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Idiom "on time"

Date: Sep 29 2007

Topic: Idioms and Slang

Author: Minh Tri

Lesson

Idioms

MeaningExample
spend timeto use time in certain wayHow do you spend time during vacation-working or relaxing?
Save timeto use less time, or do something  quickly so you have more time to do something else.If we take the bus to school, it’ll take about an hour. Let’s take a taxi  instead. It’ll only take twenty minutes and we ‘ll save time.
Kill timeTo do something because we have too much timeThe movie does’nt start for another hour. We can kill time until then by having coffee across the street.
Make time To schedule a specific amount of time to do something Mary tries to make time every day to read something in English.
Wast timeTo use time poorlyProfessor Bush wants to talk to me after class. He thinks I’m wasting time training for a professional  football team instead of applying to college.

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