PHRASAL VERBS: CONTRASTS BETWEEN “UP” & “DOWN”
Publicat el 8 de juny de 2014 per ealonso
There are four kinds of contrast between the two particles.
(1) opposite directions:
EXAMPLE: He jumped up .He jumped down. He jumped up and down.
(2) opposite fixed directions:
EXAMPLE: UP = in a high position : She nailed the picture up.
UP = completely: She nailed the door up.
DOWN = in a low position: She nailed the floorboards down.
(3) relative positions on a scale:
EXAMPLE: She turned the radio up. He turned it down.
(4) good and bad results (= completion )
EXAMPLES: The fire burned up –and warmed us. (= good result)
The fire burned down–and we got cold
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