COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1,5 & 6
VERBS
- time passes/goes by
As time passed, she thought less and less about her
family back home.
- take time (=require a long time to do)
Learning a new skill takes time.
- have time (=have enough time to do something)
I didn’t do it because I didn’t have time.
- have/get time to do something
We never get time to do anything together.
- spend time
I’m going to spend some time with my family.
- pass the time (=spend a period of time doing
something)
The prisoners pass the time reading, or writing
letters.
- waste time
You are wasting your time arguing with him.
- save time
I used a ready-made sauce in order to save time.
"Spend time”
is used to talk about the time you do an activity. "Pass the time"
means doing something to make the time pass faster while you
are waiting for something else. "I'm spending time at my
mother's house." “I look at the magazines to pass thetime while
waiting for my appointment at the dentist's office.”
get/receive an email
Within seconds, I got an email confirming the booking.
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allow /əˈlaʊ/ UK US verbo [transitivo]
1
dejar, permitir
▶ En esta acepción el verbo to allow se usa a menudo en la voz pasiva.
Mira los ejemplos:
She's not allowed to go out on her own.
No
la dejan salir sola.
I can't come. I'm not allowed.
No
puedo ir. No me dejan.
Children are not allowed in this
bar.
No
dejan entrar niños en este bar.
He's not allowed sweets.
No
le dejan comer golosinas.
Fishing in the lake is not
allowed.
No
está permitido pescar en el lago.
2 (posibilitar) permitir
The money she inherited allowed her to give up her job.
El
dinero que heredó le permitió dejar el trabajo.
Ex. 1
1c, 2b, 3d, 4a, 5f , 6g, 7h, 8e
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