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decade
/ˈdekeɪd/
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10 years
fortnight
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2 weeks
century
/ˈsenʃəri/
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100 year
a devil of a time
I had a devil of a time with my taxes.
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a very difficult time.
Miałem ciężki okres przez moje podatki.
against time
I was working against time to prepare the presentation before deadline.
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with a quickly approaching time limit. If you do something [a word] ​time/the ​clock, you do it as ​fast as ​possible and ​try to ​finish it before a ​certain ​time:
approach /əˈprəʊtʃ/- zbliżać się
Walczyłem z czasem aby przygotować prezentacje przed deadlinem
by the time
By the time she realized she had cancer, it had already spread.
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At the time when some thing happens that is after another event or situation has already passed or occurred. (przed tym)
Przed tym gdy dowiedziała się, że ma raka. On się już rozprzestrzenił (past perfect)
Face time
I haven't seen my best friend for years. I need to have face time with him.
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This is a kind of time that we can spend with someone face to face
Nie widziałem mojego najlepszego kolegę od lat. Potrzebuje spotkać sie z nim twarzą w twarz.
have time on hands
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to have extra time
in the nick of time
I came at the platform just in the nick of time. A minute later and the train would have left.
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at the critical moment, at the last moment, just in time. (w ostatniej chwili)
Przybyłem na peron w ostatniej chwili. Minute później i pociąg mógłby odjechać
on time
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According to schedule, punctual or punctually. We have a television on time.
pass the time of day
Yesterday I ran into my old friend and passed the time of day with him
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to have a brief and polite conversation; to exchange greetings with sb (przywitać się)
Wczoraj wpadłem na starego kumpla i przywitałem się z nim.
take one's time
KIM; I'll be done in just one minute. MARY; Don't rush, take your time!
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it means to act without hurry
KIM; Będę gotowa za minutę. MARY; nie śpiesz się, bez pośmiechu (rób to w sowim tempie)

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