To load up something (or load something up) is to put a lot of things, or something heavy, into a vehicle or machine. Examples of use: 1. Can you load up the washing machine and switch it on while I’m at work, please? 2. The workmen loaded up the truck. 3. I’ll just load up [...]

To load down somebody (or load somebody down) is to give them too much to carry. This phrasal verb is usually passive. Examples of use: 1. The old lady was loaded down with shopping. 2. We were loaded down with suitcases at the airport. If you are loaded down with something, such as your work [...]

If something is littered with something it has, or contains, a lot of that thing. Examples of use: 1. The English language is littered with phrasal verbs. 2. His bedroom floor was littered with books and clothes. 3. This town’s streets are littered with rubbish. litter (noun) – paper and other rubbish left in a [...]

If someone, or something, falls through something they drop from one side to the other. Examples of use: 1. My brother was fixing a broken roof tile and he fell through the roof. 2. Don't walk on the frozen pond. You might fall through the ice.   If a business deal or an arrangement falls [...]

To fall behind is to make less progress, to fail to develop as quickly as somebody or something else, or to fail to reach the same standard as other people. Examples of use: 1. Paul has been ill and he has fallen behind with his studies. 2. We got lost on our walking holiday. We [...]