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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half term" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of education to refer to a break or holiday that occurs halfway through an academic term.
Example: "The students are looking forward to a week off during the half term break."
Alternatives: "mid-term break" or "half-term holiday".
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After a half term of Clinton and two years of the Clinton-Gingrich coalition government of national disharmony, is America any different?
McGill says: "At least once a half term is the minimum expectation for every student, to build up a relationship with the family".
Their home and the family car were photographed and their day-to-day movements were recorded 21 times, even during a half term holiday.
Walk with wildlife For a half term they'll never forget, head to the Kruger national park in South Africa for a seven-day "walking tour" that allows you to get as close as you could ever hope to be to a wide range of wildlife.
During my childhood I was frequently treated to a half term like no other child; a trip to St Catherine's House.
These meetings could be twice in a half term.
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The guild bounced back during Ms. Walker's year-and-a-half term as a new generation of lawyers joined, many of them opposed to the Vietnam War and holding countercultural views.
But it's very surprising that almost a fifth of America hasn't heard enough about a two-term first lady, one-and-a-half term senator, and one-term secretary of state.
It is a long way from the days of Nelson Rockefeller, the three-and-a-half-term Republican governor who ruled virtually as emperor.
A half-term treat, for sure.
David Frost, now 33, once watched the film 20 times in a half-term.
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