She was reading the prophecies, of course, but had decided to take the afternoon off from her study.

Of course, there is always another alternative: order a second glass and take the afternoon off.

I took the afternoon off to get things ready for my wife's coming home.

After lunch, he decided to take the afternoon off as a precaution.

So a lot of people take the afternoon off with an excuse to their boss.

She had been home from work earlier in the day, having taken the afternoon off for some unknown reason.

After three days of work we took the afternoon off.

The following day, Ralph took the afternoon off from work and picked his son up at school.

Since Danielle doesn't call back, they take the afternoon off.

"We have to get back to work, but we'd love to take the afternoon off."