• sit up late/stay up late 
• stay awake all night
• work round the clock
• be tired
• drowsy 
• sleepy
• exhausted
• fall asleep
• take a nap 
• light sleep, deep sleep, sound sleep/heavy sleep
• be/fall fast asleep
• be a heavy/sound sleeper
• insomnia
• to dream of/ about, to have a dream, bad dream/nightmare 
• to sleepwalk
• to sleeptalk
• to wake up
• to lie awake
• to be wide awake 
• wakefulness 
• be an early riser
• sleep late 
• oversleep 
• jump out of bed
•  wind up and set the alarm clock for…, 
• give somebody a shake
• give a knock at the door in the morning
• get up

• do/take physical exercises
• undress
• take off one´s pyjama
• put one´s slippers on
• do one's morning routine clean/brush one's teeth 
• rinse one's mouth 
• have/take a shower
• wash with cold or warm water, turn off / on water tap
• dry oneself with a towel
• rub oneself
• to comb one's hair with a comb, hairdryer, curlers to curl one´s hair, to dye 
• Meals:
• early morning tea
• breakfast
•  snack
• elevenses 
• coffee break
• to talk over coffee
• lunch at lunch time
• packed lunch 
• school/work canteen afternoon time
• tea time
• dinner
• to go out for dinner/to dine out/to eat out 
• to go to the restaurant, to have dinner with somebody
• supper 

• Work, school:
• to commute 
• to walk to work, to catch/ miss the bus
• to get to work on time/ to be late for work
• latecomer
• timetable/schedule 
• working hours 
• to work X hours a day
• to work in shifts 
• night shift
• to be busy
• to be engaged/booked/to have something on
• to spend time on
• to go straight home from school

• to make one's bed
• to tidy up the room
• to air the room
• to dust the furniture
• to water the flowers
• to clean
• to sweep the floor 
• to hoover the carpets
• to wash up
• to wash clothes
• to do the laundry
• to rinse to wring
• to hang
• to dry
• to iron
• to mend 
• to run the house
• to keep the house clean and tidy
• Time:
• listen to the time signal on the radio
• set one´s watch to the right time
• the watch is 5 minutes fast/gains 5 min/ slow/loses 5 min.
• take one´s time/be in no particular hurry 
• to have no time to lose/spare 
• to be in an awful hurry
• to have hardly any free time 
• to be nearly ready , not quite ready, it is much too late, I cannot make it, I won´t be a minute
•  idleness 
•  idle away 

• to relax and do nothing
• to gossip with friends on the phone
• to go out for the evening
• to have visitors, dinner, cocktail party
• to take dancing, music lessons, to cram for the exams 
• to go jogging
• to get out of town
• to hike/walk to the forest 

• car maintenance
• handyman
• jack-of-all-trades 
• D.I.Y.
• to collect – stamps, coins, autographs –postcards, antiques, glass, china, dolls, toys, sports cards, beer cans, coasters
• collector
• to take photographs – camera, slides 
• to load the camera
• to develop a film
• to do woodwork 
• to screw, drill 
• to do needlework 
•  to sew 
• to knit 
• to make lace
• to do the gardening 
• to potter, fence 
• to plant something
•  to grow 
• to dig the garden 
• to water 
• to have pets 

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