NA2 22/5/18

in time

a) before the time by which it is necessary for something to be done

 Will you be able to finish it in time?

in time to do something

 They ran all the way to the corner just in time to see the bus disappearing up the street.

USAGE: On time, in time

• On time means ‘at the correct or agreed time’:

Please arrive on time.

✗Don’t say: Please arrive in time.

• In time means ‘early enough for something or to do something’:

He arrived in time for supper.

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Ex. 8

Hard work

Hard times

Drive the hardest bargain possible with their suppliers.

drive/strike a hard bargain

to demand a lot or refuse to give too much when you are making an agreement

- The company is believed to have struck a hard bargain.

no hard feelings (between- towards- on either sides) spoken 

used to tell someone that you do not want to be angry with them or for them to be angry with you.

ˌhard ˈup adjective 

1 if you are hard up, you do not have much money

- I’m a bit hard up at the moment.

2 not having something that you want or need

- ‘How about a date with Tom?’ ‘No, thanks, I’m not that hard up.’

hard up for

- The media are obviously hard up for stories.

hard luck

a) British English spoken used to tell someone that you feel sorry for them because they have not succeeded in what they were trying to do

- ‘I failed my driving test.’ ‘Oh, hard luck!’

b) when bad things happen to you that are not your fault

- You’ve had your share of hard luck.

hard luck on

- It was hard luck on you.

be/feel hard done by

informal to be or feel unfairly treated

- As a child I felt hard done by, living so far away from my friends.

be hard on somebody

a) to criticize someone in a way that is unfair, or to be too strict with them

- Perhaps I’m too hard on her.

b) to have a bad effect on someone

- Divorce can be very hard on children.

ˌhard-ˈheaded adjective 

practical and able to make difficult decisions without letting your emotions affect your judgment

- a hard-headed business tycoon

Homework: unit 12 e-> write a report.

cheat /tʆiːt/ UK  US  verbo & sustantivo

 •  verbo

1  [intransitivo] (en un examen) copiar, copiarse

Any student caught cheating will be expelled.

Se expulsará a todo alumno al que se pille copiando.

2  [intransitivo] (en un juego) hacer trampa(s)

to cheat at sth hacer trampa con algo

He always cheats at cards.

Siempre hace trampa(s) cuando juega a las cartas.

3  [transitivo] engañar, estafar

to cheat sb out of sth quitarle algo a alguien con engaños

cheat on sb phrasal verb

 engañar a alguien [en una relación amorosa]

•  sustantivo

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