hey there I'm Emma from English time is
important we think about it we talk
about it many many times a day right
from that moment you first wake up in
the morning now of course we have lots
of different ways to express time in
English specific collocations fixed
expressions and phrasal verbs that help
you to express different relationships
to time today we're going to cover 24
useful expressions to help you talk
about time when you've got enough of it
or heaps of it not enough of it we'll
also talk about some expressions that
will help you to pass time and ask for
more time as well as some extra bonus
idioms and expressions to help you
express yourself clearly so we've got a
lot to get through today we're going to
move quickly if you've got any questions
at all make sure you add them into the
comments below so that I can answer them
for you let's get started
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time we got started and we're going to
go through some collocations and some
common expressions for when we have time
when we have enough or we have lots of
time so of course this collocation is
really important it's what this whole
pedigree is about to have time means
that you are available for something or
your unoccupied or you're not busy and
so you're able to do something I have
time to meet with you on Tuesday and we
can keep building on this because we
have quite a few expressions that use
have time these fixed expressions so
when you've got more time than you need
you have plenty of time plenty of time
not only do you have time for something
but you've got a lot of time available
for it so if someone said to you are you
sure you don't mind helping me you could
say sure I have plenty of time or I've
got plenty of time I can help another
way to express the same thing is to say
that you have time on your hands now
this is a pretty casual phrase it's
often used when you find yourself with
some unexpected time available I had
some extra time on my hands so I offered
to manage the community garden and if
you want to be really dramatic and
exaggerate how much spare time you have
then you could say that you have all the
time in the world now this expression is
often used sarcastically you know to
make a joke so if I said what day are
you free to meet this week well I quit
my job so now I have all the time in the
world take your time now this expression
is useful when you want to tell someone
else to relax you know they don't need
to stress because you're not worried
about how long it may take you have the
time to wait so you say take your time
another way to use this same expression
is when you're doing something really
slowly because you're really enjoying it
take your time driving down the coast
there are lots of beautiful places to
stop along the way
oh and pay close attention to that verb
if you choose to use a verb with this
expression then you need to use the ing
form
the infinitive no rush this is another
informal way of saying kind of the same
thing to take your time no rush there's
no rush this is a fixed expression so
it's always used in this way kind of
casually and it's usually something that
you tell the other person when do you
need the report by no rush
anytime next week is fine now when
you're talking about yourself and your
own actions you need to include a
preposition you need to say I'm not in a
rush I'm not in a rush no rush I'm not
in a rush okay on to the second list now
I told you we'd be moving quickly so we
just talked about having time maybe
having lots of time but now we're going
to talk about the opposite when there's
a lack of time we don't have enough time
so in those situations you can say that
you are pressed for time it's often used
as a way to remind someone to hurry up
to go a little bit faster look I'm a
little pressed for time right now can
you just give me a call back once you
know the answer so it's probably a
little formal so it's great to use in a
professional context at work if you want
something more informal then you can say
that you are short on time I'd love to
catch up for lunch but I'm a bit short
on time today
can we meet next week instead oh when
you're running out of time you're going
as fast as you can but you have to
finish something you don't have enough
time to do it the time that you need to
do it by is getting closer and closer
and closer so you're running out of time
now you use the continuous version when
there's still a little bit of time left
but it doesn't seem like enough no it's
like hurry hurry we're running out of
time we've still got a little bit of
time if there's not much time left
and we use the past tense when that time
is already over you know we can't finish
the action now it's too late
I wanted to tidy up before my parents
arrived but I
ran out of time so I never actually got
to complete the action this is another
great expression in this situation when
you're panicked you're trying to finish
before you run out of time well then
you're in a race against time me first
time right imagine that you are in a
race with time who's gonna win that race
you know a literal race you or time the
fire was moving quickly towards the town
so the firefighters were in a race
against time or they were racing against
time and if you do run out of time then
times up times up is what we say when
there is officially no more time
you can't continue now it's almost
always said in the contracted form times
up
not time is up but times up and it can
be used as a way of saying stop like
when you're playing a game or when
you're sitting in exam and the time
finishes if it was a one-hour exam the
exam finishes after an hour put down
your pencils time's up
now if you don't have time but it's
really important that you create some
time you need to make time now it
suggests that you need to make a
decision not to do something in order to
create that time or to create the
opportunity to do something so you'll
often hear people saying I need to make
more time for my kids I know it's really
important for you so I'll make time to
do it whoa time is flying and that is
our next category time passing quickly
don't you think that it's really weird
that the same actual amount of time can
pass really quickly for one person and
then really slowly for another that's
what we're going to talk about now so
time flies and we use the continuous
tense when whatever we're doing in that
moment feels like it's happening really
