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15 June 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You end up becoming the very thing you hate.

Spiderman        Stan Lee        3.7.2004

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/spidermn/about.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian        Family        p. 2        15 October 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stand up    (intransitive)

 

se révolter, lutter

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/11/
martin-luther-king-cory-booker 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pick up    (intransitive / transitive)

 

ramasser, prendre

(prospectus, livre, some appropriate clothing),

aller chercher / prendre

(les enfants à l'école, un client pour un taxi, a street prostitute),

s'accélérer, croître

(inflation, rythme, événements), détecter (scent),

intercepter ("chatter"),

attraper (maladie),

récupérer (naufragés),

se redresser (UK manufacturing),

reprendre / continuer,

décrocher (phone)

 

augment fortement / "s'envoler"

(sujet: deliveries)

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/
833099546/to-stay-in-touch-with-students-teachers-bypass-computers-pick-up-phones

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/22/
819011691/as-restaurants-across-the-country-close-their-doors-deliveries-pick-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set up    (intr / tr)

 

monter, créer, lancer (company, shop, magazine),

mettre en oeuvre, en place / monter

(projet, enquête, comité, a specialist team, a share option scheme),

configurer / paramétrer (système informatique), entreprendre,

lancer (magazine), diligenter / ordonner (inquiry),

piéger, monter un coup contre -> idée de manipulation,

ouvrir (bank account)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/apr/16/
graham-keen-obituary

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/29/
560467747/canadas-balancing-act-on-immigration

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/20/
529176360/facing-a-population-decline-baltimore-set-up-a-legal-defense-fund-for-immigrants

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/29/
521248820/missouri-rejects-federal-money-in-order-to-set-up-its-own-abortion-restrictions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

go up    (intr)

 

augmenter, monter, croître

(house prices, taxes),

apparaître, afficher

(ex : affichette "Wanted" de la police dans les rues)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/29/shopping.popandrock1 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2005/apr/21/publicfinances.business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bounce up    (transitive)

 

rebondir (de 17,7 %)

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/16/
876989156/retail-sales-bounce-up-17-7-after-record-drop-as-states-reopen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mask up    (intransitive)

 

mettre / porter un masque

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/07/
900159750/coronavirus-faq-can-an-airline-put-you-on-a-no-fly-list-for-refusing-to-mask-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

let up    (intransitive)

 

ne pas relâcher ses efforts

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/09/
830929376/nyc-mayor-and-ny-governor-say-social-distancing-is-working-warn-not-to-let-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hike up        (tr)

 

augmenter (taxes)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/aug/07/
transportintheuk.travelnews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive up    (transitive)

 

augmenter (your risk of a heart attack),

faire monter

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/14/
890841587/stay-at-home-improvement-diy-builders-help-drive-up-lumber-prices

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/14/
711921685/high-stress-drives-up-your-risk-of-a-heart-attack-heres-how-to-chill-out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pump up (tr)

 

monter, augmenter (the volume)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spring up (intr)

 

éclore, s'ouvrir

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/dec/18/
rape-crisis-40-years-on 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shoot up (tr)

 

augmenter fortement

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/jul/15/
unemployment-figures-britain-jobless 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speak up    (intr)

 

parler plus fort,

rompre le silence pour révéler, dénoncer, accuser,

prendre la parole, s'exprimer, donner son avis,

faire entendre sa voix

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/08/
duffys-brave-account-highlights-why-so-few-victims-speak-up

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/
629601956/obama-speaks-up-in-south-africa

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/05/
582464054/spacex-set-to-launch-worlds-most-powerful-rocket

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/
business/to-solve-the-gender-wage-gap-learn-to-speak-up.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

liven up (tr)

 

épicer, donner du goût, rendre plus savoureux

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/feb/23/
how-do-i-liven-up-my-everyday-cooking 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pipe up (intr)

 

"glisser"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/feb/18/sport.comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clean up (tr/intr)

 

nettoyer, nettoyer à fond, tout nettoyer,

"nettoyer" (the town, the political system)

