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I'm looking for Russian equivalents for these time-related English collocations. Perhaps someone can help me?
1) to spend time
2) to waste time on something
3) to make time for something/someone
4) to save time
5) to have time for something
6) to kill or pass time
7) to take one's time
8) to be on time
9) Just in time
10) Have a hard or rough time with something
11) it's about time (finally!)
12) to run out about time
Many thanks!
Note: when I wrote this answer, I didn't look at the other people's answers.
1) to spend time - провести время
2) to waste time on something - зря потратить время на что-то
3) to make time for something/someone - найти время на что-то/для кого-то
4) to save time - сэкономить время
5) to have time for something - иметь время на что-то (у него есть время на футбол)
6) to kill or pass time - убить время
7) to take one's time - занять чьё-то время
8) to be on time - прибыть/прийти вовремя
9) Just in time - точно вовремя, точно в нужное время
10) Have a hard or rough time with something - don't know how to translate this one
11) it's about time (finally!) - (наконец, наконец-то) настало время
12) to run out about time - don't know the meaning on English
An addendum to the answers already given:
1) to spend time
"Провести время" would work in some contexts, e.g.:
In other contexts your best bet is an imperfect verb, often with "по-" prefix:
"I need to spend some time with a good book on the subject" - Мне бы не мешало почитать хорошую книгу по теме.
"I would like to spend some time alone" - Я хотел бы побыть в одиночестве.
6) to kill or pass time
"to do something to pass time" can also become "со скуки" or "от нечего делать":
7) to take one's time
actually mistranslated in the other answer, this would be "не спешить, не торопиться" or even "без спешки":
10) Have a hard or rough time with something
Daria's "испытывать трудности с чем-то" correctly conveys the meaning, but could sound too formal. "Не получаться", "не выходить", "не справляться" work in wider range of contexts, like:
In other cases (the activity is difficult but successful) you'd need "едва справляться", "едва получаться" etc:
Another useful idiom for this one is "с (большим) трудом":
In yet other cases you'd just need to negate a reflexive verb:
11) it's about time (finally!)
Translation of these phrases is more about semantic meaning unlike direct translation.
** I confused to translate these phrases despite that Russian is my native language.
Good luck.