really quickly is it
- p.m. already time is flying this is
also when you start to hear strange
expressions like where has the day gone
like the days disappeared but it's just
that time is disappearing so quickly
that it feels like half the day is gone
where's the daikon and we use the simple
present time flies to make a general
statement about when time passes quickly
time flies when you're having fun is a
common expression and it's often
shortened to simply time flies and when
time passes so quickly when you're doing
something that you're so interested or
you're so involved in doing that you
don't realize how much time has passed
then you lose track of time you've heard
me talk about this expression before
it's usually used in the past tense
after you finally have taken a break
from whatever you've been doing and you
suddenly realize how much time has
passed and finally if you did lose track
of time and you complete a task or
something after you should have done it
then the best phrase to use is better
late than never so this expression is
quite a good informal or friendly
apology to remind someone not to get
upset because you've done something late
the fact is it got done and that's a
good thing so this is a fixed expression
that doesn't really need further
explanation so just imagine that your
friend's birthday was last month and you
completely forgot about it so you bought
an extra special present to make up for
it and you could say better late than
never right
so this expression is used for trips you
know when you're on some kind of journey
or a trip and you're actually getting
there faster than you thought that you
would so you're making good time now I
think we're about halfway there we're
making good time or you could say we
made good time I wasn't expecting to be
here by sunset
to make up for lost time now this
expression is a really specific one she
hasn't seen her mother in years and now
they're making up for lost time she
missed out on seeing her mum for many
many years and now finally they're
spending some time together lots of time
together and they do it more often to
make up for the time that they didn't
have before really good one to know to
make up for lost time now time doesn't
always pass quickly sometimes it passes
but hopefully that's not the case now so
usually if you want time to go faster to
feel faster then you need to do
something to keep yourself busy for a
while
to pass time watching movies is a great
way to pass time on a long flight a more
informal version of that same phrase is
to kill time I've been killing time by
listening to music before my appointment
now it sounds kind of violent doesn't it
but it's not this is just an expression
now we often need to ask for more time
don't we when things are happening too
quickly or too many things are happening
at once so often you need to ask someone
politely to wait so imagine I'm on the
phone and I'm speaking with someone and
at the same time you come up to me to
ask a question and I might say to you
just give me a second I'm on the phone
or hang on a minute I'm on the phone now
we always use a second or a minute in
these expressions like a second is all
of the time that you need it doesn't
really matter it's just a way of asking
for more time for extra time so even if
it sounds ridiculous it doesn't matter
you might need more than a minute or
more than a second but it's okay in fact
if you're speaking sort of informally
with someone the lazier version of that
is to say give me a sec and if you want
to be a
lazier again then you can shorten the
whole expression to one sec one sec I'm
on the phone
and that's important body language one
set I'm on the phone or you could say
just a sec I can't find my keys ah we're
making good time
oh no we're almost out of time but for
those of you who have stuck with me all
the way through I've got some really
awesome bonus idioms and expressions for
you ones that are really useful really
common expressions like this one to do
time now this sounds really general but
it has a very specific meaning to do
time is to spend time in prison he did
time during his 20s because he was
caught stealing now that is definitely
one verb that you don't want to mistake
right an important collocation because
it's only really used in that context to
talk about someone in jail a blast from
the past now this is a really fun
expression that I love to use a blast
from the past is kind of what it sounds
like it's something or someone from your
past who pops up and surprises you in
the present moment so it usually brings
back fond memories or positive memories
it's like if a favorite song that you
haven't heard in years comes onto the
radio then you might say wow this song
is a blast from the past turn it up now
these expressions are both useful and
very common in the workplace so when
you're presenting or you're giving an
opinion or you're trying to summarize
something
these can be so helpful in the long run
means over a long period of it of time
where eventually something will happen
it's a big investment now but in the
long run will make money now in the
short term is the opposite right from
now until a point in the near
so it's probably months not years which
is the long run this space is going to
work in the short term but we'll need a
bigger place eventually all right here's
the last one before your time and this
is an expression that kids really get
tired of hearing because before your
time it means something that happened
before you were born or just before you
were paying attention and you could say
this to someone as a reason why they
don't understand something you know life
before the internet was a lot different
but it was before your time so you
wouldn't understand or you can say it
about yourself as an excuse why you
don't understand something or why you
don't know something I'm not sure that
was before my time believe it or not
there are even more expressions about
time in English so if you can think of
any others that I've missed in this
lesson then make sure you share them
below use it in a sentence so that I can
check it for you you've probably noticed
that you have to be very careful with
prepositions and collocations about time
many of these expressions that we went
through today are fixed expressions
which means you have to use the whole
expression in your sentence or else it
doesn't make any sense now I want to
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