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đến lúc ☊ Common Phrases 3 like: đến lúc → →
until then, until that time ☊ cho đến lúc bấy giờ ☊ until that moment ☊ cho đến lúc đó ☊ to wait until when ☊ chờ cho đến lúc nào ☊ never before that moment, until now ☊ mãi cho đến lúc đó ☊ not until that moment ☊ mãi đến lúc đó ☊ until that moment, not before that moment ☊ mãi đến lúc ấy ☊ the time came to (do sth) ☊ đã đến lúc để ☊ It's almost time to go. ☊ almost ☊
She always arrives at 7.30. ☊ always ☊
It's time for bed (= time to go to sleep). ☊ bed ☊
It was some time before I realized the truth. ☊ before ☊
It's time to clear up. ☊ clear up, clear sth up ☊
What time did you come (= to my house)? ☊ come ☊
The time has come (= now is the moment) to act. ☊ come ☊
By then she was established as a star. ☊ establish ☊
It's about time you learnt to face (the) facts (= accepted the truth about the situation). ☊ fact ☊
It is time to put these arrangements on a slightly more formal basis. ☊ formal ☊
I think it's time we tried a fresh approach. ☊ fresh ☊
It's time you grew up. ☊ grow up ☊
Come on, it's time to go home. ☊ home ☊
Come on, it's time we left. ☊ leave ☊
Come on! It's time we made a start. ☊ make ☊
By the time the police arrived, I was a nervous wreck. ☊ nervous ☊
It is time for opposing factions to unite and work towards a common goal. ☊ opposing ☊
It's time to swallow your pride (= hide your feelings of pride) and ask for your job back. ☊ pride ☊
They arrived at 7.30 as they had promised. ☊ promise ☊
It's time you put a stop to this childish behaviour. ☊ put ☊
It was time to put their suggestion into practice. ☊ put ☊
I haven't seen them recently (= it is some time since I saw them). ☊ recently ☊
It's time to give serious consideration to this matter. ☊ serious ☊
It's time you settled your differences with your father. ☊ settle ☊
It's time I settled down. ☊ settle down ☊
He asked me what time he should come. (= His words were: 'What time shall I come?') ☊ should ☊
It's time for someone new (= a new person) to take over. ☊ someone ☊
It's time to stand back and look at your career so far. ☊ stand back (from sth) ☊
It's time you started on your homework. ☊ start ☊
It is time to put a stop to the violence. ☊ stop ☊
It was time to take the political struggle onto the streets (= by protesting in large groups in the streets of a city). ☊ street ☊
There's a room free in Bob's house next week but you can stay with us until then. ☊ then ☊
time (that)...: It's time the kids were in bed. ☊ time ☊
They moved here in 2009. Until then they'd always been in the London area. ☊ until ☊
'It's time you did your homework.' 'I don't want to!' ☊ want ☊