Difference between revisions of "Up"

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Up!

Aspectual marker

"up" is often used to describe the appearance or disappearance of something (sth or someone so).

It also has a more directional component when combined with verbs of motion (come, go, drive, ride, etc.): vers le haut. Cf. the movie Up,or the song "Up, up, and away, in my beautiful balloon"... ^^

Completive

• break up with so: rompre avec qqn
• break sth up: casser qqch
• blow up: inflate, explode, gonfler, exploser
• do up (your hair, your tie): attacher les cheveux, faire des tresses, etc., nouer une cravate...

• eat up: manger tout, ronger

• mess up: tout confondre, tout foirer (compare the many more vulgar terms for the latter)
• mix up: confuse or mix thoroughly, tout mélanger, mêler les pinceaux

• fill up: remplir jusqu'au bord

• catch up: rattraper
• catch up on sth: rattraper
• catch up with so: rattraper le temps perdu

• wash up: se laver les mains, nettoyer, (se) laver, échouer (sur la plage)
• clean up: tout ranger, nettoyer
• tie up: ligoter, régler, attacher, accaparer l'esprit, ...
• tidy up: ranger
• straighten up: tidy up, behave properly, se déplier
• throw up: vomit
• mop up: nettoyer, éponger

• make up (for sth): (se) rattraper
• make up (with so): faire le paix avec qqn
• look up: chercher une information (dictionnaire, base de données), chercher jusqu'à ce qu'on trouve...
• get up: se lever
• wake up: se réveiller
• stand up: se mettre debout (see also upstanding)
• write sth / so up: make a formal report
• grow up: grandir se dit uniquement d'un enfant
• bring up: raise, élever (see also: upbringing)
• give up: abandon

Ex nihilo

• draw up (a plan)
• dream up
• conjure up
• make sth up: invent (make up a story, an excuse, etc.)
• make-up
• stir up (trouble, discontent): agiter
• whip sth up (to eat)

Directional (more adverbial)

• go up(stairs): monter (à l'étage)
• go up to (sth / so): aller jusque devant...
• swim upstream: nager à contre-courant