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up
attention,
up
n'est pas ici préposition
mais
particule
adverbiale,
et fait partie
d'un verbeà particule
adverbiale :
CHEER UP!

15 June 2004

You end up
becoming the
very thing you hate.
Spiderman Stan Lee 3 July 2004
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/spidermn/about.htm

People
say
I
play up because Mum and Dad don't live
together.
Loomus
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
(the
pieces),
prendre
(phone, prospectus, livre, some
appropriate clothing,
some California-grown carrots or melons in the grocery store),
aller chercher / prendre
(les enfants à l'école, un client pour un taxi,
a street prostitute),
prendre (contexte :
courses au
magasin),
s'accélérer,
croître
(inflation, rythme, événements), détecter (scent),
intercepter ("chatter"),
attraper (maladie),
récupérer
(naufragés),
se redresser (UK manufacturing),
"reprendre"
(where
we left off) / continuer,
décrocher (phone)
augmenter fortement / "s'envoler"
(sujet: deliveries)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/
well/live/texting-friends-benefits.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/01/
1126280620/hurricane-ian-updates-florida-bonita-springs
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/29/
sigourney-weaver-kevin-kline-interview-the-good-house
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/13/
1089783785/covid-prime-of-life
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/22/
1019483661/without-enough-water-to-go-around-
farmers-in-california-are-exhausting-aquifers
https://www.gocomics.com/stone-soup-classics/2021/05/26
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
(intransitive /
transitive)
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),
établir (a
perimeter)
entreprendre,
lancer (magazine),
diligenter / ordonner (inquiry),
piéger,
monter un coup contre -> idée de manipulation,
ouvrir (bank account)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/
us/danelo-cavalcante-pennsylvania.html
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
creep up (intransitive)
remonter lentement (U.S.
life expectancy)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/
health/us-life-expectancy-covid-deaths.html
go up
(intransitive)
augmenter, monter, croître
(house prices, taxes),
apparaître, afficher
(exemple : 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 (transitive)
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
(transitive)
monter, augmenter (the volume)
spring up (intransitive)
éclore,
s'ouvrir
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/dec/18/
rape-crisis-40-years-on
shoot up (transitive)
augmenter
fortement
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/jul/15/
unemployment-figures-britain-jobless
speak up
(intransitive)
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.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/09/
i-had-a-moral-duty-whistleblowers-on-why-they-spoke-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 (transitive)
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 (intransitive)
"glisser"
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/feb/18/
sport.comment
clean up
(intransitive /
transitive)
nettoyer, nettoyer à fond, tout nettoyer,
"nettoyer" (the town, the political system),
se débarrasser de (space debris)
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
(intransitive /
/transitive)
transitive :
renforcer
(federal
law enforcement response to protests,
controls,
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),
se mobiliser
(to
support senior health)
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/04/
nx-s1-5089234/rural-health-seniors-support-network-north-dakota
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/21/
rishi-sunak-steps-up-attack-on-truss-tax-cuts-as-poll-puts-his-rival-well-ahead
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/17/
ppe-use-in-england-generated-colossal-amount-of-carbon
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/
960810672/why-russia-may-have-stepped-up-its-hacking-game
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
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/
us/politics/us-expanding-sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine.html
https://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.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
(intransitive
/
transitive)
raviver (an age-old debate),
intensifier
(effort,
the effects of fentanyl and other opioids),
s'intensitifier
(sujet :
fighting, scrutiny of far-right group),
augmenter (subject: anxiety),
monter en puissance
(sujet : U.S. coronavirus testing),
"monter
d'un cran"
"faire monter d'un cran",
"passer à la vitesse supérieure",
"reprendre"
s'accélérer
(sujet :
preparations)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/07/
world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/13/
1191389152/xylazine-fentanyl-wounds-treatment
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/02/
1102317414/california-lawmakers-ramp-up-efforts-
to-become-a-sanctuary-state-for-abortion-ri
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/21/
1087000890/book-bans-and-the-threat-of-censorship-
rev-up-political-activism-in-the-suburbs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/25/
florida-covid-coronavirus-ron-desantis-vaccine
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/
1010328631/some-proud-boys-are-moving-to-local-politics-
as-scrutiny-of-far-right-group-ramp
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-f
or-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
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/12/
filmnews.cannes2005
rev
up (transitive)
