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gap year

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gap year
Brit a year's break taken by a student between leaving school and starting further education


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When we sit down with families in the spring of senior year to talk about college choices, we often raise the issue of taking a gap year, of asking for a deferral in order to pursue an interest, work, volunteer, or just take a break.
The screenplay isn't up for much and Orlando Bloom, playing the loss-of-faith crusader Balian of Ibelin, does indeed look--as The Independent cruelly observed--like a backpacker touring the Middle East in a gap year.
He planned to spend a gap year in Switzerland, and then take up a career in industry.
 
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