mrphrasalverb

UP USES                                                           UP EXAMPLES

1. in an upward direction                                   The smoke rose up
2. in an approaching  direction                           The boy ran upo to us
3. completion                                                      They used the coal up
4. Emphasis                                                        Speak up! Hurry up!

— TO SET UP

— TO SHUT UP

UP USES                                                 UP EXAMPLES

1. in an upward direction                         The smoke rose up
2. in an appproaching direction                The boy ran up to us
3. completion                                            He used the coal up
4. emphasis                                              Speak up! Hurry!

— TO MAKE UP 

UP USES                                               UP EXAMPLES
1. in an upward direction                       The smoke rose up
2. in an approaching direction                The boy run up to us
3. completion                                          He used the coal up
4. emphasis                                            Speak up! Hurry up!

To own up:
To admit you have done something bad or wrong 
Because none of the students owned up to breaking the window, they  all received 
a detention 
Use: UP completion.Metaphorical.

To pick up:
To lift someone or  something up from a surface
She rushed to pick up the baby as soon as it started to leave
Use: UP upward

 

To keep up:
To move at the same speed as someone
Try to keep up!
Note: Emphasis

To look up:
To find the meaning of a word by looking in a book, list or computer
I didn´t know what “loquacious” meant and had to look it up in a dictionary
Note: completion
 

— TO DO UP 

UP USES                                                    UP EXAMPLES
1. in an upward direction                            The smoke rose up
2. in an approaching direction                    The boy ran to us 
3. completion                                              He used the coal up
4. emphasis                                                Speak up! Hurry up! 

To grow up: 
To  change from being a young child to being an adult
She’s starting to grow now
Note:Upward/Completion

To hang up:
To stop using a telephone
Greg hung up and sat back in his chair
Note:Upward
 

— TO FILL UP 

UP USES                                              US EXAMPLES
1.  in an upward direction                     The smoke rose up
2.  in an approaching direction              The boy ran to us
3.  completion                                        He used the coal up
4.  emphasis                                          Speak up! Hurry up! 

To get up: 
Llevar-se del llit 
I don’t feel like getting up 
No tinc ganes de llevar-me
Nota: UP upward

To give up: 
Deixar de fer una cosa
We have had to give up snacking
Vam haver de deixar de picar entre àpats
Nota: UP Completion
 

— TO BRING UP 

UP USES                                               UP  EXAMPLES
1.in an upward direction                        The smoke rose up
2.in an approaching direction                 The boy ran to us  
3.completion                                           He used the coal up 
4.emphasis                                             Speak up! Hurry up! 

To catch up: 
To reach or pass (someone or something) after following
Posar-se al dia , atrapar, assolir el nivell exigit.
If you don’t work harder, you will never catch up with your classmates 
Si no treballes més durament, mai no atraparàs  els teus companys
Note: UP Completion

To cheer up:
To make happier or more cheerful 
Animar, alegrar 
Cheer up son! I’m sure you will do better next time 
Anima’t fill. Estic segur que la pròxima vegada ho faràs millor
SIN: To encourage
Note: UP Emphasis

UP four uses with examples

– Els quatre usos amb exemples de: UP

First approach to phrasal verbs

– Primera aproximació a un phrasal verb

We are going over four UP phrasal verbs from Top 100 List applying tips stated  in previous posts

– Analitzarem quatre phrasal verbs amb UP  de la llista top 100 tot aplicant allò

First step:
Look at the particle, where the arrow aims to, what meaning the verb has                                      

Primer pas: 
Mirar la partícula, quina direcció té la fletxa, després quin significat té el verb.

To be up to :
To be prepared for
Dependre d’ un mateix.
If it were up to me I would give more concessions to Catalonia
Si depengués de mi donaria més atribucions a Catalunya
Note: This verb refers to something that depens on us, our head, our mind. UP
indicates that decision comes from our  head´s height

Nota: Aquest verb fa referència a allò que depèn de nosaltres, de la decisió del nostre cap, del nostre magí.  UP indica que la decisió es pren des de l’ altura del nostre cap.

To blow up:
To explode
Fer explotar.
The old bridge was blown up because it was unsafe.
El pont vell va ser destruït perquè era insegur.
SIN.To destroy.
Note: Up here can have two uses: upward and completion
Nota: Aquí UP pot tenir dos usos: un d’enlairament i el de “completion”

To break up:
To separate into pieces
Esmicolar, trencar a trossets.
Little Paul likes to break up his biscuits into  his milk
Al Pauet li agrada d’esmicolar les galetes a la llet.
Note: Completion

What training do you need to become a rubbish collector?

None, you PICK it UP as you go alongAquí trobem un joc entre dos significats de PICK UP :

Un és el de recollir (picked up all the pieces), l´altra és ” to acquire by study or

experience”

3r. “Must” que hem de saber per  aprendre a usar Phrasal Verbs.

La major part dels verbs  transitius són separables, és a dir, podem col.locar

l´objecte directe  entre el verb i la partícula.

Pick up the rubbish . Pick the rubbish up.

Què vol dir transitiu? 

A banda del seu  significat filosòfic de transcendent, transitiu  vol dir que passa

de l´un a l´altre .