Daily Easy English #1172: Learn how to use "to pull up" with Coach Shane

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Master the American English phrase "to pull up" in this fun and free ESL podcast lesson! Join Coach Shane to improve your English speaking, listening, and pronunciation with clear explanations and real-life examples. Today's Expression: Pull up a chair Kenny! Join us! You're table is already full~ No, pull up a chair. Okay—just for a minute, though! Why Listen? Learn how to use these words and phrases naturally in conversations. Perfect for ESL/EFL learners aiming to sound like native American English speakers. Boost your listening, comprehension, and American culture knowledge. Free Resources & Courses: Free Lessons: Join us at Skool.com/lme for more English tips. Massive English community: Skool.com/lme Free LIVE classes: Skool.com/lme In China? Follow my Camp Director on WeChat at youtu233 for English Camp updates. Support Coach Shane: Patreon: Support me at patreon.com/coachshane. Buy Me a Coffee: Donate at paypal.me/LetsMasterEnglish. Free Audiobook: Try Audible at audibletrial.com/lme. Sponsor Spotlight: Boost your focus with Magic Mind! Use code LME for 20% off one-time purchases or up to 48% off subscriptions at magicmind.com/LME. About Coach Shane: I'm from Vermont, USA, and I create podcasts and videos to help ESL/EFL students master American English pronunciation, speaking, and culture. Find me on iTunes, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms! Hashtags: #ESL #AmericanEnglish #EnglishIdioms #LearnEnglish #CoachShane #LetsMasterEnglish #EnglishPronunciation #CaughtMeOffGuard

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0:00.0	Hello everybody. My name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.
0:11.1	Come on, let's master English.
0:14.8	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast. I got a phraseal verb for you today in one thousand
0:26.6	one hundred seventy two to pull up now you got to be careful because phrasal verbs which is an action
0:35.7	verb plus a preposition actually a a participle, but whatever.
0:41.2	So we have a verb like pull, P-U-L, and then a participle or preposition like up, UP.
0:48.7	And we put these together.
0:49.7	And you might know one definition, but phrasal verbs tend to have many different definitions, the same phrasal verb.
0:59.5	So today, we're very specifically talking about pull up a chair.
1:07.8	Check out the dialogue.
1:09.5	Kenny, join us. Your table is already full. No, pull up a chair. Check out the dialogue. Kenny, join us.
1:11.5	Your table is already full. No, pull up a chair.
1:16.0	Okay, just for a minute, though.
1:19.8	Once again, maybe it's a Christmas party, a restaurant, a bar, something like that, and this guy, you see this guy, and you want him to join you.
1:29.3	But there are no seats, right?
1:33.5	I mean, a typical table has four seats.
1:36.2	That's it.
1:37.3	Maybe six seats, maybe eight seats.
1:39.5	Anyway, there are no empty seats.
1:43.3	But you want somebody to join. So do you say you say pull up a chair
1:49.8	and that simply means grab a chair from another table grab somebody's chair that's not
1:55.6	not somebody's grab a chair that's not being used by somebody. Don't take somebody's chair.
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