Health
recharge your batteries
rest and regain energy
If you recharge your batteries, you rest so that you have energy again.
Hear it in real life
Are you going anywhere this weekend?
No, I just want to stay home and recharge my batteries.
I am taking Friday off to recharge my batteries.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to recharge my energy after a busy week.
Say: I need to recharge my batteries after a busy week.
Learners may replace the fixed image “batteries” with “energy,” but that is not the usual phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
recharge your batteries; need to recharge my batteries
Your turn: say it out loud
I am taking Friday off to recharge my batteries.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
recharge your batteries
rest and regain energy
“I am taking Friday off to recharge my batteries.”
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