In good nick

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🗓️ 19 January 2016

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Learn a phrase to describe something in top condition

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello and welcome. BBC Learning English.
0:19.0	Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm Helen and joining me today is Neil. Hello everybody.
0:20.0	So Neil, where did you go last weekend?
0:23.2	I went to a car boot sale near my home.
0:26.2	There were lots of sellers getting rid of unwanted Christmas presents.
0:30.1	So did you manage to pick up any bargains?
0:33.0	Plenty. I got presents for my kids to last the rest of the year.
0:37.0	And I picked up this little gem.
0:39.0	Look.
0:40.0	Oh, what is it?
0:41.0	It's an old silver English coin.
0:44.0	Is it real? It looks quite new to me.
0:47.0	It does, doesn't it? I had a close look, and it's in Good Nick.
0:51.0	Good Nick. Uh, who's Nick?
0:53.7	Oh, I don't mean Nick as a person's name.
0:56.3	When British people say it's in good Nick,
0:59.1	we mean it's in good condition,
1:01.1	especially if it's something that's very old but still looks new.
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