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On
time/in
time At
the end/in
the end
(a)
On
time и
in
time
On
time =
вовремя, без опозданий. Если что-то происходит
on
time, это происходит
в то время, которое
запланировано:
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The 11.45 train left on
time. (=
it left at 11.45)
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A:
I'll meet you at the corner at 7.30.
B:
Okay, but please be on time.
(= don't be late
/ be there at 7.30)
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The conference was very well organised. Everything began
and finished on
time.
In
time
(for something/to do something)=
чтобы успеть к чему-то/чтобы
успеть сделать что-то:
-
Will you be home in
time for dinner? (=
soon enough for dinner)
-
I've sent Jill her birthday present. I hope it arrives
in
time (for her
birthday).
(= soon enough
for her birthday)
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I must hurry. I want to get home in
time to see the
football match on television.
(= soon enough
to see the football match)
Противоположным по
значению in
time является
too
late:
-
I got home too
late to see the
football match.
Запомните выражение
just
in time:
-
We got to the station just
in time to catch
the train.
-
A dog ran across the road in front of the car, but I
managed to stop just
in time
(to avoid hitting
the dog).
(b)
At
the end и
in
the end
At
the end (of something)
= во время, когда
что-то заканчивается.
Например:
at
the end of
the month at
the end of January
at
the end of
the film at the end of
the course
at
the end of
the match at the end of
the concert
-
I'm going away at
the end of January
/ at the end of
the month.
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At
the end of the concert,
there was tremendous applause.
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All the players shook hands at
the end of the match.
Нельзя сказать
`in the end of something'.
Противоположным по
значению at
the end является
at
the beginning:
at
the beginning
of
the concert at
the beginning of
January
In
the end =
в конечном итоге. Мы употребляем
in
the end,
когда хотим показать, что конечный результат уже достигнут:
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We had a lot of problems with our car. In
the end we sold
it and bought another
one.
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He got more and more angry. In
the end he just
walked out of the room.
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Tom couldn't decide where to go for his holidays. He
decided to go to Italy
in
the end.
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