Phrases related to time - Vol.

1 Compiled by Om Prakash Yadav (sw=somewhere, sb = somebody, sth = something) At the earliest most often For a period not more than six months
With the time running out Be behind schedule By mid-April The due date for the item to reach Mr. X is

Earlier in the week Late into the night Everyday Every evening Every morning and night

Be long overdue At the end of the next week From the get-go (=from the beginning) From next year onwards Be in force from April 2014 On the second day of the competition For more than two months now In a short span of time It is still premature to predict whether Repeatedly through the night Slim possibility Halfway between gone in a flash At least half a dozen times on each successive day
for the third consecutive year

for nine consecutive days

In the next morning For three days in succession

do something in a jiffy = do it very quickly or very soon

Swiftly = in a jiffy very shortly much later a delay in disbursal of government grants for a brief period be happier than ever Be in ones late twenties Delay, defer and ultimately shelve decisions A day later Later on
At last

For months

Do sth at least every three months At the shortest possible time A substantial amount of time After a week of persistence Most of the day On the first day At this point of time Much like her/his/their past Within one month from the date of the order Less than a month Hitherto = so far, till now First of all For so long A few days later In July, 2013 On July 3, 2013

on the night of May31

Years ago At present After a few days of uncertainty From time to time On Saturday At 8.30 p.m. In the past three years For a set period of time In the next few days as often as possible in 12 days flat in ten seconds/minutes flat as quickly as possible after a moment not less than 15 days ago

even today in the last years yet another time for a long time not.till now until the next morning on time in late afternoon until evening no longer
at that time