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/29/
737029654/north-carolina-tries-to-clean-up-its-electricity

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/08/
514082548/its-just-a-mess-new-orleans-residents-clean-up-after-tornadoes

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/01/gordon-brown-will-not-stand-aside

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/aug/26/weather.climatechange1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

step up    (transitive)

 

renforcer

(federal law enforcement response to protests,

prevention, containment, sanctions,

security, plans, forces, crisis fund),

intensifier

(fight, efforts, attacks, attack on Bush's war policy),

accélérer

(pace of change, evacuations, deportations),

augmenter

(oil production),

accroître, faire monter d'un cran

(pressure)

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/
867059312/attorney-general-steps-up-federal-law-enforcement-response-to-protests

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/
us/politics/trump-michigan-vote-by-mail.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/apr/01/
us-steps-up-efforts-to-combat-coronavirus-as-countrys-death-toll-in-pictures

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/17/
816406904/u-k-steps-up-coronavirus-prevention-but-its-health-system-is-already-struggling

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/
coronavirus-europe-travel-ban-to-the-us-begins-as-countries-ramp-up-efforts

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/28/
790748374/u-s-steps-up-deportations-to-iraq-despite-worsening-violence-there

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/02/airport-security-stepped-up-al-qaida-bomb-plot

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/us/politics/us-expanding-sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/world/middleeast/russia-is-scolded-as-us-weighs-syria-options.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/technology/internet-firms-step-up-efforts-to-stop-spying.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/world/asia/us-special-operations-step-up-in-afghanistan.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-conflict.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/uk-military-iran-attack-nuclear

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/24/us-imf-idUSTRE78N1JE20110924

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/16/us-indonesia-militancy-idUSTRE75F0O820110616

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/world/asia/17afghanistan.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/world/africa/24evacuate.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/01/us-shooting-abortion-doctor-rightwing-militia

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/may/17/uk.ukcrime 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2005/jun/08/debt.business 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/29/uk.g8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ramp up    (transitive)

 

raviver (an age-old debate),

intensifier (efforts)

augmenter (subject: anxiety),

monter en puissance

(sujet : U.S. coronavirus testing),

"faire monter d'un cran",

"passer à la vitesse supérieure",

"reprendre"

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/07/04/
886788377/international-flights-are-ramping-up-slowly-and-with-plenty-of-caveats

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/15/
877705880/airlines-say-they-will-ramp-up-enforcement-of-face-covering-policies

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/24/
821027067/under-financial-strain-community-health-centers-ramp-up-for-coronavirus-response

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/18/
817768723/u-s-coronavirus-testing-starts-to-ramp-up-but-still-lags

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/
coronavirus-europe-travel-ban-to-the-us-begins-as-countries-ramp-up-efforts

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/30/
708332971/dealing-with-trauma-after-a-mass-shooting-over-the-long-term

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/03/03/
518146483/u-s-ramps-up-its-fight-against-al-qaida-in-yemen

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/04/
465575180/florida-governor-ramps-up-mosquito-fight-to-stay-ahead-of-zika

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/sep/05/
deepwater-horizon-us-bp-oil-spill 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/us/
politics/01campaign.html

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-04-
foley-gop_x.htm

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/12/
filmnews.cannes2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ratchet up    (intr/tr)

 

faire monter d'un cran,

"réveiller",

(objet : tension, pressure -

sujet : The partisan furor over the Iraq war)

"passer à la vitesse supérieure"

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/15/
877705880/airlines-say-they-will-ramp-up-enforcement-of-face-covering-policies

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/15/
877705880/airlines-say-they-will-ramp-up-enforcement-of-face-covering-policies

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/04/us-libya-idUSTRE7270JP20110604

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/opinion/30collins.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/opinion/30sat1.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/28/zimbabwe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

beef up    (transitive)

 

développer, renforcer

(teleconferencing, immigration enforcement)

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/13/
740009105/how-mexico-beefs-up-immigration-enforcement-to-meet-trumps-terms

