Englischer Wortschatz: Wörter im Zusammenhang mit „time“

Das Wort „time“ geht viele gängige Verbindungen ein. Es kommt in zahlreichen Redewendungen, Ausdrücken und Phrasal Verbs vor. Schauen wir uns elf meiner Lieblingsausdrücke im Zusammenhang mit „time“ in dieser Kurzgeschichte an.

Notieren Sie die Ausdrücke mit „time“, die Sie im Text entdecken:

“It was lunchtime and as I had time on my hands, I thought it was high time to meet up with an old school friend. I called Sam and asked if he had time to meet me for lunch and he said he would love to spend some time with me and that we should meet at 1pm.

We met at the cafe down the road and I was on time but he called me to say he was running behind time and would be 5 minutes late so I read a newspaper to kill some time. He’s late all the time so I was expecting to wait and in the meantime I enjoyed catching up on the latestnews.

Time went by and he arrived a little later. We had a great time eating and drinking and soon itwas evening. Time flies when you are having fun! Sam had to leave to be in time to catch histrain.’See you next time’ I said as he left.”

Welcher Ausdruck entspricht den folgenden Umschreibungen?

1. time to eat in the middle of the day

2. extra time to use

3. the right time for something (usually that you have delayed)

4. to use time to do something

5. to do something at the correct time

6. when you are doing things after their scheduled time

7. very often

8. time passed

9. enjoyed ourselves

10. time passes quickly when you are enjoying yourself

11. to arrive before the correct time

Antworten:

1. lunchtime

2. time on your hands

3. high time to/for

4. spend time

5. on time

6. running behind time7. all the time

8. time went by

9. have a great time

10. time flies when you are having fun

11. in time