I.
noun
1 period of time when you do not go to work
ADJECTIVE
▪ annual
▪ paid , unpaid
▪ extended , indefinite , weekend
▪ compassionate ( BrE ), family ( AmE ), maternity , medical ( AmE ), parental , paternity , sabbatical , sick , study
▪ administrative ( AmE )
▪ gardening (= period during which a person does not work but remains employed by a company in order to prevent them working for another company) ( BrE )
▪
She handed in her resignation and was put on three months' gardening ~.
▪ home , shore
VERB + LEAVE
▪ be entitled to , get , have
▪
How much annual ~ do you get?
▪
I still have some ~ left this year.
▪ go on , spend , take , use , use up
▪
She spent most of her ~ with her family.
▪
I still have some ~ to use up.
▪ cancel ( BrE )
▪
When the war broke out all ~ was cancelled.
▪ give sb , grant sb
▪ apply for
LEAVE + NOUN
▪ entitlement ( esp. BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ on ~
▪
She's on ~ until the end of the month.
2 official permission to do sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ special ( BrE )
VERB + LEAVE
▪ request
▪
He asked ~ to absent himself for four days.
▪ give sb , grant sb
▪ obtain ( esp. BrE )
▪ refuse sb ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ by sb's ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
The appeal can only be brought by ~ of the trial judge.
▪ with sb's ~ , without sb's ~
▪
No application may be made without the ~ of the court.
PHRASES
▪ absent without ~
▪ ~ of absence
II.
verb
VERB + LEAVE
▪ decide to
▪ intend to , plan to , want to
▪ be ready to
▪
We were all packed and ready to ~.
▪ be about to , be going to
▪
Did you want something? I was just about to ~.
▪ threaten to
▪
My secretary has threatened to ~.
▪ attempt to , try to
▪
They were caught trying to ~ the country.
▪ refuse to
▪ be compelled to , be forced to , be obliged to
▪ ask sb to , order sb to
▪
They were being extremely rowdy and the manager had to ask them to ~.
▪ allow sb to , let sb
▪
I wanted to ~ but they wouldn't let me.
▪ enable sb to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
They left for Scotland this morning.
Leave is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bus , ↑ cubicle , ↑ employee , ↑ expedition , ↑ ferry , ↑ flight , ↑ path , ↑ procession , ↑ ship , ↑ train , ↑ troops , ↑ vessel
Leave is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ academy , ↑ address , ↑ airport , ↑ airspace , ↑ area , ↑ arena , ↑ army , ↑ atmosphere , ↑ bag , ↑ barracks , ↑ bedside , ↑ bequest , ↑ blank , ↑ boyfriend , ↑ bruise , ↑ bus , ↑ business , ↑ cabinet , ↑ camp , ↑ car , ↑ church , ↑ clearance , ↑ clue , ↑ college , ↑ comment , ↑ committee , ↑ company , ↑ confines , ↑ convent , ↑ country , ↑ crater , ↑ crumb , ↑ dent , ↑ deposit , ↑ desk , ↑ dock , ↑ earth , ↑ education , ↑ elevator , ↑ employment , ↑ estate , ↑ field , ↑ fingerprint , ↑ firm , ↑ flat , ↑ fold , ↑ footprint , ↑ fortune , ↑ gap , ↑ garbage , ↑ gash , ↑ ground , ↑ group , ↑ harbour , ↑ highway , ↑ home , ↑ homeland , ↑ hospital , ↑ husband , ↑ impression , ↑ imprint , ↑ inheritance , ↑ instruction , ↑ job , ↑ key , ↑ land , ↑ legacy , ↑ litter , ↑ lover , ↑ mall , ↑ mansion , ↑ margin , ↑ mark , ↑ mess , ↑ message , ↑ military , ↑ ministry , ↑ monastery , ↑ motorway , ↑ nest , ↑ note , ↑ office , ↑ orbit , ↑ party , ↑ path , ↑ port , ↑ post , ↑ practice , ↑ premises , ↑ profession , ↑ region , ↑ restaurant , ↑ restroom , ↑ ring , ↑ road , ↑ room , ↑ roundabout , ↑ rubbish , ↑ safety , ↑ sanctuary , ↑ scar , ↑ scene , ↑ scent , ↑ school , ↑ scope , ↑ scratch , ↑ seat , ↑ service , ↑ shelter , ↑ shore , ↑ signature , ↑ smear , ↑ staff , ↑ stage , ↑ stain , ↑ station , ↑ survivor , ↑ table , ↑ taste , ↑ team , ↑ territory , ↑ theatre , ↑ time , ↑ tip , ↑ town , ↑ trace , ↑ track , ↑ trail , ↑ train , ↑ tunnel , ↑ university , ↑ vacancy , ↑ vacuum , ↑ valley , ↑ vicinity , ↑ void , ↑ washing-up , ↑ welfare , ↑ widow , ↑ wife , ↑ will , ↑ workforce , ↑ yard , ↑ zone