 

https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-23-
prison-teleconference_N.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

board up    (transitive)

 

protéger avec des planches (stores)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/
business/stores-protests-damage.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

charge up

 

recharger

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/08/
777752175/with-blackouts-californias-electric-car-owners-are-finding-new-ways-to-charge-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

flare up    (intransitive)

 

"s'enflammer" (feud),

prendre feu (bushfire)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/feb/18/
sport.comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

whip up  (transitive)

 

attiser (strong feelings)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

heat up    (intransitive)

 

réchauffer,

se réchauffer

(the planet),

"s'échauffer",

"s'enflammer",

s'exacerber, monter d'un cran

(legal fight, the war of words),

devenir plus chaud,

s'aggraver

(coronavirus crisis)

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/
831273530/legal-fight-heats-up-in-texas-over-ban-on-abortions-amid-coronavirus

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/25/
821009072/as-the-coronavirus-crisis-heats-up-why-arent-we-hearing-from-the-cdc

 

https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-07-30-
midwest-heat-wave_x.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

talk N up as N

 

se vanter d'être

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/22/
trump-coronavirus-election-november-2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wake up    (intr/tr)

 

se réveiller / réveiller

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/in-grisly-image-a-father-sees-his-son.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hot up (intr/tr)

 

se réchauffer, s'aviver, dégénérer (fight)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/jul/22/environment.frontpagenews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speed up    (transitive)

 

accélérer

(development of COVID-19 treatments,

production, political transition, global warming, ageing)

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/17/
837347535/nih-launches-effort-to-speed-up-development-of-covid-19-treatments

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/18/
817801222/testing-swabs-run-in-short-supply-as-makers-try-to-speed-up-production

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/technology/techspecial/09google.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jun/14/research.medicineandhealth 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2005/may/23/business.accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

team up    (intransitive)

 

collaborer, faire équipe

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/
852618716/ariana-grande-and-justin-bieber-team-up-for-fundraising-single-stuck-with-you

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/09/28/
495812849/tech-giants-team-up-to-tackle-the-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tighten up    (tr)

 

renforcer, durcir (the law, réglementation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keep up    (transitive)

 

continuer, poursuivre

(the good work, search for two W.Virginia miners),

faire face à la demande,

tenir le rythme, tenir le coup,

"arriver à suivre", "tenir", "assurer", "gérer",

"être à la hauteur"

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/
opinion/coronavirus-us.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/
us/politics/coronavirus-school-meals-relief.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fill up    (intr / tr)

 

remplir à fond, se remplir,

être saturé

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/
us/coronavirus-ration-hospitals-seattle-washington.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

crank up    (transitive)

 

remettre en marche, "refaire tourner", redémarrer

(factories)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

top up    (tr)

 

recharger la carte de son téléphone portable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stir up    (tr)

 

poser (ethics questions),

déclencher (a new row), susciter (fury),

fomenter, provoquer (a revolution)

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/03/21/
520183360/at-trumps-d-c-hotel-a-u-s-turkey-relations-conference-stirs-up-ethics-questions

 

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/19/
donald-sutherland-hunger-games-catching-fire

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/25/
pope-benedict-richard-williamson

 

 

 

 

 

look up (tr)

 

chercher dans le dictionnaire (that word)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

foul up (intr)

 

foirer, merder, tout rater

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chalk up (tr)

 

"enregistrer", "afficher"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/22/
books.gender 

 

 

 

 

 

come up (intr/tr)

 

arriver, venir, monter (here),

s'afficher (message on the screen)

 

 

 

 

 

wrap up (intr/tr)

 

emballer, remballer,

se vêtir chaudement, s'emmitoufler,

conclure, prendre fin, (the biggest-ever Aids conference, six-day U.S. trip),

récapituler, résumer,

"boucler" (tour)

 

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/02/
567588433/the-russia-investigations-after-flynn-plea-deal-where-does-mueller-aim-next

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/08/31/
492073698/whats-so-funny-about-the-indian-accent-episode-15

