Meaning of PULL AN ALL NIGHTER - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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This phrase is for some of you younger people
out there.
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In English when we say "pull an all nighter"
it means that you stay up all night to get
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something done.
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This phrase is usually used by students, university
students and college students.
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Sometimes when you have a paper or an essay
or a test the next day, sometimes you will
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pull an all nighter, which means that you
will stay up either studying or working on
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the thing that is due the next day.
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When I was a student in university I would
often, when I had a paper due, I would pull
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an all nighter in order to get it done.
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So it means that I would literally stay up
all night, I would drink lots of coffee so
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that I would have lots of caffeine in me so
that when I pulled an all nighter I was able
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to stay awake the whole time.
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