UNIT 6:

VOCABULARY

TIME AND WORK

PHRASES, PATTERNS AND
COLLOCATIONS
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1/ COME TO AN END: to stop or endat
I’m enjoying my English class, but it’s about to come to an end.
2/ BRING STH TO AN END: to make something finish
Having agreed upon the matter of payment, he brought the
interview to an end.
3/ PUT AN END TO: to make something stop happening or existing
How can we put an end to the fighting?
4/ AT/BY THE (VERY) END (OF): the last event, the final thing
( khác với AT THE END )
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At the end of Romeo n Juliet story, they met at the cherry tree,
then they kissed each other. After they both made promises,Juliet
took Romeo’s sword, and killed herself. Romeo followed along.
At the very end of Romeo n Juliet story, they both die.
‘---> At the very end’ means at the very end, the last event, the final
thing, the thing before the story ends.
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5/ NO END IN SIGHT (TO): No foreseeable end or conclusion to
something.
Prices continue to go up with no end in sight.
6/ AT AN END : finished
The holiday was at an end and it was time to leave.
7/IN THE END: after considering everything
In the end, she chose to go to Oberlin College.
8/(FOR) HOURS/WEEKS/ETC ON END: used for emphasizing ho
long something continues
He talks for hours on end about absolutely nothing.
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 EVER
- HARDLY EVER: almost never
We hardly ever see them now.
-IF EVER: at any time
If ever you're in Rio, do give me a call.
-FIRST/ ONLY/ ETC STH EVER (TO):
Yesterday the company announced its first ever fall in profits.
-BIGGER/ BETTER/ ETC THAN EVER: better, bigger, etc. than at any
time before
We are spending more than ever on education.
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- AS EVER: as at any time before
The restaurants are as good as ever and no more expensive.
-EVER SINCE: continuously since that time
He's been depressed ever since he got divorced.
-FOREVER/ FOR EVER: for all time
I like the house but I don't imagine I'll live there forever
HOURS
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-KEEP REGULAR/ LATE HOURS: to perform the same activities
every day at regular/late etc times
"Don't call her right now, it's after midnight." "No, it's fine,
she keeps late hours."
-WORK LONG HOURS:
People in executive roles often work long hours.
-FOR HOURS (ON END):
I lay awake for hours thinking about John.
-(DURING) SCHOOL/ WORKING/ETC HOURS:
Courses take place outside school hours.
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-AT ALL HOURS: repeatedly during the day and the night
They keep calling me at all hours.
-UNTIL ALL HOURS: very late
He stays up drinking until all hours.
-AFTER HOURS: after the usual hours of work
I often do some of my own work after hours.
-OUT OF HOURS: if you drink in a bar out of hours, you drink
alcohol at a time when it is not allowed by law
The police are trying to stop out-of-hours drinking.
JOB
-GET/ FIND/ TAKE/ DO A JOB: JOB
It's a tragedy that so many young people are unable to find jobs.
-IT'S A GOOD JOB: Used for saying that it is lucky that you did sth, or
lucky that sth happened
It's a good job I remembered to bring an umbrella.
-LEAVE/ LOSE YOUR JOB:
Dan left his job after an argument with his boss.
-MAKE/ DO A GOOD/ BAD JOB OF: To do something well/badly
I'm not going to let him repair my bike again because he made a
really bad job of it last time.
-MAKE THE BEST OF A BAD JOB: To accept a bad situation and deal with
it in the best way that you can
They're not going to change their minds, so we've got to make the
best of a bad job.
 JOB
-HAVE A JOB TO DO/ DOING: To have difficulties doing something
We had quite a job finding your house.
-SB'S JOB TO DO:
I know it's not my job to tell you how to run your life, but I do think
you've made a mistake.
-OUT OF A JOB: Unemployed
He's been out of a job for six months now.
-ON THE JOB: If you do something on the job, you do it while at work
He keeps falling asleep on the job.
-JOB LOSSES: A situation in which people lose their jobs
Mounting job loss is having a noticeable effect on consumer
spending.
MOMENT
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-TAKE/ BE A MOMENT: someone or something will be very quick
You can wait if you like. It won’t take a moment.
-JUST/ WAIT A MOMENT:
I'll be ready in just a moment.
Can you wait a moment?
-ANY MOMENT (NOW): very soon
Hurry up! He'll be back any moment now
-AT THE MOMENT: at this particular time, now
She’s rather busy at the moment.
-AT THIS/ THAT MOMENT IN TIME:
I can give no information at this precise moment in time.
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-IN A MOMENT:
I agreed in a moment of weakness.
-THE RIGHT MOMENT (TO/FOR):
I'm waiting for the right moment to tell her the good news.
-THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: The time when you will find out if sth has
succeeded or happened
And now for the moment of truth: who is this year's winner?