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[ʌp]1. adv1) (upwards, higher) su, in altohe's been up and down all evening — non è stato fermo un momento, stasera
she's still a bit up and down — (sick person) ancora non si è ripresa del tutto
my office is five floors up — il mio ufficio è al quinto piano
up in the sky/mountains — su nel cielo/in montagna
they've got the road up — la strada è interrotta
"this side up" — "alto"
he goes up to Oxford next year — va a Oxford l'anno prossimo
2)(installed, built)
to be up — (building) essere terminato (-a), (tent) essere piantato (-a), (shutters) essere sollevato (-a), (wallpaper) essere su, (picture) essere appeso (-a), (notice) essere esposto (-a)3)to be up — essersi alzato (-a)to be up late — (at night) fare tardi
4)(in price, value)
to be up (by) — essere andato (-a) su (di)(standard, level)
to be up — essere salito (-a)are up on last year — i prezzi sono più alti dell'anno scorso5)up — il tempo è scaduto6)up in Scotland — su in Scozia
to live/go up North — vivere/andare su al Nord
8)(
Brit: knowledgeable) I'm not very well up on what's going on — non sono molto al corrente di ciò che sta succedendohe's well up in or on politics — è informatissimo sulla politica
9)(
fam: wrong) there's something up with him/with the TV — (lui)/la TV ha qualcosa che non vaup? — cosa c'è che non va?up with him? — che ha?, che gli prende?10)up to — (as far as) fino a
up to £100 — fino a 100 sterline
11)is he up to? fam — (pej: doing) cosa sta combinando?he's up to no good; he's up to something — sta architettando qualcosa
12)up to — (equal to) all'altezza di
13)it's up to you to decide — (depends on) sta or tocca a te decidere
I'd go, but it's up to you — io ci andrei, ma dipende da te
14)to be up against opposition — (faced with) trovarsi di fronte una forte opposizione
he's really up against it — sta in un bell'impiccio
2. prepto travel up and down the country — viaggiare su e giù per il paese
up the page — più su nella stessa paginaup the stairs — a metà scala3. n4. adj(train, line) per la città5. vi6. vt(fam: price) alzare
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