Vocabulary practice · Episode 108

Review the useful expressions from the episode

Study the episode’s central expressions with English definitions, nuance and examples, plus reviewed support-language versions where available.

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Expression 1

around the clock

Continuously, all day and all night.

Nuance: Use it for services, work or care that never stops.

The hospital works around the clock.

They provided around-the-clock support.

Expression 2

in the nick of time

At the last possible moment, just before it is too late.

Nuance: It emphasizes that there was almost no time left.

We reached the gate in the nick of time.

The firefighter arrived in the nick of time.

Expression 3

call it a day

To stop working on something for the rest of the day.

Nuance: A natural, informal way to suggest finishing work now.

We have done enough, so let’s call it a day.

I am tired. I am going to call it a day.

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