The English We Speak: In the nick of time

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  Hello.

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  Welcome to the English We Speak.

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  My name is Helen.

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  And I'm Rob.

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  Helen, you look like you've been rushing.

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  Here, have some water.

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  Thanks.

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  I'm a bit out of breath.

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  My appointment at the bank took longer than expected.

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  You got here just in the nick of time, then?

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  Just in the nick of time.

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  Shouldn't it be just in time?

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  Well, you can say both.

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  It means at the very last moment.

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  Let's hear how this phrase is used.

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  The English we speak from BBC Learning English.

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  Alice gave birth to a baby girl last night.

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  I thought she wasn't due for another three weeks.

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