1. “短期休假”是指历时很短的假期，在英文中就可用mini-break来表示。 例句：Winners of the competition will win a three-night mini-break in Paris. 比赛的获胜者将获得在巴黎为期三晚的短期休假。 My three-day winter mini-break began on Friday with an evening flight from Heathrow. 我为期三天的冬季短假自周五晚上从希思罗机场起飞开始。
2.“请假” ，ask for/ request a leave leave在这里不是“离开”的意思，而是指“休假”。如果请假不止一天，还可以说ask for two days' leave指“请两天的假”。 例句：I have to ask for a leave tomorrow morning. 我明天上午得请假了。
3. “假条”我们可以说：leave of absence letter。
4. call in sick，请病假，sick作形容词有“恶心的；生病的”等意思，如果你病得难受想请假，那么可以用call in sick这个短语，它在《麦克米伦高阶英汉双解词典》中的英文释义是：to phone someone at the place where you work to tell them you are too ill to work，表示“打电话（到单位）请病假”。 例句：I don't feel well this morning. Perhaps I ought to call in sick. 我今天早上感觉不太舒服，或许我该打电话请个假了。
5. pull/ throw a sickie 还有一种叫做装病请假。sickie在俚语里指“病假”，但是throw/ pull a sickie意思则是“装病请假”。
