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