This little activity with pickup and pick up is fun for the - TopicsExpress



          

This little activity with pickup and pick up is fun for the PRONUNCIATION of the two pickups and for the idiom involved here too. First, PRONUNCIATION: 1a: Pick up as a verb (phrasal verb and idiom): Listen to this ; fr.forvo/word/pick_up_the_pieces/#en The stress is on up (and pieces). Now listen to the opposite, with the noun pickup (a type of truck originally made in and for the rural USA): oxfordlearnersdictionaries/definition/english/pickup_1 As you can hear, both the British and Americans put the stress on PICK, not up, the opposite of what you heard with the idiom pick up the pieces. Secondly, what does pick up the pieces mean? Heres the definition: to try to get back to an ordinary way of life after a difficult experience Type an example sentence. Use it in the past tense to show your understanding of its meaning.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:31:55 +0000

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