accélérer, emballer (moteur, voiture),
"mettre le paquet", "passer à la vitesse supérieure",
"faire
monter d'un cran",
raviver
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/21/
1087000890/book-bans-and-the-threat-of-censorship-
rev-up-political-activism-in-the-suburbs
ratchet up
(transitive)
faire monter d'un cran,
"réveiller" / "raviver"
(objet : economic fears, tension, pressure -
sujet : The partisan furor over the Iraq war),
"passer à la vitesse supérieure"
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/
1089989337/employers-continue-hiring-spree-
even-as-war-in-ukraine-ratchets-up-economic-fear
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.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
(intransitive
/ transitive)
développer, renforcer, se renforcer,
avoir plus de moyens / être plus performant,
(teleconferencing, immigration enforcement)
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/14/
1117317757/irs-tax-evaders-dodgers-inflation-reduction-act-enforcement
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/13/
740009105/how-mexico-beefs-up-immigration-enforcement-to-meet-trumps-terms
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),
"atteindre un pic"' (flu)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/09/23/
1124311571/flu-season-2022-covid-twindemic
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/feb/18/
sport.comment
whip up (transitive)
attiser (strong feelings)
heat up
(intransitive)
réchauffer,
se réchauffer
(planet),
"s'échauffer",
"s'enflammer"
(violent
online rhetoric)
s'exacerber, monter d'un cran
(legal fight, the war of words),
devenir plus chaud,
s'aggraver
(coronavirus crisis)
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/
1221031783/colorado-trump-ruling-violent-online-rhetoric
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/11/
1116608415/the-arctic-is-heating-up-
nearly-four-times-faster-than-the-rest-of-earth-study-f
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/02/
glacial-lakes-threaten-millions-with-floods-as-planet-heats-up
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
talk
N up as
N
se vanter d'être
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/22/
trump-coronavirus-election-november-2020
start up
(transitive)
démarrer
(sous-entendu sexuel dans certains contextes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Me_Up
"Start Me Up"
is a song by the English rock band the Rolling
Stones
from their 1981 album Tattoo You.
wake up
(intransitive / transtive)
se réveiller
(littéral
et
figuré, dans le sens de "prendre conscience de" / "réagir"
faire réagir),
réveiller
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/29/
1220114166/wildfire-smoke-this-year-woke-up-places-unaccustomed-to-its-effects-
now-what
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/11/a
va-duvernay-we-need-to-wake-up-
were-less-than-a-year-away-from-a-transition-of-power
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/
he-was-fast-he-ran-you-right-over-what-its-like-to-get-hit-by-an-suv
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/
1051553451/how-to-wake-up-early
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/
us/in-grisly-image-a-father-sees-his-son.html
hot up
(intransitive / transtive)
se réchauffer, s'aviver, dégénérer (fight)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/jul/22/
environment.frontpagenews
speed up
(transitive
/
intransitive)
accélérer
(development of COVID-19 treatments, things,
production, political transition, global warming, ageing)
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/09/
1121295499/facebook-twitter-youtube-instagram-tiktok-social-media
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/23/
1028993124/these-older-workers-hadnt-planned-to-retire-so-soon-the-pandemic-sped-things-up
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/13/
976531488/defense-production-act-speeds-up-vaccine-production
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
(transitive)
renforcer, durcir (the law, réglementation)
keep up (intransitive
/ 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.npr.org/2022/07/22/
1112724801/heat-warning-heat-wave-advisory-power-grid
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
(intransitive / transitive)
se remplir (cemeteries),
remplir à fond,
être saturé
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/
tunisian-cemeteries-fill-up-as-hundreds-of-dead-refugees-wash-up-on-coast
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/11/
1026555595/pregnant-cdc-urges-covid-vaccination-icus-fill-unvaccinated-delta
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/
us/coronavirus-ration-hospitals-seattle-washington.html
scoop up (transitive)
avaler
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/
1005918788/humpback-whale-swallowed-lobster-diver-cape-cod-michael-packard
bulk up (intransitive)
prendre du poids
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/06/
1198908208/this-fat-bear-week-
take-a-look-at-the-scientific-reasons-bears-need-to-bulk-up
crank up
(transitive)
remettre en marche, "refaire tourner", redémarrer
(factories)
top up
(transitive)
recharger la carte de son téléphone portable
stir up
(transitive)
poser (ethics questions),
déclencher (a new row), susciter (fury),
fomenter, provoquer (a
revolution),
inciter à (far-right
violence)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/09/
two-men-jailed-for-social-media-posts-that-stirred-up-far-right-violence
https://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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir_It_Up -
"Stir It Up
is a song composed by Bob Marley in 1967
and first recorded by the group
Bob Marley and the Wailers that year
and issued as a single.