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/
partygoers-warned-as-temperature-plummets-1218226.html

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-04-20-
pope-ground-zero_N.htm

 

 

 

 

 

pop up (intr)

 

faire son apparition, s'afficher,

se multiplier (on the internet)

 

 

 

 

 

jazz up (tr)

 

rendre plus attractif

 

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-05-10-
google-search_x.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wind up (intr/tr)

 

liquider (entreprise, under-funded schemes),

déposer le bilan, mettre en liquidation,

conclure

(discussion, Labour party conference, a four-day visit to the United States),

finir, terminer (an audition), finir, échouer (dead, in jail)

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/29/
526178598/pope-francis-winds-up-trip-to-egypt

 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2005/apr/29/
business.travelinsurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

end up (tr)

 

finir (assez souvent avec un sous-entendu négatif : "mal finir")

finir par devenir (a looser),

"se retrouver avec..."

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2016/09/01/
492223434/a-paralympian-cyclist-gears-up-for-rio

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/
health/psychiatrist-holistic-mental-health.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/05/
487909967/with-no-insanity-defense-seriously-ill-people-end-up-in-prison

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/may/14/
manchesterunited1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tear up

 

(intransitive)

 

fondre en larmes

 

 

 

(transitive)

 

dévaster, détruire

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/hurricane-laura-live-updates/2020/08/28/
906988698/hurricane-lauras-impact-the-wind-just-tore-everything-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

split up    (intr)

 

se séparer, rompre, "casser"

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/
opinion/sunday/beyond-marriage.html

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jun/21/
wrong-to-use-children-as-weapon-divorce-separation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rip up (tr)

 

déchirer

 

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3qoGwd_zfjM - PBS - 5 February 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

brew up (intr)

 

faire du thé

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/26/
food.britishidentity 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

link up (intr)

 

former une chaîne (manifestation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weigh up    (tr)

 

considérer, examiner (offer),

débattre (the nuclear option), étudier, s'interroger sur l'opportunité de,

s'interroger sur (merits of sending people into space)

évaluer (the potential health impact),

peser le pour et le contre (smoking ban),

jauger

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/sep/03/
coronavirus-safe-children-go-back-school

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

build up    (intr / tr)

 

s'accumuler (backlog of mail),

renforcer (domestic security)

 

 

 

 

line up

 

faire la queue, aligner

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/07/
jackson-ticket-winners-line-up-at-dodger-stadium.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prop up    (transitive)

 

"soutenir" (system, economy, pound, oil price)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/15/
will-coronavirus-shock-the-global-economy-into-long-term-thinking-

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/15/
treasury-pound-exchange-currency-economic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

take up    (transitive)

 

relever (challenge),

mener, adopter (the lifestyle of a lord),

prendre (power), se mettre en (defensive positions),

se mettre à / se consacrer à,

accepter d'examiner, examiner

(gun violence, cases on gay marriage)

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/
opinion/congress-takes-up-gun-violence.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/us/
supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-two-cases-on-gay-marriage.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/27/dinosaurs-fossils

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/29/usa.september11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

throw up    (transitive)

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/14/
911408377/as-auto-industry-roars-back-worker-shortages-throw-up-roadblocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

patch up    (tr)

 

se réconcilier, se rabibocher, sauver (one's marriage)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pile up    (intr)

 

s'entasser, s'amonceller,

s'empiler (bodies)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/
world/europe/italy-coronavirus-funerals.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

carve up    (tr)

 

découper en secteurs (the city)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tie up (tr)

 

ligoter (him)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blow up    (intranstive / transitive)

 

exploser, sauter, (se) faire exploser

(a Jewish assisted-living home,

a passenger jet, a crowded Baghdad restaurant, a fuel truck),

éclater

(balloon),

photographie : agrandir / faire un agrandissement

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/
us/massachusetts-bomb-jewish-nursing-home.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/us/
prosecution-says-suspect-admitted-trying-to-blow-up-plane.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/10/cargo-plane-bomb-us-alqaida 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/23/alqaida.usa  

