English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'

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• 00:04

  Not one thing, not two things, not three things, four things.

• 00:11

  I'm going to tell you four phrases with thing.

• 00:19

  Something that just doesn't happen anymore is a thing of the past.

• 00:23

  Getting lost is a thing of the past.

• 00:26

  Now, we've all got phones.

• 00:27

  If you want to insist that something doesn't exist, just say, there's no such thing.

• 00:34

  A way to learn English instantly.

• 00:36

  I'm afraid there's no such thing.

• 00:39

  If you think something or someone will be really popular or successful in future,

• 00:44

  then it or they could be the next big thing.

• 00:47

  You've got to hear this, band.

• 00:49

  I think they might be the next big thing.

• 00:52

  The fourth phrase with thing I'll share with you is about being in the middle of all the action.

• 00:58

  And if that's where you are, you're in the thick of things.

• 01:01

  If you want to work in a hospital, you need to like being in the thick of things.

• 01:07

  Use these four phrases with thing this week.