look up
(transitive)
chercher dans le dictionnaire (that word)
foul up
(intransitive)
foirer, merder, tout rater
chalk up (transitive)
"enregistrer", "afficher"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/22/
books.gender
come up
(intransitive/ transitive)
arriver, venir, monter (here),
s'afficher (message on the screen)
wrap up
(intransitive /
transitive)
transitive :
emballer, remballer,
se vêtir chaudement, s'emmitoufler,
conclure,
(his
reboot trilogy, a
busy year,
the biggest-ever Aids conference,
six-day U.S. trip),
récapituler, résumer,
"boucler" (tour)
intransitive :
s'achever / touche à sa fin
(sujet :
this year's legislative session)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/13/
movies/halloween-ends-review.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/19/
1065012219/jazzy-ash-childrens-music-young-adult-mysteries
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
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/
partygoers-warned-as-temperature-plummets-1218226.html
wind up
(intransitive/
transitive)
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),
"se retrouver",
finir
par "se retrouver", finir,
échouer (dead, in jail,
in the red)
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/
1194301913/how-yellow-up-wound-up-in-the-red
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/
us/melissa-perez-police-shooting-san-antonio.html
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
pop up
(intransitive)
faire son apparition,
apparaître soudainement et en grand nombre,
pousser (contexte : agriculture, jardinage)
s'afficher,
idée d'apparition subite, en grand nombre,
de prolifération :
se multiplier (on the internet)
métaphore > jardinage, agriculture >
idée de germination / poussée rapide >
pousser
équivalent :
sprout up
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/04/
nx-s1-4992305/housing-innovation-showcase-affordability
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/13/
1181686474/cheaper-eggs-gas-lead-inflation-lower-in-may-
but-higher-prices-pop-up-elsewhere
sprout up
(intransitive)
contexte > jardinage, agriculture >
idée de germination / poussée rapide >
pousser
ce verbe peut être utilisé de façon métaphorique
(sens
figuré / imagé) :
idée d'apparition soudaine, en grand nombre
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/04/
nx-s1-4992305/housing-innovation-showcase-affordability
jazz up (transitive)
rendre plus attractif
end up
(transitive)
traduction explicative :
"se retrouver à + Vinfinitif"
pronomréfléchi + êtreconjugué
+ Vau
participe passé
+ Vinfinitif
finir, finir par...
(dans certains énoncés / contextes,
sens négatif,
idée d'injustice,
de
mauvais sort,
de triste destinée,
de
déchéance
sociale, sanitaire :
"j'ai fini à la rue",
"je me suis retrouvé à la rue",
"j'ai atterri..."
(in
hospital,
homeless,
on the streets),
finir par devenir (a looser),
finir à la casse,
finir au fond d'un cours d'eau (underwater)
(sens spatial :
il s'est retrouvé + lieu,
avec dans certains contextes
un sous-entendu négatif :
"pas
normal", échec, déchéance,
désorientation)
Attention,
le sémantisme étant souvent
la résultante du contexte,
dans d'autres énoncés,
end up exprime du
positif
(in
a real nice accomodation,
racing to the top,
changing my life).
Le sens naît du montage linguistique
entre end up,
Nobjet
et les autres mots de l'énoncé.
Information suprenante,
inattendue :
How a group of Americans ended up
fighting for China in WW II)
https://www.propublica.org/article/
security-guard-enforced-mask-mandate-
got-criminal-charge-webster-ny - September 26, 2023
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/04/28/
1171721872/the-wonder-of-chickens-
and-their-egg-song-made-me-a-better-person-and-parent
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/06/
1134633846/nyc-marathon-evans-chebet-sharon-lokedi
https://www.theguardian.com/society/audio/2022/aug/05/
britain-lockdown-drinking-consequences-podcast
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/04/
1115406951/bikes-thrown-in-waterways-viral-videos-
citibike-china-bikeshares-jody-rosen
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/jul/04/
surviving-britains-homelessness-crisis-daniel-lavelle-podcast
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/19/
1062091832/flying-tigers-americans-china-world-war-ii-history-japan
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/
1055540992/an-antarctic-penguin-ends-up-
on-new-zealand-shore-2-000-miles-from-home
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
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/06/
election2005.labour2
tear up
(intransitive)
fondre en larmes
(transitive)
dévaster, détruire, arracher
https://www.npr.org/sections/hurricane-laura-live-updates/2020/08/28/
906988698/hurricane-lauras-impact-the-wind-just-tore-everything-up
- NPR podcast with transcript
https://www.npr.org/sections/hurricane-laura-live-updates/2020/08/28/
906988698/hurricane-lauras-impact-the-wind-just-tore-everything-up
split up
(intransitive)
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

An aerial view of roof damage
after a rare confirmed tornado touched
down
and ripped up
building roofs
in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday
in Montebello, Calif.
