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U P- a much used word
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> UP -English meaning
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> Lovers of the English language enjoy this..
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> It is an example of why people learning English have trouble.
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> Learning the nuances of English makes it a difficult language.
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> This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is ’UP.’
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> It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
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> It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
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> At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
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> Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
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> We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
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> We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.
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> At other times this little word has real special meaning.
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> People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses..
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> To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
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> And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
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> We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
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> We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !
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> To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions
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> If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways 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 hundred or more.
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> When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP.
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> One could go on & on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now…….. my time is UP !
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> Oh…one more thing:
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> What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?
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> U P !
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> Don’t screw UP.
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> Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book..
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> Now I’ll shut UP
