Written and contributed by Rayyan, 10th Grader, Ahmadiyya International School, Maldives.
Thanks Rayyan for sharing.
We’d like to mention that overusing idioms is not really a good practice. However, to learn idioms and quickly put them to your long term memory, a letter like this is great. We asked Rayyan to choose the time idioms he likes and show us how he would use all of them in a few paragraphs. He chose to wear his creative hat, and wrote a letter! Here is the list of idioms we gave.
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Rayyan’s letter::
Dear Ali,
Guess what? Ahmed and I got a call from FIFA after a month of Sundays! We got a chance to help as volunteers in the ongoing World Cup. Unfortunately, the time wasn’t ripe as the exams were just around the corner, so it almost killed us to turn the offer down.
Anyway, we were pressed for time as there was a mountain of lessons to learn and we had to work against the clock to grasp them all. Ahmed was learning in his own sweet time, as usual.
The tests were in the afternoon, so we studied since the crack of dawn. We were so engrossed with studying, we lost track of time. Believe me, we just made it to the exam hall in the nick of time. You can’t guess how relieved I was.
I don’t remember doing such a tough Math exam since time immemorial. I’m sure you’ll guffaw to know the computer test looked as if it was stuck in a time warp. It was so similar to the previous exams and was just a piece of cake. Life after the exams was thrilling. Ahmed and I went surfing and had the time of our lives. Unfortunately, our results weren’t that good. I was really dumbstruck.
I must never in a million years procrastinate in getting ready for the exams. That’s what I learned and I hope it’d be useful to you, as well. Drop a line soon.
Yours,
Rayyan
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