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/apr/28/science.research 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cheer up (intr/tr)

 

réconforter, remonter le moral, encourager, reprendre courage

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/oct/23/readers-pictures-moody

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21collins.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smash up    (tr)

 

bousiller (car), tout casser (home)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dry up    (intransitive)

 

s'assécher (well),

s'assécher / disparaître, se tarir (river)

se faire rare, se tarir

(donations),

se réduire considérablement

(demand for oil),

se réduire "comme peau de chagrin"

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/
nyregion/nyc-pools-schools-closed-summer.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/12/
831261657/as-demand-for-oil-dries-up-opec-and-allies-agree-to-historic-cuts-in-output

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jun/20/china.energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ratch up    (tr)

 

faire monter d'un cran, aviver (row)

 

 

 

 

dig up  (tr)

 

déterrer (lit / fig)

 

 

 

 

add up (intr/tr)

 

"coller" / être logique, cohérent, vraisemblable (story, tale),

assembler, rassembler (the evidence against Donald Rumsfeld)

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/opinion/the-class-program-didnt-add-up.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/28/topstories3.september11 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pass up    (tr)

 

ignorer (offre)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/
travel/coronavirus-travel-deals.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

write up

 

écrire, rédiger,

mettre au propre, consigner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

grow up    (intransitive)

 

grandir

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/
opinion/coronavirus-100-years-old.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/21/
i-grew-up-watching-disaster-movies-heres-what-ive-learned

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/arts/music/elvis-costellos-new-york-soul.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/arts/music/eminem-grows-older-but-not-up.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/27/dawn-french-novel-silvia-mother

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/04/boy-george-mother-sexuality-outsider

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/11/sheryl-crow-interview

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/26/schools.education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fire up (tr)

 

enthousiasmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hold up    (tr)

 

attaquer / braquer (bank, post office),

retarder, tenir, retenir,

brandir, montrer (posters),

lever (their arms)

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-30-colorado-mourns_x.htm

 

 

 

"tenir bon", "tenir le coup", "tenir le choc",

résister    (intr)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
nyregion/coronavirus-new-jersey-hospitals.html

 

 

 

passif :

[be] held up as > considéré comme

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/13/race.houseofcommons

 

 

 

hold up (intr) -> pronominal -> se maintenir

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/08/liberal-democrats-european-elections-early-results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

size up (tr)

 

évaluer

 

 

 

 

cook up (tr) (lit/fig)

 

cuisiner, préparer, mitonner, concocter / inventer,

(that story, share buyback plan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

put up    (transitive)

 

afficher (poster, note), monter (tente),

offrir (a £5,000 cash reward)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

break up    (intransitive / transitive)

 

finir, arrêter

(fight),

disperser

(funeral, peaceful demonstration, crowd of protesters),

finir, "casser"

(mariage, relation amoureuse),

démanteler

(South Africa spy ring)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/
nyregion/nyc-protests-george-floyd.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/
nyregion/hasidic-funeral-coronavirus-de-blasio.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/20/
ukcrime.schools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bring up    (transitive)

 

éduquer, élever

 

 

aborder, évoquer, mentionner, parler de (sujet)

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/03/15/
520130162/get-out-sprung-from-an-effort-to-master-fear-says-director-jordan-peele

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/04/
643707613/kavanaugh-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-begin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

free up    (transitive)

 

déréglementer, libéraliser (contexte > économie),

dégager (funds)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pay up

 

débourser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

listen up

 

écouter bien / attentivement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stock up

 

stocker (contexte > pénurie)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hang up (intr / tr)

 

accrocher, raccrocher (sous-entendu : téléphone),

raccrocher (boxe -> ses gants)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clear up

 

clarifier, résoudre (mystère), disparaître (sujet : symptoms)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

open up (intr / tr)

 

se confier, ouvrir (porte)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/30/
bradley-wiggins-full-story-asthma-allergies-tues

 

 

 

 

swim up (tr)

