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3 February
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Hello.
Please share your thoughts that you have as an English native speaker about how does the word "up" added to a verb to the right side modify meaning of the verb.
Thank you.
Hello.
Please share your thoughts that you have as an English native speaker about how does the word "up" added to a verb to the right side modify meaning of the verb.
Thank you.
Please share your thoughts that you have as an English native speaker about how does the word "up" added to a verb to the right side modify meaning of the verb.
Thank you.
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3 February
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Got it. Below are "phrasel verbs."
dress up (to dress nicely)
spice up (make something more spicy, like chili, tacos, or somone' sex life)
warm up (to get warm, or in sports to stretch your muscles to be more flexible and not strain a muscle)
speak up (talk louder, or voice your opinion on a subject instead of being silent)
dig up (to dig something up out of the ground, or to find or seek something, as in "dig up" some dirt on someone, find out something bad that they have done, a technique used in politics every day)
look up (to look up above you, or yo "look up" a phone number or "look up" a friend when you get to his hometown, to find him)
hold up (hold something up, or "hold up" a bank, or to endure something, "only two more miles to go, I don't know if I can "hold up")
meet up (to meet someone)
Does this help?
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- English (US)
Got it. Below are "phrasel verbs."
dress up (to dress nicely)
spice up (make something more spicy, like chili, tacos, or somone' sex life)
warm up (to get warm, or in sports to stretch your muscles to be more flexible and not strain a muscle)
speak up (talk louder, or voice your opinion on a subject instead of being silent)
dig up (to dig something up out of the ground, or to find or seek something, as in "dig up" some dirt on someone, find out something bad that they have done, a technique used in politics every day)
look up (to look up above you, or yo "look up" a phone number or "look up" a friend when you get to his hometown, to find him)
hold up (hold something up, or "hold up" a bank, or to endure something, "only two more miles to go, I don't know if I can "hold up")
meet up (to meet someone)
Does this help?
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- English (US)
Yes they are. Keep a dictionary handy so you can "look up" one anytime you need to.
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