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Jan 2015
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020 - Common Collocations with TIME

SHAYNA OLIVEIRA
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Time, time, time – here are 16 different ways to use time in English! Learn these common English collocations to improve your vocabulary.

  • spend time
  • waste time
  • make time for something
  • save time
  • free/spare time
  • have time
  • kill time / pass the time
  • take your time
  • on time
  • just in time
  • have a hard/rough time
  • it's about time
  • pressed for time
  • run out of time
  • stall for time
  • take time off

Click here for the lesson text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/16-common-english-collocations-with-the-word-time/

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