Daily Video Vocabulary Episode 48 - In the nick of time.

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Daily Video Vocabulary Episode 48 - In the nick of time.

At some point of time in your life, you must have faced a situation where you did something just in time, with a few seconds to spare, or before it was too late, which in turn saved you from unpleasant consequences.

The idiom 'in the nick of time' basically means being able to get something done, just before the deadline. When you do something in the nick of time, you are doing something just before the time runs out, In other words you are doing it on the exact moment.

So when you do something just in time, or before time runs out, it means you have done your work in the nick of time.

When a seriously ailing patient is admitted in hospital just in time, it means he reached the hospital in the nick of time, ruling out any negative consequences.

Example 01 : I got to the station just in the nick of time and jumped on the train, as it was leaving.

Example 02 : In spite of getting stuck in the traffic, we reached the airport in the nick of time and made to our flight.

Example 03 : Little John was desperate for a wee, and got to the toilet just in the nick of time.

Example 04 : Jane got her application form submitted to the college in the nick of time, If she had arrived a day later, she would've missed the deadline.

Example 05 : Jack made it to the fuel station in the nick of time, else he would have been stranded in the middle of the highway without any fuel.

Example 06 : Janet was almost drowning in the swimming pool, the lifeguard spotted her and saved her in the nick of time.

Example 07 : The bomb squad arrived in the nick of time and diffused the explosives, saving many innocent lives.

Example 08 : William completed the financial reports in the nick of time, before presenting them to the client, he had all the figures on the tip of his tongue.

Example 09 : Spiderman swept down and saved the damsel in distress just in the nick of time.

Example 10 : The doctors decided to operate the injured man in the nick of time, to save his life.

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[maricristampos]

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[qsa]

We always have policy to submit our documents in the nick on time

[maitrerb]

i always do my homework in the nick of time

[Zack-cxyr]

I was desperate for some Sterling Honey.I got it in the nick of the time

[Zack-cxyr]

I was desperate for the gov job.I was overjoyed by Receiving The
Govt Job in the nick of the Time

[jiantingli]

One time, I overslept and thought I was going to be late to work. Luckily, I got there in the nick on time.

The police got to the bank in the nick of time to stop the holdup.

[jagtarwaraich]

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[Zack-cxyr]

I was desperate for the water
Beacause I had stranded on the middle of the highway and there is no water there.I thought I was destined to die out of water.There is no water around to quenched my thirst.I Thought to myself I will be overjoyed If I had got a bottle of water.I Thought to myself on that Time if someone's Will give me just a bottle of water I will give him profuse amount of money.There is a football playground around the highway Football used to play there.I thought I had to figure out Something to save my life.I had to find some water.

[MahmoodZohoori]

I remember when I was in military service, I almost always got to the garrison in the nick of time.

[maJestic]

I always make it to the train station in the nick of time.

[rdu]

oh! Crap!, I live in the nick of time...sorry for me!

[Zack-cxyr]

I had stranded on the middle of the highway that day.

[Zack-cxyr]

Please fill up the oil trank else You will have stranded on the middle of the highway By two hour's

[Zack-cxyr]

I was desperate for the a pee and I got it in the nick of the Time.

[madhusudhangoud]

we submitted our project in the nick time, and we got the last prize,

[Zack-cxyr]

A bottle of water will be overjoyed her.

[sungkim]

I made it to Gina picinic s wedding just in the nick of time.

[AjayDixit]

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