Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: What's Up

Come Bambi ha detto, a volte la parola "up" cambia il significato del verbo ma
qualche volta "up" non cambia niente e la parola e' superflua.
Ecco qualche esempio. Sono sicuro che non tutti direbbero che la lista e' esatta
perche' il significato depende sul contesto. Qualcuno vorrebbe postare l'atre
versioni?
wake = wake up
come <> come up
speak <> speak up
write = write up
brighten = brighten up
fix <> fix up
polish = polish up
stir <> stir up
dress <> dress up
open = open up
close = close up
Ciao,
Ron
USA
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There is  a two-letter word we use constantly that may have more
meaning than any other. The word is up.
It is easy to understand up meaning toward the sky or toward the top
of a list. But when we waken, why do we wake up? At a meeting, why
does a topic come up, why do participants speak up, and why are the
officers up for election? And is it up to the secretary to write up a
report?
Often the little word isn't needed, but we use it anyway. We brighten
up a room, fix up the old car and polish up the silver. At other
times, it has special meanings. People stir up trouble, work up an
appetite, get tied up in traffic. To be dressed is one thing, but to
be dressed up is special. It may be confusing, but a drain must be
opened up because it is stopped up. We open up a store in the morning
and close it up at night. We seem to me mixed up about up.
To be up on the proper use of up look up the word in your dictionary.
In one desk-size dictionary up takes up half a page, and listed
definitions add up to about 40. If you are up to it, you might try
building up a list of the many ways in which up is used.
It will take up a lot of your time but, if you don't give up, you may
wind up with a thousand.

 Often the little word isn't needed, but we use it anyway.
That's exactly my point. In fact (and I feel as a lot of Latins) I decided
all those damn prepositions are useless and I simply wiped off from my mind!
Yes, I've to admit my understanding of phrasal verbs is a bit poor now, but
I'm living great anyhow!
Believe me

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I'm afraid they often change the meaning of the verb entirely.
There's a big difference between these, for example:
close up    close down
shut up    shut down
throw up    throw down
I wonder who can explain the difference (if any) between:
write up
write down
write out
Mary
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"Mind if I smoke?" "Mind if I throw up?"

all those damn prepositions are useless and I simply wiped off from my mind!
You may wipe them from your mind, without the "off".
You may wipe them off your mind, without the "from".
With some licence, you may may wipe them off from your mind.
But please don't be tempted to use "off of", as do many
English speakers who should know better.
Raymot
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That is the reason why a lot of Latins use normal verbs (very similar to
Latin languages) instead of phrasal verbs...
Bye Asoka xx'82
<< However fast you may run, you will never overreach the ball >>

write out
Ok, I will try.
to write up = fare un minuto resoconto ; elaborare ; elogiare ; aggiornare
(tutto per iscritto)
to write down = prendere nota ; denigrare
to write out = trascrivere ; redigere
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Bambi, your posts are always useful and funny at the same time !
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to write out = trascrivere ; redigere
Io sapevo 'escludere definitvamente'.
Ciao
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching

Bambi, your posts are always useful and funny at the same time !
I do agree, but maybe there's no need to quote them in their entirety when
wanting to make a one-line point...
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"Mind if I smoke?" "Mind if I throw up?"
throw away      a - scartare
                b - sprecare (ad es., soldi, un'opportunita`)
throw back      buttare la testa all'indietro
throw off       spogliarsi
throw together  fare qualcosa alla Carlona, buttare li`
throw up        (vedi sopra l'aforisma di Mary)
Ciao
Ferdinando Chiodo

write out
In my opinion there is no difference and "write" can be used with full
comprehension in every case, even if it may seem less usual in common parlance.
"Can you write up a report on this?"
"Can you write a report on this?"
"As I speak, write down what I say"
"As I speak, write what I say"
"Write out the full sentence in your answer."
"Write the full sentence in your answer."
Ciao,
Ron
USA
Spell-checked for your health and convenience.

Cheer up, Bambi!

wanting to make a one-line point...
ok...
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 Spell-checked for your health and convenience.
:-))
Mary
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"I have writer's block", said Tom contritely.

Isa
No, that is "write off".
Raymot
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 Mi pare che, addirittura, non si sia giunti alla lettera C.
Ero io quel desso! Il lavoro era effettivamente grande per un uomo,
ma molto piccolo per l'umanita'. Se qualcun'altro si fosse offerto
di aiutarmi avrei continuato senz'altro.
Un giorno o l'altro ne posto un'altra serie.
Bye
Alex
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[...lots of ups...]
...but I sleep my ass off on sundays. :)

 meaning than any other. The word is up.
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Cheer up, Bambi!

 Bye Asoka xx'82

 And what about "down"?
Robert broke down when his wife told him that their cat had been knocked
down by a fast car passing along the road in front of their house, which had
not slowed down, and had died from the shock.
The news got him so down that he forgot the resolution he had made some days
before to cut down smoking and smoked twenty cigarettes in one hour.
When his wife offered him a piece of cake  he turned it down and began to
write down a letter to the driver of the killing car in order to put him
down. Then he started to shout so loud that his voice, unable to stand the
high pitch, died down.
The following days were terrible for Robert's wife because he couldn't
settle down to the idea that their cat had died. He didn't want to go to
work so that their shop had to be closed down.
At the end Robert's wife put her savings down and bought a new cat for
Robert.

 Robert.
Couldn't she buy one of the mine? :(

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 " Couldn't she buy one of <THE> mine? :( "

Dear Paolo,
But always trying to be, which I believe is the main point.
 
I remain, as always, ecc
Bambi
dtb
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