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Hello Anne: what a perfect afternoon liying on the sofa!! I envy you (in positive, of course). As you, I love these relaxed moments when, after a hard week, you can have your free time. What do you do when you are relaxed on the sofa?, do you watch TV?, do you read?, are you sleeping?. One of my magical minutes in my weekends is when I'm on the sofa, in winter, reading a book or, if it's summer, on the terrace having sunbath with a good book in my hands (Fantastic time!!) It's very important to have your own time, although some times it's a dificult thing because we have to attend the job, the family, the housework and the studies. And, really, what is more dificult is to have to do, at the same time, most of this tasks. That's all. I sincerely wish you a nice and relaxed weekend!!! Bye-bye Mercè

Dear Anne， Thank you for your corrections. Your advices to xuan are useful for us too. Time is like water in the sponge, it can be squeezed out. The more you squeeze, the more you get. I understand your situation that you must have to work while you are studying your Master Degree. I also had the same experience as you. It was crazing.I had to drink coffee one by one so that I couldn’t sleep in the late-night. Further to today’s time idiom, I guess it: 1)to have the time of your life: to use the time in your life 2) In your own time: during the time you have, maybe means alone? 3)to have time on your hands:to manage time 4)to move with the times: as the time flying 5)time is money: use time in high efficiency 6)to be ahead of time: before the set time; behind time: out-dated bsd, purplerose xxxx

Hello Anne! Firstly, I wish you good luck with the essay and your studying for a Master Degree. Linguistics has to be a hard science in my opinion. I am a very lazy person in using languages properly and in learning grammar rules correctly. So your four-point recommendation how to work regularrly is like made for me. I am ashamed to admit, I did nothing the whole day yesterday, except cooking a nice meal which I ate to the ful, of course. I think, I had plenty of time on my hands but I behaved as if time weren´t/wasn´t money. You may be sure I was working more than 20 minutes on these sentences. Good luck to all of you!

Hi Anne, i am a new blogger, my name is Simone and i come from Italy. I read your blog everyday and it made me really intrestead about english, your life, your fantastic family and thank you because now i know lots of things about Thai while, before your blog, i didn't know nothing at all about it. I have to apologyse for my english.I have been studing it just for 1 year so i have lots of problems...I hope you'll understand me. Please keep blogging!!! Simone

Hello Anne and everybody¡ I´m a great fan of the BBc learning english web, and the blogs are excellent for improving and knowing about people and other cultures. I´ve been studying with your help for nearly three years now. I like very much to study english, now my goal is in the future to pass the FCE exam. And here goes my definitions: To have the time of your life: when you are having a fantastic moment. In your own time: I´m not sure, maybe it means when you do things at your own speed. To have time on your hands: when you have plenty of time. To move with the times: to live according to what is happening at that moment.To stay up to date. Time is money: Time is important. To be ahead or behind time: to be avant-garde/or anachronic. Bye, have a good day¡¡

Hi all of you! I would like to ask Anne,what subject or task do you enjoy studying (in) your Master?.Perhaps the preposition is wrong! Your Master sound not only very interesting but of course very hard to study.I'm very interested in everything related to communication and how our mind works,it is a fantastic world! Have a nice weekend and good memory for all of you,me too!!

Hello Anne: I have been reading your posts since you started to be the teacher blogger and I've got lots of new expressions, ideas of rewording paragraps, opinions on different matter from different people and so on.I've really enjoyed the blog. Your current post's subject even convinced me to start posting notes or comments onto this blog. You are perfectly right when you say we need to blog to improve our communication skills, especially writing. Now, I'm going to explain the meaning of idioms you gave us and I wish you a relaxing week-end! My opinion on the expressions is: To have the time of your life - to enjoy doing something · In your own time - at a speed you feel comfortable · To have time on your hands - to have time available · To move with the times - to grow up · Time is money - not allowed to spent time · To be ahead of/behind time - to think carefully about your future Bye-Bye!

Hi Anne, Happy Mother's Day on Sunday.In Uruguay we have it this week. About time, my answers: 1) To have a lot of free time to do what you want. 2) do something in your own rithm 3) I am not sure of the answer 4) Accomodate to the changes that occurr through time. 5) Every minute is very important. 6) to be advanced ? I have not a lot of time in the Internet, I have 30 hours a month Good luck with your study.

Hi Anne and my cyber friends, first of all I want to wish you good luck on your essay. Secondly, thank you very much for the link you sent me. I read it all and heard the audio too. It was very interesting and I'll read about the other writers too. By the way, I love your expression "a change is as good as a rest". Nothing more real than that. I'm always very busy because I want to do a lot of things at the same time, but I reckon that when I change my routine I find that I don't get tired. You're right on what you advise to Xuan and it's also a good recommendation for us. I tried to guess the meaning of the "time idioms". 1) To have the time of your life: to have a wonderful time 2) in your own time: when you are mature.3)to have time on your hands: when it's up to you how to spend the time.4)to move with the times: to be flexible at every situation 5)time is money: time is something very valuable and you don't have to waste it. 6)to be ahead of /behind time: to do things in advance. Finally, I can say that sometimes I love to do nothing, just lie on the couch listening to music. Hope you have the time of your life with Steve tomorrow night. Take care. xxx Cris

Hi Anne!! I want to tell you that I really enjoy your posts. I think that you write in a very friendly way and you always have something new and interesting to say. So, congratulations about that and please keep doing. Thank you so much for all your advices about time. I always read your posts but since now I will take time to make a comment. By the way, I really believe that the time is money because the time flies....and it involves that the life is very short so we need to take advantage of it. I hope that you enjoy your relaxing momment the next Sunday. Take care, :)

