“時間”是生命中很受重視的東西;人人都愛惜時間，因此人人要把涉及“時間”的慣用語記起來，用出去。

(1)In time for……及時到……/做……“If you go now, you will be in time for the meeting.

(2)On time:準時的“Don’t go to the examination late. Make sure you are on time.”

(3)Pressed for time：時間不足“I must hurry up, I am pressed for time at the moment.”

(4)Buy time：爭取時間“There are ten seconds left, but Jordan carried the ball steadily to buy time instead of passing it out.”

(5)For the time being：暫時地“The company has just been formed. For the time being, it is run by the company partners.”

(6)From time to time：偶爾“They visited us from time to time, but we have never been to their house.”

(7)In the nick of time：及時“All the passengers got on board in the nick of time.”

(8)In no time：很快地“The police caught a thief and sent him to prison in no time.

(9)Kill time：消磨時間“While waiting for my turn to do something, I often read something to kill time.”

(10)Time and again：屢次“Motorists were warned time and again not to throw rubbish from their cars.”