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Vocabulary: time that flies

Time cannot be grasped, cannot be stopped... It's an obsession for women and men who have always tried to tame Time, to catch up, not to waste it, and even to save it if possible... History is going faster and faster... In daily conversation, we can notice many expressions which are, if need be, the proof that Time is always on our minds... We'd better know these expressions...

To have time to do stg	To have plenty of time
As time goes by	As time went by
To save time	To play for time
To waste/ lose time	To make up for lost time
To pass the time To while away the time	To spend one's time doing stg
To take a long time to do stg	It takes ages
"It's about time!"	"It's high time he left!"
Time flies!	There isn't much time left !

At the same time	at the same moment
At that moment	just as
As soon as	as soon as I saw him the moment I saw him
Simultaneous	simultaneously
Simultaneousness	= simultaneity

Time flies! Stop, travel, escape, feel and waste time!

Just a minute!	just a second!
A moment	an instant
Immediate	immediately
Instant	instantly
At once/ right away Straight away/ forthwith	momentarily

So many things to do...

On time	in time (for)
Timely	punctual
Punctually	punctuality

Early	late/ later on/ later than...
Earlier (than)	at last
Premature	later than...
Prematurely	not later than...
To be/ arrive early for stg	sooner or later
To be/ arrive late for stg	for the time being

I hope you won't think you have wasted your Time reading this lesson... Good luck for the test!

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1. someone told him that he’s really unbearable and should shut his mouth a little.

2. 'No need to , girl, you won’t go out before you have tidied up your room... If you’re late, too bad, I really don’t mind!'

3. for Lucy to tidy up her room.There was such a mess.

4. ' If you want to be for Pam’s party, you should understand before we go! Do hurry!'

5. The postman was ringing at the door I was going to leave to go shopping. I’m glad I could get my registered letter!

6. 'Sorry, but I never drink . I don’t like it and I much prefer ground coffee.'

7. She said she was going to leave , but is so talkative that I think she’ll never leave.

8. Joe’s car broke down in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately, the arrival of a mechanic saved him.

9. 'If I were you, I’d tell him the truth now. , you’ll have to tell him anyway.'

10. Don’t chatting online with your friends! It would be much better for your health to practise sports with them.

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