By Ranjana S.
Time will heal your wounds!!!
Time will decide the consequences...
Fill in your vocab kitty with words and phrases pertaining
to TIME:
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Time-consuming:
A time consuming process- something that takes up a lot of
time.
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Time capsule:
A container in which objects representing a particular
period of time are stored and buried in the ground, so that they can be dug up
and examined in the future, to let people know about the past.
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Time exposure:
A photograph taken in poor light, in which the lens of the
camera is kept open for several seconds.
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Time-honoured:
done by everyone over a long period of time.
Dancing to celebrate a wedding is a time-honoured custom.
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Time immemorial:
A very, very long period in the past.
The oldest educator in the institute speaks on opening day.
This has been the custom in the institute since time immemorial.
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Time-keeper:
A person who keeps record of time( e.g. in a sports
competition or a factory where people are working).
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Time lag:
The period of time that separates two connecting events.
There is a time lag of at least three months between the end
of the examination and the declaration of results.
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Timeless:
not affected by the passage of time.
The beauty of Taj Mahal is timeless.
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Time-limit:
The period of time within which something must be done.
The time-limit for answering this question is 2 minutes.
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Timely:
Done at just the right time.
Your timely help helped me to prepare my speech.
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Time-server:
Someone who changes his or her behavior in order to please
those who are in power.
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Time-sharing:
A system by which people can share the ownership of a
building so that they can live in it at different times in the year.
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Time-worn:
no longer interesting or useful because of having been in
use for too long a period.
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Time-zone:
An area over all parts of which the time is same.
When it is 7:30 a.m in New York, it is only 6:30 in Chicago.
These cities fall in different time zones.
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Timing:
The choice of a suitable time to do something.
You should not have asked the boss to raise your salary when
he had broken his leg in an accident. Your timing was bad.
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Time up:
An expression to indicate that the alloted time is over.
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to pass the time of day:
to greet someone and have a friendly chat.
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about time:
an expression used to show displeasure about something that
has not happened at the expected time or to show the importance of doing
something at the correct time.
'The train that has arrived at last.' It's about time!'
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in the nick of time:
just in time to prevent something bad from happening.
The burglars were about to drive off with all the money they
had looted from the bank, but the police arrived in the nick of time.
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for the time being:
for a short period of time following the present time.
You can use the room for the time being but you must move
out tomorrow morning.
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for a time:
for a short period of time in the past.
The boys worked together for a time.
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all the time:
very often. The telephone is ringing all the time.
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at times:
not very often. We need a break from work at times.
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at one time:
in the past but not now.
It was a beautiful city at one time.
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in time:
early enough to be able to do something.
You must come in time for the start of the match.
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on time:
happening at the correct or expected time.
The train is supposed to arrive at 10:15, but it is seldom
on time.
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to have the time of one's life:
to spend time in a very enjoyable manner.
The couple had the time of their lives for a year before the
boy deserted his mate.
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