Name: Improve your Vocabulary: English word pairs about TIME
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Modal verbs - A2

If you're lost, you can look and
you will find me, time after time.

Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on
some common word pairs or expressions with time.

So, not just the word "time", but different
expressions we use to indicate time, or different

expressions or word pairs we use to talk about how
long something takes, or when something happens.

So, first we're going to look at five, and
then we're going to look at another five,

and each time we go over one of these word
pairs I'll give you an example sentence, and

I want you to, you know, see if you can guess the
meaning of this expression from the context,

and then I will tell you the actual definition
of, you know, what this expression or this

So, let's not waste any
more time and let's begin.

The sentence is: "I was
hired then and there."

Now, if you know the meaning,
obviously, of "then", at that time;

and "there", in that place
- it means at that moment.

So, imagine you go to a job interview in this
case and the interview goes very well, sometimes

the person who does your
job interview says:

"Okay, we'll... We'll call you
back and we'll let you know."

But sometimes if they know that you're the
right person for the job, they will tell you

when... They will ask you, actually: "When can
you start?" and they will hire you on the spot,

they will hire you then and
there, in that moment.

So that's what "then and
there" means, at that moment.

Or: "She kissed me then and there.",
"I was hired then and there."

So, most of us I think don't like washing
dishes or we don't like doing the laundry,

and we just look at it in the corner, you know,
telling ourselves: "Okay, we will do it.

And maybe, you know,
somebody will tell you:

"Okay, can you...? Can you do it now? Because
you will have to do it sooner or later."

So, to say something a little more serious:
"Sooner or later we're all going to die."

That's not the happiest memory or the happiest
image, but you know, I think you get the meaning.

Very simply: "Let's wait
and see what happens."

So, if you are watching a movie with a friend
and your friend wants to know what happens

next in the movie because you have seen
the movie before, and your friend's like:

"Oh, what happens next?
What happens next?"

Okay? Just wait and you will
see what happens next."

Now, the final two on the first board are very
similar: "now and then", "from time to time".

Both of these, if you
look at the sentences:

"She reads biographies
from time to time."

What do you think these
expressions mean?

Another word, maybe might be new for some of
you guys: "infrequently", not frequently,

"We go to restaurants from time to time.",
"We go to restaurants now and then.",

"I read mystery novels from time to time.",
"I read mystery novels now and then."

So, we have: "then and there",
"sooner or later", "wait and see",

So, something that doesn't take a lot of time,
is not very difficult, basically let's just say

Doesn't take time, doesn't
take a lot of effort.

So, often, if you like to cook and you see
recipes on the internet or in a cookbook,

you know, some of the cookbooks are
called: "Quick and Easy Recipes".

So, a quick and easy recipe
for pancakes, for example.

So something that doesn't take a lot of time
and something that is simple, not complicated.

The final four are all very much
related to making progress.

So, think about your own progress in
English and learning a new language.

Now, to learn a new language you
should go "slowly but surely".

So, you're doing something slowly, it's not
fast, like learning a language takes time,

but if you go watch videos or study your books
or listen to movies, you will definitely,

So let's go slowly but
surely, slowly but surely.

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