Text B 1. some time: a certain period of time e.g. the fire went for some time before it was brought under control. atatad the Cf. sometime: at some uncertain or unstated time in the future or in the past e.g. we'll take our holiday sometime in August. Our house was built sometime around 1905
Detailed stud 1. hard: with great effort e.g. looking hard at this picture. think hard and work hard 2. hardly: almost not e.g. he could hardly wait to hear the news There's hardly any coal left. 3. .. than employees did in 1979