 

remonter à la nage (Thames)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jan/20/
houseofcommons.thameswhale

 

 

 

 

send up

 

imiter

(sous-entendu : se moquer de)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

give up    (intransitive / transitive)

 

renoncer à (routine, WMD, the gun),

abandonner (fight),

"baisser les bras",

se décourager,

se rendre (à la police),

cesser de (fumer),

"s'arrêter" définitivement

(de faire quelque chose)

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/19/
890796423/civil-rights-leader-john-lewis-never-gave-up-or-gave-in

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/
never-give-up-never-despair-the-queens-ve-day-message

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/
style/coronavirus-coffee-open-nyc.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/may/24/
david-hockney-assistants-death-gave-up
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/28/ben-needham-kerry-needham-interview

 

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/did-democrats-give-up-in-gun-control-debate/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/05/science.research 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/18/northernireland.angeliquechrisafis  

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/apr/07/uk.northernireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

back up (tr)

 

étayer (argument), soutenir (financièrement),

confimer (hypothèse), "couvrir" (contexte > guerre)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

free up (tr)

 

libérer (hospital beds)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rise up    (intransitive)

 

se révolter, se soulever (contre l'oppresseur),

"se relever" (figuré)

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/
911554768/trump-biden-to-commemorate-19th-anniversary-of-sept-11-attacks

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/
808113169/gives-me-hope-how-low-paid-workers-rose-up-against-stagnant-wages

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/
opinion/why-dont-the-poor-rise-up.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

draw up (tr)

 

rédiger, élaborer

(document officiel, directive, a constitution),

préparer, mettre en place

(plans, secret plans, contingency plans)

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/09/globaleconomy.creditcrunch

 

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=643396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

light up    (transitive / intransitive)

 

allumer (cigarette),

éclairer, illuminer (fireworks),

s'illuminer (sujet: face),

stimuler, titiller

(the same pleasure centre in the brain)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/
nyregion/eva-candelaria-coronavirus-brooklyn.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/oct/15/
canaletto-venice-venetian-national-gallery

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/29/health.science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

make up    (intr/tr)

 

inventer une histoire / une excuse,

"monter de toutes pièces",

 

se réconcilier,

 

composer / constituer

(sujet : windows operating system),

 

"représenter"

(objet : 60% of its Covid-19 deaths,

Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.,

40 per cent of BAT's group volumes,

7 percent of the federal inmate population,

9% of state prisoners)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/24/
chicago-black-coronavirus-fatalities-us

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/
health/coronavirus-young-people.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/19/
789718925/vladimir-putin-backs-trump-calling-impeachment-charges-completely-made-up

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/25/
745226402/muslims-over-represented-in-state-prisons-report-finds

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/15/
502010346/for-refugees-and-advocates-an-anxious-wait-for-clarity-on-trumps-policy

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/
business/media/herman-rosenblat-85-dies-made-up-holocaust-love-story.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/10/opinion/bad-prison-policy-for-women.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/26/young-black-men-youth-jails

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/sep/15/usa.world 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shut up    (intr)

 

"la boucler", "la fermer"

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/12/parents-fighting-problem-for-adult-children

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/30/vain-venal-has-beens-mandelson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spiff up

 

embellir, restaurer (statue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spruce up

 

embellir, se faire beau,

"se mettre sur son trente-et-un"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lock up    (transitive)

 

emprisonner, interner, "boucler"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bang up

 

faire passer la nuit en prison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dress up    (intr)

 

se mettre sur son trente-et-un / bien s'habiller,

être en tenue de gala,

être élégant (-e)

 

se déguiser / déguiser

 

http://www.gocomics.com/chrisbritt/2016/09/30

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/arts/at-the-emmys-fashion-meets-social-media.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/2013/jul/01/etiquette-taking-part-themed-weddings

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8481721/
Royal-wedding-Downing-Street-dresses-up-for-the-big-celebration.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/dec/11/
dannii-minogue-karen-gillan-jessie-j-andrea-riseborough-fashion

 

