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A matter of time
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Length 9 min
Level C1
Accent American
Chapters 8
Learn how to use the idiom a matter of time correctly in everyday conversation with clear examples, natural dialogues, and skill exercises.
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Maya Do not worry about the delay, Leo, because finding a new apartment is only a matter of time.
Guide Welcome to today's English lesson.
Guide Today we learn the idiom a matter of time.
Guide This phrase means something is sure to happen.
Guide You know it will happen, but not when.
Guide We usually start the sentence with it is.
Guide You place only or just before a matter.
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