1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,519 Even though I was up with the chickens this morning. Because of a train 2 00:00:04,599 --> 00:00:09,279 delay, I got to the office just in the nick of time. I'm 3 00:00:09,359 --> 00:00:13,599 using the trains for the time being, but in the meantime I'm looking for 4 00:00:13,599 --> 00:00:22,600 an apartment closer to the office. Let's discuss. Welcome to another Happy English 5 00:00:22,679 --> 00:00:27,480 podcast, coming to you from New York City, and here's your English teacher, 6 00:00:27,879 --> 00:00:33,399 Michael all Rye. Thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 7 00:00:33,439 --> 00:00:39,359 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. And this is 8 00:00:39,399 --> 00:00:47,840 Happy English Podcast Episode seven eighteen Time phrases For this English lesson, Let's take 9 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:53,039 a look at six phrases that you can use to talk about time. These 10 00:00:53,079 --> 00:00:59,320 are common phrases that you can use in your everyday spoken and ridden English. 11 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:07,000 Let's dive in. The first time phrase is meanwhile. We use meanwhile when 12 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,760 we talk about one thing that is happening when another thing is happening. In 13 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:17,920 other words, we use meanwhile to talk about two things happening at the same 14 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:23,400 time. For example, cook the garlic, tomatoes and basil in a frying 15 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:30,640 pan. Meanwhile, start boiling the water for the pasta. I was cooking 16 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:36,079 dinner. Meanwhile, my roommate was cleaning her room. I'm going to clean 17 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:41,480 this room. Meanwhile, you should go to the grocery store. The next 18 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:47,840 one is in the meantime. We use in the meantime when we talk about 19 00:01:47,879 --> 00:01:53,319 the period of time between two events, either in the past or between now 20 00:01:53,640 --> 00:02:00,400 and the future. In the meantime means during that time. Here are some 21 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:07,439 examples. Attention customers. We will begin boarding the flight in about thirty minutes. 22 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,039 In the meantime, feel free to check out the souvenir shops in the 23 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,919 terminal. Jane and I haven't seen each other since high school. In the 24 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:22,159 meantime, she got married and had three kids. We still have time to 25 00:02:22,159 --> 00:02:25,080 get the bus. In the meantime, let's kill time in the mall. 26 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:34,400 Next is for the time being, which means at this time, until or 27 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:40,400 unless the situation changes. The nuance of for the time being is that we 28 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:49,919 expect the situation to change sometime soon. Here are some examples. It looks 29 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,919 like the rain has stopped for the time being. Let's try hiking down the 30 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,879 mountain. Joe is looking for a new apartment, and he's living with his 31 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,879 sister for the time being. The boss said that the plan to move to 32 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,479 a bigger office is on hold for the time being, but he didn't say 33 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:15,080 why. We use at the moment to mean right now or these days. 34 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:22,400 At the moment also has the nuance that we know or we believe that the 35 00:03:22,439 --> 00:03:29,960 situation will change sometime soon. For example, the boss is on another call 36 00:03:30,039 --> 00:03:34,960 at the moment, I'll ask him to call you back. Hey, Donna 37 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,840 isn't dating anyone at the moment, why don't you ask her out? Tommy 38 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:45,360 told me that he's too busy at the moment to take a vacation. Next. 39 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,560 When you do something in the nick of time, you do it or 40 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,240 it gets done just before a deadline. We often use just in the nick 41 00:03:54,280 --> 00:04:00,080 of time when we want to emphasize that it happened moments before for the deadline. 42 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,840 Here are some examples. We got to the train station in the nick 43 00:04:04,879 --> 00:04:11,840 of time and caught the express train. Willie finished his report just in the 44 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,560 nick of time and handed it to his professor. In the movie Titanic, 45 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Jack found Rose at the front of the ship just in the nick of time. 46 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:26,120 It seemed like she was going to fall overboard. The last one is 47 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,920 to be up at the crack of dawn. Or to be up with the 48 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:36,639 chickens, which means to wake up very early in the morning. For example, 49 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,199 mister Wilson is a farmer, so he's up at the crack of dawn 50 00:04:42,439 --> 00:04:46,399 every morning. I have a seven o'clock flight tomorrow morning, so I need 51 00:04:46,399 --> 00:04:50,839 to be up with the chickens. My grandfather always used to get up at 52 00:04:50,879 --> 00:04:55,920 the crack of dawn. 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