quarter past 5

5:15 5:15

CricketAprilAnn

half past eleven

11:30 11:30

Sun BinZheng JieSun XiaomeiLi Shiyan
CricketAprilAnn

half past twelve

12:30 shi2er4 dian3 ban4

Sun BinZheng JieSun XiaomeiLi Shiyan
CricketAprilAnn

The dog ran past.

狗 跑 过 去 。 Gou3 pao3guoqu.

Jessie WangZhang MengLi ZhenCao Hui
AbbieMalSarahBrianDawn

The price of a barrel of oil has tripled in the past few years.

过 去 几 年 中 每 桶 油 价 翻 了 两 番 。 Guo4qu4 ji3 nian2 zhong1 mei3 tong3 you2 jia4 fan1 le liang3 fan1.

Zhu JingGu ChunleiMeng SichenPan Zilong
KayleeEllen

five past one

1:05 1:05

Du FengSun BinSun JingsuPu Ming Ming
DavidJenniferFrank

The policeman smiled at the baby as he walked past.

警 察 走 过 时 向 婴 儿 笑 了 笑 。 Jing3cha2 zou3 guo4shi xiang4 ying1er2 xiao4 le xiao4.

Zhang MengLiu Xiao YunHuang XuLiu Weihong
JamesAnn


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