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24/07/2024, small amount, be torn, cut, damage, remove, to succeed in…
24/07/2024
time
time-honoured way/ fashion/ tradition: important,respected because it has been used or done for a long time
They showed their approval in the time-honoured way (= by clapping, for example).
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against time
if you do something against time, you do it as fast as you can because you do not have much time
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buy time
to do something in order to delay an event, a decision, etc.
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have a thin time (of it)
(British English, informal) to have many problems or difficulties to deal with; to not be successful
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in the fullness of time
when the time is appropriate, usually after a long period
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keep up/move with the times
to change and develop your ideas, way of working, etc. so that you do what is modern and what is expected
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make up for lost time
to do something quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner
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not give somebody the time of day
to refuse to speak to somebody because you do not like or respect them
Since the success of her novel, people shake her hand who once wouldn't have given her the time of day.
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pass the time of day (with somebody)
to say hello to somebody and have a short conversation with them
play for time
to find or create reasons why something has to be delayed, often so you have longer to prepare for it
His legal team, clearly playing for time, sought to have the case heard a month later.
a race against time/the clock
a situation in which you have to do something or finish something very fast before it is too late
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take time out
to spend some time away from your usual work or activity in order to rest or do something else instead
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read
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phrasal verb
read something out (to somebody)
to read something using your voice, especially to other people
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read something back (to somebody)
to read a message, etc. to others in order to check that it is correct
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read something over/through
to read something carefully from beginning to end to look for mistakes or check details
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be torn, cut, damage
torn
v3 of tear
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tear off
to remove your clothes quickly and carelessly: I tore my sweaty clothes off and jumped into the shower.
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on a tear
having a period of success:
The Sox finished the season on a tear,
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remove
pull off, pull out, pull up
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tear, destroy, criticize (= tear into)
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