to get bored with this routine

to get out for a change

to go hiking/fishing/swimming

to ride a bicycle, to take out a bike for a ride in the country

to go to the cinema

to be at a loose-end

to spend time knitting, reading women’s magazines

to be fond of needle-work

to be good at embroidering

to entertain guests

to have tea-parties with friends

In the evening our family gathers round the table.

to discuss the latest news, to exchange opinions and views

Generally speaking the best time I have ever had in my life is the time spent together with my family.

Week-ends flash past.

There’s another busy week ahead and quite a long time before the next week-end.