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2007-10-30-
pet-halloween-costumes_N.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scrub up

 

bien se laver les mains,

se laver les mains à fond,

se faire beau / belle,

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/
new-zealand-scrubs-up-for-formalfridays-despite-coronavirus-lockdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sum up    (transitive)

 

résumer

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/26/
950476658/coronavirus-affected-everything-including-the-words-of-2020

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/
opinion/18herbert.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gobble up    (transitive)

 

contexte économique > absorber, "avaler", "engloutir" (AT&T, Postmates)

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/06/
887961123/uber-gobbles-up-postmates-in-2-65-billion-bet-on-food-delivery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

push up (tr / intr)

 

faire monter, élever (the cost of living),

pousser à la hausse (cost),

augmenter, croître (sujet : stamp duty revenue)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/jun/16/
wembleystadium 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shake up (tr)

 

réorganiser, restructurer (magazine distribution)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/20/
business.pressandpublishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

get up (intr)

 

se lever, se lever (= sortir du lit),

se relever (boxeur)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fuck up    (slang)

 

faire chier, foutre la merde

passif -> be fucked up > être "défoncé"

 

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fucked%20up

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/24/
popandrock1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cover up    (transitive)

 

dissimuler, camoufler, cacher,

étouffer, ne pas ébruiter,

passer sous silence

(coronavirus, scandale, affaire,

révélation, information)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/
opinion/coronavirus-trump-coverup.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/
701044547/french-cardinal-is-guilty-of-covering-up-pedophile-priests-abuse-court-says

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/05/
kenyan-mau-mau-cover-up-mistreatment

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jan/19/
uk.humanrights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

screw up    (intransitive / transitive)    (colloquial)

 

visser, faire rater, rater, tout rater,

faire une connerie, "foirer", "tout foirer", "foirer en beauté"

"se planter", bousiller,

sacquer (élève)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/
opinion/georgia-coronavirus-reopening.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/16/rusty-bucklew-missouri-execution-interview

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/04/tom-daschle-tax-obama-administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

turn up    (tr / intransitive)

 

aller, "se pointer", venir,

se présenter, se rendre (à un rendez-vous)

faire monter

(heat, au sens de pression, faire pression sur,

faire monter la tension d'un cran),

être découvert.

 

apparaître, se déclarer (coronavirus cases)

 

arriver (at A&E)

 

Avec parfois l'idée

d'arrivée à l'improviste,

de découverte,

de nouveauté,

d'urgence.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/15/
matt-hancock-says-covid-testing-crisis-may-last-weeks-as-uk-hospitals-plug-gaps

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/22/
world/coronavirus-spread.html

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/11/
542629755/mueller-turns-up-the-heat-with-unusual-search-warrant-in-russia-probe

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/29/
william-hague-spain-gibraltar-border
 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/08/
arts.artsnews3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

show up    (intransitive)

 

venir (à un concert)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

beat up (tr)

 

tabasser, frapper, "passer à tabac"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

edge up (intr)

 

se redresser légèrement (the dollar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tick up (intr)

 

se redresser légèrement (the dollar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inch up (tr)

 

augmenter très légèrement (just 0.1 percent)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mess up (intr / tr)

 

empêcher de fonctionner, tout rater,

foutre en l'air (the system),

bousiller (my life)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/05/
hospice-helps-children-cope-bereavement 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/business/08hospital.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rough up (tr)

 

malmener (boxing)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/28/
dillian-whyte-joseph-parker-heavyweight-boxing-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nudge up (tr)

 

augmenter, relever (base rate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

think up (tr)

 

trouver (a caption for this picture)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

eat up (tr)

 

manger, manger beaucoup, dévorer (lit / fig)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

conjure up (tr)

 

imaginer,

évoquer,

rappeler

 "faire venir (à l'esprit)",

faire apparaître

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/
638404063/aretha-franklin-the-deep-cuts

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/09/28/
495812849/tech-giants-team-up-to-tackle-the-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/dec/14/
rachel-whiteread-greatest-british-artist 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2012/sep/28/golden-age-british-sweets-pictures

