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Aspectual marker

Completive

  • do up (your hair, your tie):
  • 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, laver, échouer (sur la plage)
  • clean up: tout ranger, nettoyer
  • tie up: ligoter, régler, attacher, accaparer l'esprit, ...
  • tidy up: tout ranger
  • mop up: nettoyer, éponger
  • make up (for sth): (se) rattraper
  • 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
  • bring up: élever (see also: upbringing)

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: monter
  • go up to (sth / so): aller jusque devant...