for a week

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• if you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden — There are almost endless possibilities for variation on this theme, but marriage is generally included as one of the more ephemeral sources of content. a 1661 T. FULLER Worthies Wales 6 I say the Italian humor, who have a merry Proverb, Let him… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Sleep Is for the Week — Infobox Album | Name = Sleep Is for the Week Type = studio Artist = Frank Turner Released = January 15 2007 Recorded = August September 2006, Tarrant s house, Oxford, England Genre = Folk rock Length = 47:10 Label = Xtra Mile Recordings Producer …   Wikipedia

• week — W1S1 [wi:k] n [: Old English; Origin: wicu] 1.) a period of seven days and nights, usually measured in Britain from Monday to Sunday and in the US from Sunday to Saturday once/twice/three times etc a week ▪ Letters were delivered twice a week… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• week|ly — «WEEK lee», adjective, adverb, noun, plural lies. –adj. 1. of a week; for a week; lasting a week. 2. done, happening, or appearing once a week or each week: »She writes a weekly letter to her grandmother. 3. of or having to do with the working… …   Useful english dictionary

• Week-end — n. The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school; as, to visit one for a week end; also, a house party during a week end. Contrasted to {wor …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• week|long — «WEEK LNG, LONG», adjective. continuing for a week; of a week s duration: »Concurrently, a weeklong series of meetings…will be held in various auditoriums and meeting places (New York Herald Tribune) …   Useful english dictionary

• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity — Christian crosses at a joint service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international Christian ecumenical observance kept annually between 18 January and 25 January. It is actually an octave …   Wikipedia

• week — n. 1) to spend a week (somewhere) 2) last; next; this week 3) a week from (Tuesday) 4) by the week (she is paid by the week) 5) during the week 6) for a week (they came here for a week) 7) for weeks (she hasn t been here for weeks; AE also has:… …   Combinatory dictionary

• week — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ last, past ▪ previous ▪ coming, following, next ▪ consecutive, successive …   Collocations dictionary

• week */*/*/ — UK [wiːk] / US [wɪk] noun [countable] Word forms week : singular week plural weeks a period of seven days, usually counted from a Sunday He travels south two days a week. That left ten pounds per week for food. last/next week: He will meet his… …   English dictionary

• for — We use for + a period of time to say how long something goes on: for six years (I ve lived in this house for six years.) for two hours (We watched television for two hours last night.) for a week (Ann is going away for a week in September.) Are… …   Combinatory dictionary