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[показать]Asking the time
Here are some phrases you can use when you want to know the time:

* What's the time?
* What time is it?
* Have you got the right time?
* What time do you make it?

Telling the time
To tell someone what the time is, we can say "The time is..." or, more usually, "It's...". Here is a typical dialogue:
Question: What's the time, please?
Answer: It's three o'clock.

It's...
3.00 three o'clock / three
3.02 just gone three o'clock three oh two
3.03 three minutes past three / three oh three
3.05 five past three / three oh five
3.09 nine minutes past three / three oh nine
3.10 ten past three / three ten
3.15 a quarter past three / three fifteen
3.20 twenty past three / three twenty
3.21 twenty-one minutes past three / three twenty-one
3.25 twenty-five past three / three twenty-five
3.30 half past three / three thirty
3.35 twenty-five to four / three thirty-five
3.40 twenty to four / three forty
3.45 a quarter to four / three forty-five
3.50 ten to four / three fifty
3.55 five to four / three fifty-five
3.57 three minutes to four / three fifty-seven
3.58 nearly four c'clock / three fifty-eight
4.00 four o'clock / four

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