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/nyregion/21nutcracker.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/may/07/theatre3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tidy up (intr)

 

tout ranger, ranger à fond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tidy up (tr)

 

ranger, mettre de l'ordre dans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spice up (tr)

 

"pimenter", donner du piquant (one's love life, language),

alimenter, raviver (annual controversy)

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/06/british-acronyms-wags

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

perk up (intr)

 

"se redresser" (économie, auto sales)

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/02/business/02auto.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sex up    (tr)

 

rendre plus "sexy" / vendeur / convaincant, corser, "muscler"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/15/iraq.iraq

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pep up (tr)

 

"faire monter", rendre plus attirant

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/
business/gimme-an-rx-cheerleaders-pep-up-drug-sales.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hype up

 

faire du battage médiatique sur...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gear up

 

se préparer à ...

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/22/
587762926/as-washington-gears-up-to-tackle-foreign-influence-how-effective-can-it-be

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/
opinion/legal-authority-for-fighting-isis.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

brush up -> revoir, réviser, se remettre à (matière scolaire)

 

do up -> refaire, rénover (maison, appartement),
"faire" (shoe laces, buttons)

 

hurry up (intr/tr) -> se dépêcher, se grouiller, se magner
(
let's hurry this up...)

 

ring up (tr) -> téléphoner

 

pull up (intr/tr)-> s'arrêter (car), remonter (blinds),
sortir / brandir quelque chose de caché (a hatchet)

 

shake up (tr) -> secouer, remanier (gouvernement),
bouleverser (the established order), restructurer (its bureaucracy)

 

walk up -> marcher, monter

 

shore up (tr) -> étayer, consolider, renflouer, élargir (lectorat),
sauver, relancer (plan), raviver (support)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/04/gordon-brown-leadership-local-european-elections
http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,1879236,00.html
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,9061,1490838,00.html

 

queue up to -> faire la queue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/24/postmodernism-exhibition-victoria-albert-museum

 

eye up (tr) -> reluquer, convoiter, envisager
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4187743.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/cars/story/0,15383,1474757,00.html

 

round up (tr) -> rafler (dozens of suspected insurgents, criminels, opposants, civils),
faire le tour de / passer en revue (
the best of the rush of new titles)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

snap up (tr)

 

"rafler", mettre la main sur (business),

faire main basse sur, acheter

 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/facebook-buys-whatsapp-16bn-deal

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/08/tablet-christmas-google-apple

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1763833,00.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1364328,00.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,12784,1284151,00.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chop up

 

couper en morceaux, hacher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rev up

 

accélérer, emballer (moteur, voiture),

"mettre le paquet", passer à la vitesse supérieure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

brighten up

 

s'éclaircir (contexte météo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mop up (tr)

 

éponger (litt. / fig.)

 

essuyer, liquider (tuer - contexte militaire)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

saddle up (intr)

 

monter en selle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jack up (tr)

 

augmenter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wash up    (intr)

 

s'échouer

(dolphins, sea lions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sign up    (intr/tr)

 

s'inscrire,

s'abonner, contracter / souscrire (prêt),

enrôler (stars old and new), s'enrôler,

répondre à l'appel,

s'engager (to help NHS)

signer (sous-entendu : un contrat),

offrir son service,

"répondre présent"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/
ill-do-anything-coronavirus-volunteers-sign-up-to-help-nhs

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/
astonishing-170000-people-sign-up-to-be-nhs-volunteers-in-15-hours-coronavirus

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/07/remembering-our-cyclist-soldiers-bikes-wars

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jun/15/news

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voir aussi > Anglonautes > Grammaire anglaise > Niveau avancé > Groupe verbal

 

verbes à particule adverbiale

liste / classement par particule

 

 

verbes à particule adverbiale / verbes à préposition / verbes à préfixe

 

 

 

 

 

Voir aussi > Anglonautes > Vocapedia

 

economy, cycles, business, markets, prices, taxes > up

 

 

 

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