The English We Speak: To nick

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 22 August 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at different uses of the word 'to nick'.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak.
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:18.0	Hello and welcome to the English We speak. My name is Helen.
0:25.0	And I'm Rob.
0:27.0	I saw you looking for your headphones earlier. Did you find them?
0:30.0	No, Helen, you know, I look for them everywhere everywhere someone must have nicked them.
0:34.4	Nick them what do you mean? Oh sorry what I mean is someone stole my headphones
0:40.8	to Nick something means to steal something. That's terrible. But how is it
0:46.7	spelled? It's spelled N. I.C. K. Nick, to Nick something.
0:54.0	My son's best friend is called Nick.
0:56.0	It's the same spelling, isn't it?
0:58.0	It is, but not the same meaning.
1:01.0	Here, the word Nick is a verb and it's British slang too.
1:05.4	Let's hear a couple of examples. What items have been stolen?
1:09.2	Someone nicked my bike this morning.
1:13.0	Oh no, did you report it to the police?
1:16.0	Yes, I did.
1:20.0	Where are the chocolate biscuits I was saving?
1:22.0	I'm sure I saw them yesterday.
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