Collocation in use intermediate uni 40

spend time

(general English) dành thời gian Ví dụ: I spend a lot of time studying English.

waste time

(general English) lãng phí thời gian Ví dụ: Don't waste time on unimportant things.

save time

(general English) tiết kiệm thời gian Ví dụ: Online shopping can save time.

tell the time

(British English) xem/biết giờ Ví dụ: My little nephew can already tell the time.

free time

(daily English) thời gian rảnh Ví dụ: I usually read books in my free time.

spare time

(daily English) thời gian rảnh Ví dụ: What do you do in your spare time?

have time to do something

(general English) có thời gian làm gì Ví dụ: I don't have time to cook today.

have time for somebody/something

(general English) dành thời gian cho ai/cái gì Ví dụ: She always has time for her students.

make time for somebody/something

(general English) cố gắng thu xếp thời gian Ví dụ: You should make time for exercise.

kill time

(informal English) giết thời gian Ví dụ: We played cards to kill time.

take your time

(spoken English) cứ từ từ, không cần vội Ví dụ: Take your time — there's no hurry.

bang on time

(informal British English) đúng giờ chính xác Ví dụ: The train arrived bang on time.

dead on time

(informal English) đúng giờ tuyệt đối Ví dụ: The meeting started dead on time.

right on time

(informal English) đúng giờ Ví dụ: She got there right on time.

have a good/great time

(spoken English) có khoảng thời gian vui vẻ Ví dụ: We had a great time at the beach.

have the time of your life

(idiomatic English) có khoảng thời gian tuyệt vời nhất đời Ví dụ: They had the time of their life in Thailand.

as time goes by

(formal/literary English) khi thời gian trôi qua Ví dụ: As time goes by, people change.

as time passes

(general English) theo thời gian Ví dụ: The pain will disappear as time passes.

run out of time

(common English) hết thời gian Ví dụ: We ran out of time during the exam.

big time

(informal English) cực kỳ/rất nhiều Ví dụ: He failed big time.

the past few weeks

(time expression) vài tuần qua Ví dụ: I've been busy the past few weeks.

early 21st century

(academic English) đầu thế kỷ 21 Ví dụ: Technology changed rapidly in the early 21st century.

prehistoric times

(historical English) thời tiền sử Ví dụ: Humans lived very differently in prehistoric times.

the recent past

(formal English) quá khứ gần đây Ví dụ: The city has changed a lot in the recent past.

set your alarm

(daily English) đặt báo thức Ví dụ: I set my alarm for 5 a.m.

go off

(phrasal verb) reo lên/phát nổ Ví dụ: My alarm went off at six.

from dawn till dusk

(idiomatic English) từ sáng sớm đến tối mịt Ví dụ: Farmers worked from dawn till dusk.

small hours

(British English) đêm khuya/rạng sáng Ví dụ: He stayed awake till the small hours.

ungodly hours

(informal English) giờ quá sớm hoặc quá khuya Ví dụ: She gets up at ungodly hours.

take time

(general English) mất thời gian Ví dụ: Learning a language takes time.

be worth your while

(idiomatic English) đáng công sức/thời gian Ví dụ: Studying abroad will be worth your while.

have a great future ahead of somebody

(motivational English) có tương lai rộng mở phía trước Ví dụ: You have a great future ahead of you.

in the not too distant future

(formal English) trong tương lai không xa Ví dụ: We may travel to Mars in the not too distant future.

the future holds

(formal/literary English) tương lai mang lại/chứa đựng Ví dụ: Nobody knows what the future holds.