Photograph: Mario Tama
Getty Images
A rare tornado tears through part of Los Angeles County.
Here's why that's so unusual
NPR
March 23, 2023 10:45 AM ET
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/
1165568790/tornado-landspout-los-angeles-california-montebello-santa-barbara
rip up (transitive)
déchirer,
arracher (building
roofs)
renoncer à (plans)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/07/
everything-is-in-jeopardy-how-new-uk-visa-rules-are-tearing-families-apart
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/
1165568790/tornado-landspout-los-angeles-california-montebello-santa-barbara
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3qoGwd_zfjM -
PBS - 5 February 2020
brew up
(intransitive)
faire du thé
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/26/
food.britishidentity
link up
(intransitive)
former une chaîne (manifestation)
weigh up
(transitive)
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),
analyser / peser le pour et le contre
(the
decision being faced by Tory members),
peser le pour et le contre
(smoking ban),
jauger
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/
1193256105/tom-lake-ann-patchett-books-mother-daughter
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/jul/22/
tory-leadership-contest-liz-truss-v-rishi-sunak-podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/sep/03/
coronavirus-safe-children-go-back-school
build up
(intranstive / transitive)
s'accumuler (backlog of mail),
renforcer (domestic security)
line up
(intransitive)
"faire la
queue", aligner
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2024/01/23/
1226384048/photos-see-new-hampshire-voters-turn-out-for-primary
https://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),
commencer / se
mettre à
(gymnastics,
palaeontology),
se consacrer à,
accepter d'examiner, examiner
(gun violence, cases on gay marriage)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/17/
im-61-with-a-dodgy-knee-would-i-be-an-idiot-to-try-gymnastics-t
heres-only-one-way-to-know
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
https://www.theguardian.com/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
(transitive)
se réconcilier, se rabibocher, sauver (one's marriage)
pile up
(intransitive)
s'entasser,
s'amonceller
(garbage and recyclables),
s'empiler (bodies),
"s'accumuler"
(errrors)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/01/
rishi-sunak-errors-prime-minister-britain-week
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2022/01/14/
1073210778/garbage-and-recyclables-pile-up-
as-omicron-takes-its-toll-on-sanitation-workers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/
world/europe/italy-coronavirus-funerals.html
carve up (transitive)
découper en
secteurs (the city)
tie up (transitive)
ligoter (him)
blow up
(intranstive / transitive)
exploser
(SpaceX
Starship rocket)
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
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/oct/23/
readers-pictures-moody
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21collins.html
smash up
(transitive)
bousiller (car), tout casser (home)
dry up
(intransitive)
s'assécher (well,
lake),
s'assécher / disparaître, se tarir (river)
se faire rare, se tarir
(aid, donations),
se réduire considérablement
(demand for oil),
s'amenuiser,
se réduire "comme peau de chagrin"
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/27/
nx-s1-5054329/utah-great-salt-lake-carbon-emissions
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/
world/middleeast/israel-egypt-gaza-aid.html
https://www.propublica.org/article/
40-million-people-rely-on-the-colorado-river-
its-drying-up-fast - August 27,
2021
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
(transitive)
faire monter d'un cran, aviver (row)
dig up (transitive)
déterrer (lit / fig)
add up
(intr/tr)
"coller" / être logique, cohérent, vraisemblable (story, tale),
assembler, rassembler (the evidence against Donald Rumsfeld)
https://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
(transitive)
ignorer (offre),
"rater" / "manquer" (free
brunch)
https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2022/04/17
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.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/04/
1242264274/siblings-science-identical-twin-brothers-autism-spectrum
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/30/
survivors-of-childhood-trauma-often-grow-up-believing-they-are-unworthy
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
(transitive)
enthousiasmer
hold up
(transitive)
attaquer / braquer (bank, post office),
retarder, tenir, retenir,
brandir, montrer (posters),
lever (their arms),
"tenir bon", "tenir le coup", "tenir le choc",
résister (intransitive)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
nyregion/coronavirus-new-jersey-hospitals.html
