Welcome to a new episode of English Vocabulary Booster.
My name is Lara and I'm a SALSA-certified English teacher.
Learning new vocabulary usually takes a long time, but we'll do it in a way that's easy, quick and efficient.
In every episode, we'll learn how to use five new English words or expressions, so that you too can start speaking like a native.
So let's get learning!
All right, you guys, we're back again.
I hope you're doing well.
I hope you're staying safe.
I know it's really hard.
I'm kind of tired of sitting around the house all day.
Usually I don't have a problem with that.
I kind of like staying at home, but this has been going on for too long, I'd say.
I have a little bit of news actually.
So I have a new section on my website and it's like a blog type of thing, but I updated with articles.
So I post like news and stuff.
And then and I also try and teach some vocabulary.
And that's also a way for me to update you on anything that's going on.
So I'll start offering classes soon.
So yeah, just so you know, you have this new section that you can use to learn.
And it's also supposed to be a way for us to get in touch.
Anyway, let's get straight into the story.
This week's topic is time.
Gosh, we don't have much time left, Julie.
Stop it, Luke.
Don't say that.
You're making me even more nervous.
We're never going to make it in time.
Shut up, Luke.
I'm trying to concentrate.
It's a waste of time, Julie.
We're never going to make it anyway.
Oh no, no, no, no. running out of time.
No, no, no, no.
And time's up.
Give me the test, guys.
Oh, great, Julie.
Thanks.
Next time I won't be sitting next to you.
Oh, but professor, I haven't finished my test yet.
Well, maybe if you had showed up on time for class today, you would have had time to finish it.
Also, you were talking to Julie the whole time, so you both get an F. What?
Okay, ready for this week's expressions?
Number one, in time.
We're never going to make it in time.
Guys, today we're going to look at the difference between in time and on time, which is one of the hardest things to explain when teaching English, I promise.
So in time, if you finish something in time, do you finish it before or after the deadline or after the limit?
If you finish it in time, you finish it before.
So good.
Can you be late but in time?
Careful about this one.
Can you be late but in time?
Yes, you can be late and be in time.
What?
Yes.
Hold on.
Look.
If a movie, imagine a movie is supposed to start at 8.
And you arrive at 8.05.
So five minutes later than you were supposed to.
But the movie hasn't started yet.
Did you arrive in time?
Well, you arrived late, right?
Because you arrived at 805 and you were supposed to be there at 8, but the movie hasn't started yet.
So you arrived in time for the movie, before the movie started.
I hope that you're starting to see the difference here.
So do you remember a time when you thought you were going to be late and you actually, you know, got to that place late?
But then you arrived in time.
Yeah.
I'm usually on time.
All right.
But I remember this one time, it was my final exam at university.
And it was like a special exam that had been scheduled just for me because I
I had not attended the last year, but I still like studied on my own.
And my friends from university, they had all taken the test at school.
But this was like something extra that I had to do.
So it was super important because if I hadn't passed it, I would have not graduated.
So, you know, pretty big deal.
Anyway, I decided not to take the train for some reason.
I wanted my boyfriend at the time to go with me.
So we get in the car and we take the highway.
We were like – usually it would take 30, 40 minutes.
And we – get stuck in the worst traffic jam of all times.
It's like, we're not even moving.
I'm panicking.
I call the school.
I tell them to please let the teachers, the professors know that I am going.
And the whole time I'm super nervous and I'm mortified.
I feel so bad for the teachers.
They're waiting just for me.
And I'm also thinking like okay, they're going to be mad because When I get there they're going to think you know I've been disrespectful and they're not going to let me pass.
So I was just so, so nervous.
And then finally I got there.
I was late, but they still let me do it.
So I guess I got there in time.
Oh, and I passed it, by the way.
And I graduated.
Yay.
Number two, a waste of time.
It's a waste of time, Julie.
If something is a waste of time, is it considered a useful activity or a useless activity?
If something is a waste of time, it's considered a useless activity.
Is there something you have to do that you consider to be a waste of time?
So there's something that I don't do because I think it's a waste of time.
And that is ironing.
I don't know if you guys iron.
But yeah, I don't iron my clothes because I think it's a waste of time.
Because they look fine.
I mean, sure, they might be a little wrinkly, but it's not a big deal.
Expression number three, run out of time.
We're running out of time.
If you're doing something but you are running out of time, do you still have time to complete what you're doing?
Yeah, you're running out of time, but you still have a little bit of time to finish what you're doing.
And how much time?
Not much.
If you're running out of time, you really have little time left.
If you're taking a test and you're running out of time, how do you feel?
I think, well, I think everybody feels super nervous, you know.
You still got a few questions to go.
Luckily, I haven't taken many tests lately.
But it's just, it's a very stressful experience to run out of time during a test.
Expression number four, time's up.
And time's up.
If someone says time's up, do you have any time left?
Nope.
When someone says time is up or time's up, that means you got no time left.
Whatever you had to do needs to be finished by then.
Where is it unlikely, so not probable, to hear the expression time's up?
So where do you think you would not hear the expression times up?
At school, at work, or during a game show?
I think it would be at work, because at school you know you're taking a test and the teacher could say hey, time's up.
Give me your test, just like in the story.
During a game show, you know.
You got 30 seconds to answer the question and time's up.
Give me your answers.
So, very possible.
At work, I don't think your boss is going to come up to your desk.
I mean, they could, but it would be kind of rude and kind of weird.
Expression number five, on time.
Aha, on time.
Maybe if you had showed up on time for class today.
If you arrive at a place on time, do you arrive at the time you were supposed to or not?
Yes.
If you arrive wherever you have to get to on time, you got there at the time you were supposed to.
Can you be late but be on time?
Yes.
Well, no, that's the thing.
If you're late, you're not on time.
They're antonyms.
They are the opposite of each other.
Okay, so that's the big difference between being in time and being on time.
In time has got little to do with if you're late or not.
But on time, it's got a lot to do because it's literally the opposite.
So let's go back to the movie example.
If the movie starts at 8 and you arrive at 8.05, did you arrive on time?
No.
Even if the movie starts 15 minutes later.
If you were supposed to arrive at 8 and you arrive at 805, you did not arrive on time.
Are you usually on time?
And what do you think of people who are often not on time?
I'm usually on time, but one of my exes actually had a big problem with being on time and he was usually late like we're talking like 30 minutes to an hour late.
Like pretty bad.
It's not five minutes because five minutes I'll accept.
Uh, but I think anything that's more than 10, 15 minutes.
Then I started to get a little you know, just a little annoyed, kind of like Hey, you're wasting my time here.
So unless there's a, there's a problem.
And even if you do tell me like, I still have to sit around for 15, 20 minutes and wait for you.
So Yeah, I'm not a fan of people who are not on time.
And that is it for today.
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