| Above all (before all other considerations) | He is a lazy, foolish and above all dishonest fellow. |
| After all (in spite of every fact to the contrary) | You should not be so harsh to me; after all I have been your student. |
| Again and Again or over and over again or time and again | You should read the book again and again to understand it thoroughly. |
| All the same (nevertheless) | He is no doubt a weak student. All the same, we are sending him for the examination. It is all the same whether he comes here or not. |
| All of a sudden (suddenly) | The teacher left the school all of a sudden. |
| At present (now) | He is working in the school at present. |
| For the present (just now) | Let us sleep over this matter for the present. |
| As a matter of fact (in reality) | He says that he helped me; as a matter of fact, he opposed me at every step. |
| As far as, so far as | So far as (as far as), I remember, he did not attend the meeting. |
| At arm’s length | You should keep the mischievous boys at arm’s length. |
| At a stretch (without any break) | He can work twelve hours at a stretch. |
| At random (without any aim) | He fired the gun at random. |
| Before long (in a short time) | Before long the mischievous boy will be taken to task by the teacher. |
| By and by (after some time) | The situation will be under control by and by. |
| By heart (by rote) | Learn this poem by heart, please. |
| By no means (in no way) | He can by no means deprive me of my rights. |
| By all means (in all ways) | I will help you by all means. |
| Far and wide | His fame has spread far and wide. |
| Far and near | We searched for our lost cow far and near. |
| From time to time (sometimes) | He came to see us from time to time. |
| First and foremost (before anything else) | Our first and foremost duty is to serve our country. |
| Hard by (near) | My friend lives hard by. |
| In the nick of time (just in time) | I reached the bus stand in the nick of time. |
| Into the bargain (besides) | He beat me and disgraced me into the bargain. |
| In secret (secretly) | He left the city in secret. |
| In vain (uselessly) | All his efforts went in vain. |
| In the dark | All along he kept us in the dark about his failure. |
| Little by little (gradually) | The enemy lost strength little by little. |
| Now and then (occasionally) | Our friend wrote to us now and then. |
| On the one hand………on the other hand | On the one hand, you do not want to spend at all; on the other hand, you want all the comforts of life. |
| On the whole (generally speaking) | He is an honest man on the whole. |
| Off and on (irregularly) | My friend comes to me off and on. |
| Of late | My uncle has of late been not keeping good health. |
| Over and above (besides) | Over and above being intelligent, he is hardworking. |
| On a large scale | He arranged a feast on a large scale. |
| On its last legs (about to fail and die) | The bank is on its last legs now. |
| On and on (without stopping) | We worked on and on till they completed their task. |
| Sooner or later | Everybody has to die sooner or later. |
| Through and through (out and out, thoroughly) | He is a Pakistani through and through. |
| Without fail (certainly) | I want you to finish the work by Monday without fail. |
| With one voice (unanimously) | The audience shouted with one voice that they were with their leader. |
