The English We Speak: Two Ticks

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we find out what it means when someone says "I'll be with you in two ticks", and other related phrases.

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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.
0:21.0	I'm William Kramer.
0:25.0	And I'm Wangfei, so how are you today?
0:29.0	Two ticks.
0:31.0	What? Give me two shakes wrong Fay I just need to...
0:36.0	What's... what's that? I'll be with you in a jiffy what's a jiffy
0:43.2	William what are you talking about yeah done now I just I just needed to send a text
0:49.0	ah but what were all those ticks and jiffies?
0:53.2	Ah, and shakes.
0:54.9	Yes.
0:55.9	Well, they're all expressions of time, Wong Fay.
0:59.5	So they're ways of saying, just a moment or just a minute.
1:03.0	Mm, I see.
1:05.0	Can you come and help me lift this sofa?
1:11.0	Yeah, I'll be with you in two ticks.
1:13.0	Two ticks.
1:15.0	Two ticks.
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