"Eu não estaria aqui se não tivesse tirado férias."

Translation: I would not be here if I had not taken a vacation.

[bradsytone]

No... there was a terrorist attack on his place of work and all his colleagues were killed. If he had not taken a vacation, he would not be with us today.

[TimoBrownie]

Gee that's a bit dark

[bradsytone]

True, that. I’ll make a note to use examples everyone can be comfortable with going forward

[Jeroen6200090]

Does "férias" have to be in plural?

[Richard951146]

It does!

[deactivated user]

I wrote: "I wouldn't be here if I hadn't taken vacations" and it was identified as a wrong answer, why?

[JOHNRAINEY6]

seems more natural to say
i would not be here if i had not taken holidays

[Lng52-._]

Shouldn't this read: I would not be here if I had taken a vacation? Or, I would be here if I had not taken a vacation?

[YinParadies]

No

[RobertSchlatter]

The speaker pronounced ferias just like velhas. Didn't make sense