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LESSON 21-TIME STT English Collocations Vietnamese meanings 1 In a rush/hurry vội vã 2 Spend time Waste time dành thời gian lãng phí thời gian 3 At an ungodly hour vào lúc rất muộn/sớm 4 Time-management quản lí thời gian 5 Not sleep a wink không chợp mắt được, không ngủ tí nào 6 In advance trước 7 Amount of time số thời gian 8 Grueling schedule lịch dày đặc 9 Time-consuming tasks công việc tốn thời gian 10 Slow and steady wins the race chậm mà chắc 11 Establish a timeline lập thời gian biểu 12 Leave things to the last minute để nước đến chân mới nhảy 13 Meet the deadline hoàn thành một công việc nào đó đúng thời hạn (được giao) 14 Rush hour giờ cao điểm 15 Solid hours liên tục, không gián đoạn 16 From dawn till dusk từ sáng sớm tinh mơ đến tận khuya 17 Spare/free time thời gian rảnh rỗi 18 Cut back on one’s hours giảm giờ làm việc 19 Free up some time giải phóng thời gian 20 Better late than never thà muộn còn hơn không 21 On the spur of the moment bất ngờ, không chuẩn bị trước 22 Once in a blue moon hiếm khi 23 For the time being trong thời gian này 24 For a moment/while một lát, một chốc 25 In broad daylight giữa ban ngày, lộ liễu 26 Against the clock chạy đua với thời gian 27 The time is ripe thời gian/ thời cơ đã chín muồi 28 Time and tide waits for no man thời gian không chờ đợi ai 29 Time flies like an arrow thời gian thấm thoắt như thoi đưa 30 Better safe than sorry cẩn tắc vô áy náy 31 For good = forever mãi mãi
32 Day in, day out hết ngày này sang ngày khác 33 In a row liên tiếp 34 Behind time Behind the times muộn lạc hậu, lỗi thời 35 On time In time (for) In no time In any time At that time At all times đúng giờ kịp giờ rất nhanh bất cứ khi nào vào lúc đó luôn luôn 36 For a long time At short notice =In a short time khoảng thời gian dài trong thời gian rất ngắn 37 Time after time lần này đến lần khác 38 Pressed for time không có nhiều thời gian, vội 39 Make good time làm điều gì đó nhanh hơn bạn nghĩ 40 In the nick of time sát giờ 41 Once in a while = from time to time thi thoảng 42 Once upon a time = long time ago ngày xửa ngày xưa 43 At the meantime đồng thời ,cùng lúc 44 Take time cứ từ từ 45 Out of time không đúng lúc; không đúng nhịp 46 An early bird A night owl một người quen dạy sớm một người thích thức khuya 47 Call it a day nghỉ ngơi 48 Beat the clock hoàn thành việc gì trước thời hạn 49 Lose track of time quên mất thời gian 50 As plain as day rất rõ ràng, dễ thấy, dễ hiểu 51 Step by step từng bước một Exercise 21: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences Question 1: I couldn’t stand doing the same things day in, day out for months. I’d go crazy! A. every single day B. every other day C. time after time D. from time to time Question 2: It's as plain as_______that they like each other - they've been flirting all evening. A. year B. month C. day D. night Question 3: I’m sorry but I can't cancel my plans at such short notice.
A. in the nick of time B. long time ago C. once upon a time D. in a short time Question 4: Your supervisor informs me that you've been late for work four days in a_______. Is there a particular problem we can help you with? A. second B. row C. minute D. moment Question 5: We managed to_______the clock and get everything finished in time. A. beat B. score C. hit D. shoot Question 6: We made_______time. It only took US an hour to get here. A. perfect B. exact C. good D. accurate Question 7: She was so engrossed in her book she lost all_______of time. A. indication B. hint C. track D. trace Question 8: In several countries, especially in Scandinavia, early birds are called A-people and night_______are called B-people. A. owls B. bats C. rats D. angles Question 9: The noise of the traffic always wakes me up at an_______hour. A. god B. godly C. ungodly D. golden Question 10: He had complained of exhaustion after his_______schedule over the past week. A. gruelling B. solid C. concrete D. certain Question 11: I need to_______up some time this weekend to finish the report. A. take B. free C. make D. give Question 12: You're never going to be a star if you keeping singing_______like that. A. out of date B. out of stock C. out of time D. out of print Question 13: I stayed up until 4AM for the English exam and when I finally did lie down I couldn't sleep a_______. A. wink B. pink C. sink D. shrink Question 14: Joy only had a little bit of time to spend sewing every day, but she worked steadily and soon had finished a beautiful quilt. Slow and steady wins the_______. A. contest B. race C. match D. trace Question 15: Without extra help, it's going to be very difficult to_______the Friday deadline. A. make B. watch C. see D. meet Question 16: We left later than we were supposed to, so it was a race_______the clock to get to the airport on time. A. for B. with C. against D. along Question 17: Let's just stay focused on this for the time being. We can address other issues later in the meeting. A. at the present B. in any time C. at that time D. at all times Question 18: We hadn't planned to go away - it was one of those spur-of-the- _______decisions A. second B. moment C. minute D. hour Question 19: I have to work from dawn to_______on the farm so as to earn money to raise my three growing children. A. dusk B. dark C. dim D. moon Question 20: If I weren't so_______for time, I could help you.
A. embarrassed B. confused C. pressed D. stressed