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Speaker 1: Hey, I see you're right on time for this lesson.

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Take your time, get comfortable. I'm not gonna kill too

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much time here, because, as you know, time flies.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight seventy five.

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Expressions with time in Everyday English. Hey, thanks for tuning

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in and welcome back. I'd like to talk about something

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that we all think about every single day. Time we

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check the time, we spend time, time, we waste time,

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we save time. I mean time is everywhere and then

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every day English. There are so many expressions with time

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that you'll hear native speakers use all the time. So

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today I'm going to cover six of the most common ones.

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Kill time, run out of time, take your time, right

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on time, about time and time flies. Then I'll also

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tell you about some proverbs with time and the funny

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little paradox that goes along with them. You're gonna want

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to listen all the way through to learn about that. Okay,

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the first one is kill time, now, don't worry, no

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one's actually killing anything. To kill time means to do

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something while you're waiting. Like last week, I got to

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the dentist's off twenty minutes early. What did I do?

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I killed time by scrolling on my phone? Or when

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I was in the airport, my flight was delayed, so

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I killed time walking around the shops. We use this

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phrase when we're not doing anything super important, just something

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to keep ourselves busy until the real thing starts. Did

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you kill time today? Next up? You can run out

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of time. This is one that I think everyone can

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relate to. And you don't need your gym clothes to

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run out of time, get it. Run out of time

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just means the time is finished. Like the other day

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I wanted to finish editing a YouTube video, but I

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ran out of time. Or in meetings? How often have

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you heard this? Sorry everyone, we ran out of time.

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Let's continue tomorrow. Hmm. How about you? Have you run

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out of time recently? Well? One reason you might just

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run out of time is because you take your time.

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When you take your time, it means you don't rush,

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You just go slowly doing something at your own pace,

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like when you're at a restaurant and the server hands

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you the menu, they might say, take your time, I'll

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be back in a few minutes. Or if your friend

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is nervous about giving a presentation, you can say, don't worry,

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just take your time. It's a very American way of

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saying relax, no pressure, and go ahead, take your time

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and listen to the rest of this podcast. English lesson next.

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If you're the kind of person who doesn't like to

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be late, then you do things or go places right

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on time. This one's easy. Right on time means exactly

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on the dot, exactly when you're supposed to be there,

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like here in Japan, the trains almost always arrive and

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depart right on time. Or in the office, if your

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team comes exactly at the right time, you can say

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something like, hey, thanks for being right on time for

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the meeting. I always try to post these podcasts right

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on time at the same time each time. Huh, that's

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a lot of time. Hey, here's one you've probably heard before.

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Time flies. Time flies. This one means that time feels

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like it passes really quickly. Actually, I say this all

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the time, like, Wow, I can't believe it's already September.

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Time flies, or my niece just started high school. Wow,

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time flies. It's something we say when we look back

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and realize how fast life moves. And I gotta tell you,

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it seems the older I get, the more I notice

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that time flies. I guess that's part of the aging process.

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Now let's move on to it's about time. This one's

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a little different. We use it's about time when we've

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been waiting for something and it finally happens. Ah, it's

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about time. Like if your friend is always late and

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they finally show up, you can say, well, it's about

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time you got here. Or when the city finally fixes

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that pothole on your street, you can say, wow, it's

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about time they repaired that road. It's about time has

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a kind of sarcastic nuance or feel to it, but

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in a kind of friendly sarcastic way, like when you're

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hungry and you order pizza delivery and they finally ring

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the doorbell. Ah, it's about time. So when I was

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writing this lesson, I thought I would share a little

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bit about proverbs with time. English has a bunch of them,

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Like we say time is money, there's no time. I'm

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like the present or time and tide, wait for no man.

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All of these are basically telling us, don't waste time.

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It's valuable, and in American culture we're often seen as

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being obsessed with being on time and making the most

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of our time. But here's the paradox. Even with all

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these sayings, people are still often late for meetings, for parties,

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for events. We talk about time like its gold, but

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why do we always treat it that way? Hmmm? I

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guess it's one of those funny cultural contradictions. So there

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you have it, six everyday expressions with time and a

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few proverbs to think about. Let's run through them one

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more time. When you kill time, you do something while

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you're waiting, And when you run out of time, well

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the time is finished. When you take your time, you

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do something at your own pace, and when you're right

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on time, you're punctual. Well it's about time I finish

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this lesson. You know, time flies, So try using one

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or two of these phrases today when you speak English,

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or share your example with me on social media. I'd

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love to hear how you use them, And remember, learning

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another language takes time. But the good news is you're

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not wasting time when you're studying English, you're investing in it.

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Thanks for listening, and hey, if you want to practice

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these phrases with me and a group of other awesome learners,

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come check out my podcast Learner's Study Group. We meet

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once a week and practice the language from these podcast

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lessons together. It's a great way to build confidence and

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improve your speaking. Just check the link where you are

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