久而久之； 随着时间的推移
情景对话
Breakfast-(早餐)
A：Okay, Bob. I'M ready for beak-fast. Where's the coffee?
好，鲍勃，我已准备好吃早饭了。咖啡在哪儿？
B：It's in that pan there. Jean broke the Silex last week, so I'm still boiling it.
在那只锅里。吉恩上星期把渗滤壶打碎了，所以我只能用锅煮咖啡。
over time的意思
A：It tastes like crankcase oil, but delicious.
这味道有点像汽车里的机油，不过还是很好吃。
B：That's good. You can always make beaskfast yourself if you don't like it.
那好，如果你不喜欢，你随时可以自己动手做早饭。
A：What is the rebesides coffee?
咖啡旁边是什么东西？
B：I warmed a couple of bread roll, and your eggs are in the frying pan.
我热的两个面包卷。你的鸡蛋在平煎锅里。
A：Say, what time is it? Is it really only seven-fifteen. My watch says eight-fifteen.
告诉我，现在几点钟了？真的只有七点十五分吗？我的表已经八点十分了。
B：You forgot to set your watch back. Daylight saving time was over at midnight last night.
你忘了把表拔慢一小时。夏令时间已在昨天午夜结束了。
A：Gee.I could've slept another hour.
唉！我本来可以再多睡一小时的。