I vari significati della parola "UP"
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is ‘UP.’
HURRY UP !!!!!!! SBRIGATI !!!!!!!!
It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, (è facile capire il significato di UP-SU, col significato di guardare su nel cielo, o in cima alla lista, ma……) but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP (svegliarsi)? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP (saltare su all’improvviso)? Why do we speak UP (parlare ad alta voce) and why are the officers UP (candidati) for election and why is it UP (dipendere da) to the secretary to write UP (fare una recenzione) a report?
We call UP (telefonare) our friends. And we use it to brighten UP (illuminare)a room, polish UP (lucidare) the silver; we warm UP(riscaldare) the leftovers and clean UP (ripulire)the kitchen. We lock UP (chiudere a chiave) the house and some guys fix UP (aggiustare,restaurare) the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP (suscitare, provocare) trouble, line UP (mettersi in fila) for tickets, work UP (stimolare l’appetito) an appetite, and think UP (inventarsi delle scuse)excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP (vestirsi elegante)is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP ( aprire) because it is stopped UP (otturato) .We open UP (aprire) a store in the morning but we close it UP (chiudere) at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP (confusi) about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP (cercare) in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP (occupare – tempo o spazio) almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to (aggiungere) about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it , you might try building UP a (costruire) list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP,(rinuncire) you may wind UP finire con)with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP (minaccia di pioggia). When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP… (schiarendo)
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.(fare su della confusione)
When it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP.(asciugare, seccare)
One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP,(impacchettare) for now my time is UP, (tempo concluso) so … it is time to shut UP ! (stare zitti)
Ci sono circa 320 Phrasal Verbs con la parola UP nel dizionario inglese- There are about 320 Phrasal Verbs with the word UP in the English dictionary.
IDIOMS with UP
