📚IELTS VOCABULARY

TIME
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👉AHEAD OF ONE'S TIME
📕Definition: be more talented than others recognize
🎈He's ahead of his time. No one knows how important his discoveries are.
🎈She's always felt that she was ahead of her time, so she isn't disappointed.

👉AHEAD OF TIME
📗Definition: before the agreed upon time
🎈I think we'll get there ahead of time.
🎈Wow, we're ahead of time today. Let's keep it up!

👉 ALL IN GOOD TIME
📙Definition: within a reasonable amount of time
🎈I'll get to you all in good time. Please be patient.
🎈Her professor kept on saying that she'd be successful, but that it would be all in
good time.

👉 AT A SET TIME
📘Definition: at an agreed upon time
🎈We'll meet at the set time.
🎈Let's make sure that we meet at a set time.

👉 AT ALL TIMES
📒Definition: always
🎈Make sure to keep your seat belts on at all times.
🎈Students need to pay attention at all times.

👉 AT THE APPOINTED TIME
📙Definition: at an agreed upon time
🎈We'll meet at the appointed time and place.
🎈Did you get into the doctor's office at the appointed time?

👉 BEHIND THE TIMES
📔Definition: not fashionable, not up on current fashions
🎈My Dad is so behind the times!
🎈She dresses like it was the 70s she's behind the times!

👉 TO BIDE ONE'S TIME
📘Definition: to wait
🎈I'm biding my time until he arrives.
🎈She decided to bide her time in a shop.

👉 FROM TIME TO TIME
📗Definition: occasionally
🎈I like playing golf from time to time.
🎈Petra speaks with Tom from time to time.

👉 HAVE THE TIME OF ONE'S LIFE
📕Definition: have a fantastic experience
🎈My daughter had the time of her life in Disneyland.
🎈Believe me. You're going to have the time of your life.

👉 KEEP TIME
📓Definition: keep the beat in music
🎈Can you keep time while we practice this piece?
🎈He kept time with his foot.

👉 LIVE ON BORROWED TIME
📒Definition: live dangerously
🎈He's living on borrowed time if he keeps that up!
🎈She felt she was living on borrowed time because she smoked.

👉 MAKE TIME FOR SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
📘Definition: create a period of time especially for a thing or person
🎈I need to make some extra time for reading.
I'll make time for you on Saturday.

👉 OUT OF TIME
📙Definition: not have any more time available
I'm afraid we're out of time for today.
🎈You're out of time for that competition.

👉 PRESSED FOR TIME
📔Definition: not have a lot of time to do something
🎈I'm pressed for time today. Hurry up!
🎈She couldn't see me because she was pressed for time.

👉 TIME IS MONEY
📗Definition: Expression meaning that someone's time is important.
🎈Remember that time is money, let's hurry up.
🎈Time is money Tim. If you want to talk, it's going to cost you.

👉 WHEN THE TIME IS RIPE
📕Definition: when it is the proper time
We'll get there when the time is ripe!
🎈Don't worry you'll be successful when the time is ripe.