(~s)
A ~ is a period of time during which someone such as a university teacher can leave their ordinary work and travel or study.
He took a year’s ~ from the Foreign Office...
He’s been on ~ writing a novel.
N-COUNT: also on N
(~s)
A ~ is a period of time during which someone such as a university teacher can leave their ordinary work and travel or study.
He took a year’s ~ from the Foreign Office...
He’s been on ~ writing a novel.
N-COUNT: also on N
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012