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Apr 30, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #126 - TO PILE UP

= put lots of things on top of each other to make a pile (often passive)

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Hello, here is another phrasal verb for you. This one is ‘TO PILE UP’, ‘TO PILE UP’. Now, in the last episode I told you about the expression ‘TO PILE IN’ meaning when a large number of...


Apr 30, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #125 - TO PILE IN

= to enter a place or a thing (e.g. a car) in very large numbers
“The doors of the store opened and everyone piled in, hoping to get a bargain in the sales.”

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Hello there. Here is another phrasal verb for you and this one is TO PILE IN. PILE IN. So pile, that’s P I...


Apr 30, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #124 - TO PIG OUT (ON)

= to eat an enormous amount of food – much more than you need.
“We just pigged out on pizza. I felt so disgusting afterwards.”

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Hello everyone, this is Luke Thompson and you’re listening to ‘A Phrasal Verb a Day’ and your phrasal verb this time is TO...


Apr 30, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #123 - TO PIECE TOGETHER

1. To collect lots of bits of information and put it together in order to understand the full situation

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Hello, my name is Luke Thompson
This is ‘A Phrasal Verb a Day’. Here is another phrasal verb for you. This one is ‘to piece together’. Piece like...


Apr 30, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #122 - TO PICK UP ON

1. to talk about something specific that someone else already mentioned
2. to notice or register something that’s changed

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Hello, my name’s Luke Thompson. You’re listening to ‘A Phrasal Verb a Day’ and here it is, here’s your phrasal verb. This one is ‘to...