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Common idiomatic expressions of time.

2024年1月15日

Time is one of the most important things we can have, use or waste. 
Did you have a New Year's Resolution that relied on you managing your time better? How are you doing concerning your resolutions for 2024? 

Can you guess the meaning of these idioms by working out the meaning of the supporting sentence? 


A) might not make sense to people who work in a culture where it is ok to sleep at your desk.

How about these two?



A) Taking your time literally means not rushing or doing something in your own time.
 
However B) is more complicated as are most idioms. 
For the time being means for a limited time or temporarily. 
i.e. Pam will stop working a second job when her husband gets a new one. At the moment Pam is the only one making money and she needs to make as much as possible. Working two jobs will be exhausting for Pam but she will only be doing it for a short amount of time. 

From what you have understood, can you now match the idioms with their meanings?

Next, we need to make sentences with the help of pictures.
Two of the idioms should now seem familiar to you. 


Book a lesson with me to get help understanding idioms and expressions of time. 

If you are short of time you can buy pdf files from me. Take your time studying them before sending me your work and receiving detailed feedback.

Zero-minute lessons are an excellent way to learn around the clock without getting up at the crack of dawn. 

I look forward to helping you with your time management and learning goals in 2024.

Best wishes,
Thirzah




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