When the weekend comes to an end

Weekends and Favourite Pastimes. British and American Weekends.

(Vocabulary List)

to work a five-day week

on weekdays/on working days/at (on) weekends/on days off

to take an extra day off on Friday or Monday to make a long weekend

on Friday morning/on Saturday evening, etc.

Tired

to be/to feel tired=(completely) exhausted=worn out=run down=weary=knackered (BrE)=beat (AmE)

Free time and hobbies

free time=spare time=leisure time

habit/hobby/pursuit/interest/pastime

to be in the habit of doing smth

to get into the habit of doing smth≠to get out of the habit of doing smth

to really love smth/to absolutely adore smth/to spend a lot of time doing smth/to be quite good at smth/to be really into smth/to enjoy smth more than just about anything else

 

Hobbies dancing/playing the piano (the guitar)/collecting postcards (stamps, shells and rocks, etc.) /drawing/knitting/sewing/doing flower-arranging/doing gardening/going shopping, etc.

 

When the weekend comes

the weekend arrives=comes=comes along

to spend all week waiting for the weekend

to look forward to the weekend/to look forward to the freedom of the weekend

 

the weekend is a chance to relax=wind down=let loose

the weekend is a chance to be at home with one’s family/to spend time on a sport or hobby/to go out somewhere

the weekend is a chance to go home and admire the contrast between the hustle and bustle of Minsk and the peace of one’s hometown

 

to try hard to have a good time/to enjoy oneself/to have time to please oneself/to make the most of one’s weekends/to go wild

 

to never do anything particularly special with the weekend when it finally arrives/to never plan what to do a long time before the weekend starts/ to never have an opinion about what to do and to just wait to see what your friends suggest

 

to end up staying in being very lazy and doing nothing (I usually end up …)

my weekends tend to be very busy/relaxing

to spend the day/the weekend submerged in doing smth

 

When you stay at home When you go out
to stay in to go away for the weekend
to watch TV to go out for the day
to listen to music=to take in some music to go out for a meal/a drink
to surf the Internet=the net to go out to lunch/dinner
to play computer/board games  
to play chess/draughts, etc. to go to the cinema=the pictures=a movie (AmE)
to read an awful lot of books to go to the theatre/the ballet/the opera
to chat on the phone with friends/parents to go to a concert/a gig
to relax and do nothing  
to have a lie-in to go to a club = to go clubbing=to go roundthe clubs
Food to go to a restaurant/a café
to have a leisurely breakfast to go to a bar forthe happy hour
to have a continental breakfast to go to church
to get an enormous pile of newspapers delivered  
to read the Sunday papers over a cup of coffee/ over breakfast  
to sit in the garden over a cup of coffee to go for a walk in the park
to have Sunday lunch to go for a run
to have brunch to go for a swim in the lake
to invite friends to Sunday tea to go for a drive in the car
to have friends (over/round) for dinner to go for a bike ride
to get a takeaway to go for an outing in the country
to cook an enormous meal for the children  
Sunday lunch induces in most people the state of inertia to go on a trip to… /a journey to …
  to go on a tour to… /an excursion to…
Housework to go on a visit to…
to clean=to do=to tidy up the flat to go on a picnic to the woods
to do housework=to do one’s household chores  
to do the main share of the housework to go shopping≠window-shopping
to do odd jobs around the house to go swimming/sunbathing
to help parents with stuff in the house to go camping/hiking/fishing/sailing/boating
to catch up with all the jobs you are busy to do during the week to go skating/skiing/climbing
to do the shopping to go horse riding
to do the cooking to go sightseeing
to do the washing= to do the laundry=to wash one’s clothes  
to do the washing-up=to do the dishes=to wash the dishes Sport
to do the ironing to keep fit
to do the vacuum-cleaning=to run the vacuum-cleaner over the floor=to vacuum-clean the carpets to do sports
to do the dusting=to dust the furniture to play tennis/badminton/golf/ football
to sweep/to wash the floors to do plenty of running/swimming/tennis
to set=to lay the table (for dinner) to meet up for a game of football
to empty the bin to go to the gym for a work-out
mow the lawn to be a keen sportsman
to wash/clean one’s car
  Friends
  to go out on the town
  to go out with your boyfriend/girlfriend
  to hang out with smb
  to hang around the park
  to walk around the city
  to go over to smb’s house
  to stay out late/out until midnight
 
   
  to walk the dog/to take the dog for a walk

When the weekend comes to an end

to be the climax of the weekend

to spend Sunday evening at home/to quiet down a bit/it’s time to get ready for Monday-another week

 

weekends flash past=go by like lightning

 

Time passes at different speeds according to what you are doing.

 

The realization that the weekend is over casts a slight melancholy on the evening.

The realization that there is another busy week ahead casts a slight melancholy on the evening.

 

In general people tend to be very busy at the weekend and often finish it more tired than they began it.