Time Collocations
To use your hours efficiently so you do not arrive late or miss a deadline.
A) Hold time
B) Keep time
C) Save time
D) Catch time
Save time
To officially notify your boss in writing that you are leaving your job permanently.
A) Give a warning
B) Give your notice
C) Hand a letter
D) Present your exit
Give your notice
To intentionally violate an official legal statute or commit an illegal act.
A) Bend the law
B) Crack the law
C) Break the law
D) Tear the law
Break the law
To complete your daily household chores, specifically focusing on washing your shirts, pants, and socks.
A) Make the laundry
B) Do the laundry
C) Clean the laundry
D) Run the laundry
Do the laundry
A common weather phrase for a sudden, massive downpour of water from the sky.
A) Hard rain
B) Fast rain
C) Thick rain
D) Heavy rain
Heavy rain
To do a trivial activity, like playing a mobile game, just to pass the hours while waiting for something else.
A) Waste time
B) Kill time
C) Break time
D) Drop time
Kill time
To officially reach a binding agreement or sign a formal contract with a new business partner.
A) Stop a deal
B) Lock a deal
C) Finallize a deal
D) Close a deal
Close a deal
To spend a mandatory period of time locked inside a correctional facility as punishment for a crime.
A) Serve a prison sentence
B) Do a jail period
C) Wait a cell term
D) Hold a lockup time
Serve a prison sentence
To state an incorrect fact or execute an accidental blunder on an exam or project.
A) Do a mistake
B) Build a mistake
C) Make a mistake
D) Create a mistake
Make a mistake
A weather term describing intense, aggressive atmospheric currents that blow at very high speeds.
A) Strong winds
B) Heavy winds
C) Hard winds
D) Tough winds
Strong winds
To organize your daily schedule efficiently to maximize productivity.
A) Manage your time
B) Direct your time
C) Govern your time
D) Control your time
Manage your time
The corporate phrase for failing to launch a product on time or failing to finish a project by its due date.
A) Lose a deadline
B) Drop a deadline
C) Miss a deadline
D) Pass a deadline
Miss a deadline
To deliberately look the other way or avoid taking action when you see something illegal happening.
A) Turn a blind eye
B) Close a dark eye
C) Shut a cold face
D) Drop a heavy glance
Turn a blind eye
To exert physical or mental energy to accomplish a goal, regardless of the final outcome.
A) Make an effort
B) Show an effort
C) Do an effort
D) Give an effort
Make an effort
A prolonged environmental crisis where a region experiences an extreme lack of rainfall.
A) Severe drought
B) Hard drought
C) Deep drought
D) Sharp drought
Severe drought
To make a conscious effort to dedicate a portion of your busy day to see a friend or do a hobby.
A) Give time
B) Find time
C) Make time
D) Set time
Make time
To schedule and execute an official, structured assembly with employees or clients.
A) Hold a meeting
B) Make a meeting
C) Do a meeting
D) Gather a meeting
Hold a meeting
The specific, formal legal collocation for committing a minor, non-violent infraction like littering or jaywalking.
A) Do a small crime
B) Commit a petty offense
C) Make a light error
D) Break a soft rule
Commit a petty offense
To perform a kind, helpful gesture for someone without expecting anything in return.
A) Make a favor
B) Give a favor
C) Do a favor
D) Hand a favor
Do a favor
An environmental term for thick, heavily polluted air trapped over a major city due to industrial emissions.
A) Dirty smog
B) Dense smog
C) Deep smog
D) Heavy smog
Dense smog
A phrase describing a strict schedule where you must work exceptionally fast because your remaining hours are running out.
A) Running with time
B) Fighting the hours
C) Racing against time
D) Speeding past time
Racing against time
An idiomatic business phrase meaning to work late into the night to finish an urgent corporate task.
A) Burn the midnight oil
B) Melt the night candle
C) Flash the dark light
D) Fire the late furnace
Burn the midnight oil
To formally enter a courtroom and give an honest, sworn statement about what you witnessed during a crime scene.
A) Provide a story
B) Speak the truth
C) Give testimony
D) Pass evidence
Give testimony
To formally register a serious, written statement of dissatisfaction regarding bad service at a restaurant or hotel.
A) Do a complaint
B) Make a complaint
C) Give a complaint
D) Send a complaint
Make a complaint
The scientific and meteorological term for weather conditions that change rapidly, violently, and unpredictably.
A) Rough weather
B) Angry weather
C) Unsettled weather
D) Broken weather
Unsettled weather