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1 pass the time
关于pass，时刻过得特别快可以说“Time passes so quickly”，而打发时刻可以说pass the time。
When Paula was ill, I took her some magazines to help her pass the time.
葆拉患病时，我给她带去一些杂志帮她消磨时刻。
2 no time to lose
用这个短语敦促别人，意思是“没时刻耽搁”。
Come on, there's no time to lose, we have to get h
ome before John finds out.
从速，没有时刻耽搁了，咱们有必要在约翰发现之前赶到家。
还可以说，time is of the essence。意思是“时刻是要害，时刻很名贵”。
3 have time
这儿的time是（可以用来做某事的）时刻，了解为满足的时刻或许是额定的时刻，比方：
I don't know how you find time to do all the things you do.
我不晓得你是怎么抽出时刻做一切这些作业的。
4 have time on your side
咱们晓得，have someone on your side是指有人是跟你站在同一边的，也就是被撑持的意思，所以have time on your side标明时刻是跟你站在同一边，标明（或人）有充裕的时刻。也可以说time is on sb's side。另外，have time on your hands等于to have nothing to do，意思是无事可做。
5 two-time
这是动词哦，意思是脚踏两条船；对…不忠。
I ended the relationship when I found out he was two-timing me.
当我发现他脚踏两条船时，就分手了。
two-timer就是“对恋爱不忠者，脚踏两条船者”。
假定有任何一方已婚，那用having an affair（外遇）描述会比照恰当。
6 be watching the clock
等于have/keep your eye on the clock，描述因厌烦或急于脱离而老是看表。
I had a train to catch, so I was watching the clock all through the meeting.
我得赶火车，所以开会的时分我一向在不断地看时刻。
7 call it a day
这个习语的意思是，今日作业就到这了，可以回家了、可以歇息了。
I'm getting a bit tired now - let's call it a day.
我有些累了——收工吧。
8 in this day and age
替代“at the present time”，意思是如今，其时，当今。
You can't afford to run businesses inefficiently in this day and age.
如今低效运营公司是行不通的。
9 shelf life
它（尤指食物的）货架期，保质期，不过也可以描述“可以运用（受等待或成功）的时限”。
These days many marriages have a fairly short shelf life.
这个年代，许多婚姻都无法耐久。
10 in due course
due这个描述词意思是估计的，预期的。
短语标明在（将来）恰当的时分，到时分。
You will receive notification of the results in due course.
到时分你会收到成果告诉的。
