EmailGo on is to happen. If something is going on, it is happening. 'What's going on?' means 'What's happening?'. Examples of use: 1. If you see anything suspicious going on, telephone the police. 2. The windows are broken. What's going on? 3. Mr Smith, the office manager, doesn't know what goes on when he is [...]
Phrasal Verb: line up
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Phrasal Verb: invite over
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Phrasal Verb: hot up
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If something hots up it becomes more lively, interesting or exciting. Colloquial British English. Examples of use: 1. This party is starting to hot up at last. 2. Things are really hotting up in the election campaign. 3. Battle to beat iPhone to hot up. infinitive hot up present simple hot up and hots [...]
Normal service is resumed :-)
August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After an unexpected break from my blog because of illness in my family, I am happy to say that I am now able to return to adding new content here regularly. We also have big plans underway for a new web site and community for English language learners, and we are updating all our English [...]
