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我们下周找个时间聊聊吧。

Wǒmen xià zhōu zhǎo gè shíjiān liáo liáo ba.

We need to catch up sometime next week.

我大概十分钟到十五分钟后给你回电话。

Wǒ dàgài shí fēnzhōng dào shíwǔ fēnzhōng hòu gěi nǐ huí diànhuà.

I'll call you back in roughly ten to fifteen minutes.

我希望可以给你一个确切的时间，但是目前还没有定下来，至少可能需要七十二个小时。

Wǒ xīwàng kěyǐ gěi nǐ yīgè quèqiè de shíjiān, dànshì mùqián hái méiyǒu dìng xiàlái, zhìshǎo kěnéng xūyào qīshí'èr gè xiǎoshí.

I wish I could give you a definite time, but it’s still up in the air, maybe seventy-two hours minimum.

你还记得我们以前每个周末都做这件事吗？

Nǐ hái jìde wǒmen yǐqián měi ge zhōumò dōu zuò zhè jiàn shì ma?

Do you remember when we used to do this every weekend?

发生得很快。

fāshēng de hěn kuài.

It happens fast.

已经中午了吗？

Yǐjīng zhōngwǔ le ma?

Is it noon yet?

我们七点开始。

Wǒmen qī diǎn kāishǐ。

We start at seven.

到星期五。

Dào xīngqīwǔ.

Until Friday.

太晚了吗？

Tài wǎn le ma?

Is it too late?

现在几点了？

Xiànzài jǐ diǎnle?

What time is it?

七天前

Qī tiān qián

Seven days ago.

现在几点了？

Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le?

What time is it?

八点整

bā diǎn zhěng

Eight o'clock sharp.

我来早了。

Wǒ lái zǎo le。

I am early.

现在几点了？

Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le?

What time is it?

现在八点半了。

Xiànzài bā diǎn bàn le.

Half past eight now.

就几分钟。

Jiù jǐ fēnzhōng.

Only a few minutes.

三点十分。

Sān diǎn shí fēn.

It's ten past three.

再五分钟。

Zài wǔ fēnzhōng.

Five minutes more.

现在几点了？

Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le?

What time is it?