Hello Anne, This is Steven from New Delhi (your former colleague). Hope you are having a great time in Thailand! I'm showing your blog to some of my students here in India. It's great to read your posts here on the teacher blog. I gave an interview about Bollywood last year when Amy was the teacher blogger. I am about to swap teaching for studying for a few months- learning Hindi in the Himalayas then Bollywood acting in Bombay. Love to you and Steve, Joshua and Rachel Steven

Hi Anne!I come back again after a business travble to keep touch with you and other blogers. I coudn't follow the entries and comments for a while ,but when i open my computer again i read all your entries and cris's and a lot of blogoers' comments . I enjoy what you have written about tai 's food and culture and the beuatiful photos which you joined to. Now i'am going to answer to your last request about time's idioms To have the time of your life · In your own time · To have time on your hands · To move with the times · Time is money · To be ahead of/behind time 1-to enjoy your self very much. 2-you have your free time. 3-you're free from anything to do or you arn't bbusy. 4-to change your ideas and develop them. 5-is worth like money you shouldn't wast it. 6-you're earlier or later than was expect. That's all for today.Have a good weekend!Anwar

Hello Anne! I'm new in the blogging area but I read every blog for 5 months and it's quite interesting and useful for learners of English.My English level is intermediate and I am working to improve it. And because time is money I will present myself in a few words. I am from Romania, I graduated Economic Studies (when I have the time of my life) five years ago. Now I am working in a bank and I am married. English is a hobby for me and when I have time in my hands I like to study it in my own time. To move with the times I guess means to do things which are according with modern times and to be ahead of time/behind time means to have ideas which people from your time doesn't have them. The first expression is remembered me about the movie Dirty Dancing. In the end of the movie the actress, Jennifer Grey said that she had the time of her life. And it's a sadly thing that Patrick Swayze is very ill. Bye-bye for now!

Hi Anne! I hope you´re enjoying your weekend :-). Well, I always bring with me a book written in English. So anywhere I go I can practise my Englsih while I´m reading. Another thing that I do is listening to music when I don´t have much time. It´s perfect to practise my listening skills :-). By the way Anne, doing nothing is absolutely wonderful indeed. However, it´s hard to find time in order to do nothing :-). Oh let me have a go at the homework: · to have the time of your life: to enjoy yourself very much; .in your own time: when your not working for your employer; · To have time on your hands: to have time when you have nothing to do; · To move with the times: to change your way of living or working to make it modern; · Time is money: every time you have can´t be waste because you can make money use it properly; · To be ahead of/behind time: to have very moderm/ old ideas. Well anne, I´m looking forward to reading the answers. Best wishes, Ana Paula.

Hi Anne, thanks for your blog about "Time". It is very interesting , and so are the images. Especially the big potato couch... Yes, it would be very nice relaxing on a big couch after you've finished an important, challanging, time consuming job. I have a question about counting the words when you've been required to write within a certain amount of words. I mean how the words are counted, do you count every word even the prepositions? Many thanks in advance.

Hello dear Anne It's the first time that i visit this site & pary introduced it for me. I'm 24 years old & my major is telecommunication engineering. My english is not good enough. I wish you & other students will accept me in your blog. I wish & I'm sure you will be successful in your assey. have a nice time. Bahar have a nice time Bahar

Anne, your Masters degree in Linguistics keeps you busy no doubt. What is more, your advice to Xuan was so good that I decided to make more effort with my English studies also. Hence I am not going to be satisfied only reading your post, I will respond to them as well. One needs discipline in life. One more observation about your suggestions to Xuan; they were so apt, so often I sit and stare at a blank screen thinking how to start. The answer is so simply, one just has to start writing and the story begins to form. All the best to everyone from somewhat dismal Finland; the weather is overcast.

Hello Anne, I hope you successfully sent your assignment. How did it go then? Did you have a good and big couch potato after that? Where did you go with steve?

Hi again. wanted to say that I liked Purplerose's expression! about time, "Time is like water in the sponge..." very interesting...All the best, H.

hello,anne ! wow it 's so hardful to study a master degree ,and i understood why you haven't written a blog in recent ,you must be focused on studying . and i also find a question with gerund and present particple , i found a 2 two sentence ,but it 's diffiuclt to find which they are . 1.doing what ? 2.what you doing ? and hope you helpful for me . thank you

helloAnne,I can understand you perfectly since I have had your same problrms years ago when I had to work ad my children were two little boys)Anyway when they become two adult people problems aren't over there is always something you have to do for them,at least here in Italy,things are like that in most families.About the task you gave us i am not sure but probably"tohave the time..."means to be very happy."in your own time"when it is more comfortable for you"to have time in your hands"it depends on your will"tomove with the times"to adaptyourself to new ways of behaviour"time is money"means you can't afford being a vagabond"to be ahead"to be early"to be behind"to be late.Did I guess one at least?bye bye for now

Hi Anne, Thanks for your reply as well. Last blog looked like an advice blog. I was wondering where I was! Kidding! Hope Xuan meets your expectation. But the advice DID create an interest in being a student blogger as well. I wish to do that within the next six months. Its great to know that you are busy all time. I would love too study Linguistics as well. Presently, I am little busy in preparing for TKT exam along with my work. But the saddest part is I don’t find more sample question papers available. I find only a model question paper available in the website. Even in British library they have the same old sample paper. I have only a week remaining. Any way, I am confident of a good show. Hope you had a nice week end. Cheers!! Praveen Raj

Hi Anne,This is the first time that I came here,thanks so much for your ideas about time. I have lots of free time in the weekend,but frequently I lost most of the time.I thought I have too much things to do,but finally I did nothing.Yes time is so important in our life.thank you!with my best wishes,bye!