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/ʌp/ adverbio A2En español: arriba, suso, asuso
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity. · I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.· Shoots grow up and roots grow down.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position. · All day we climbed up and up.· Lift the carpet up and look underneath.
- To an upright or erect position. · sit up; stand up; get up out of bed
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc. · Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.· Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher. · Go back up to the top of the page.· As I lay on my back, a pain shot up from my toes to my chest.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps). · I live in Florida, but I'm going up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as ‘up’ by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change. · We travelled from Yorkshire up to London.· I'm going up to the other end of town.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
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After you’ve finished the dishes go up-stairs and make your bed.”
But I have always observed, that they who are good-natured when children, are good-natured when they grow up; and he was always the sweetest tempered, most generous-hearted boy in the world.”
Anne stood up and drew a long breath.
Gardiner, highly amused by the kind of family prejudice, to which he attributed her excessive commendation of her master, soon led again to the subject; and she dwelt with energy on his many merits, as they proceeded together up the great staircase.
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