passif
:
[ be ]
held up
as > considéré comme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/13/
race.houseofcommons
hold up
(intransitive) -> verbe pronominal -> se maintenir
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jun/08/
liberal-democrats-european-elections-early-results
size up
(transitive)
évaluer
cook up
(transitive) (literal / figurative)
cuisiner, préparer, mitonner, concocter / inventer,
(that story, share buyback plan)
put up
(transitive)
augmenter (prices),
afficher (poster, note), monter (tente),
offrir (a £5,000 cash reward),
ériger (statue)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/may/15/
is-the-uk-in-the-grip-of-greedflation-
podcast - Guardian podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jun/07/
why-every-statue-should-come-down
break up
(intransitive /
transitive)
finir, arrêter
(fight),
disperser
(funeral, peaceful demonstration,
protest, crowd of protesters),
finir,
"casser", se séparer,
(mariage, relation amoureuse,
collaboration artistique),
démanteler
(South Africa spy ring)
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/
1245642588/nypd-breaks-up-pro-palestinian-protest-at-columbia-university
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/
1029742680/they-broke-up-
but-then-this-brooklyn-post-punk-duo-made-structure-from-chaos
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)
vomir / dégobiller
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/08/
harry-and-meghan-netflix-review-
so-sickening-i-almost-brought-up-my-breakfast
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
(intransitive)
écouter bien / attentivement,
"ouvrir grand ses oreilles"
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/08/
1097467598/listen-up-
here-are-the-finalists-of-the-2022-student-podcast-challenge
stock up
stocker (contexte > pénurie)
hang up
(intransitive / transitive)
accrocher, raccrocher (sous-entendu : téléphone),
raccrocher (boxe -> ses gants)
clear up
clarifier, résoudre (mystère),
disparaître
(sujet : symptoms)
open up (intransitive / transitive)
se confier,
ouvrir (porte)
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/22/
1214479540/jkf-assassination-anniversary-60-years-clint-hill-secret-service-kennedy
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/30/
bradley-wiggins-full-story-asthma-allergies-tues
swim up (transitive)
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,
trying for another child,
WMD, the gun),
"abandonner"
(fight),
abandonner (family
pet),
"baisser les bras",
"lâcher l'affaire",
se décourager,
se rendre (à la police),
cesser de (fumer),
"s'arrêter" définitivement
(de faire quelque chose)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/19/
were-not-all-broken-
the-woman-who-pursued-her-rapist-for-five-years-and-won
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/18/
lamar-johnson-freed-murder-conviction-overturned-missouri
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/09/
1141404068/wisconsin-abortion-law-pregnancy-risk-miscarriage
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/10/08/
1127631160/midwives-in-pakistan-
are-mobilizing-to-help-women-and-children-after-the-floods
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/
1126624711/hurricane-ians-havoc-
is-forcing-some-florida-families-to-give-up-the-family-pet
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/02/
never-give-up-why-the-worlds-struggle-against-polio-is-not-over
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
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/apr/28/
ben-needham-kerry-needham-interview
https://archive.nytimes.com/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
(transitive)
étayer (argument),
soutenir (financièrement),
confimer (hypothèse,
claims),
"couvrir" (contexte > guerre)
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/16/
1187997868/carlee-russell-found-toddler-missing
free up (transitive)
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
(transitive)
rédiger, élaborer
(document officiel, directive, a
constitution),
préparer, mettre en place
(plans, secret plans, contingency plans)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/oct/09/
globaleconomy.creditcrunch
light up
(transitive /
intransitive)
allumer (cigarette),
éclairer,
illuminer (supermoon, fireworks,
buildings),
s'illuminer (sujet: face),
stimuler, titiller
(the same pleasure centre in the brain)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2024/aug/20/
full-moon-blue-supermoon-sky-august-2024-super-gallery-images-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2023/may/31/
manhattanhenge-lights-up-new-york-sky-2023-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/
1084526315/kennedy-center-flag-colors-ukraine
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
(intransitive /
transitive)
inventer une histoire / une excuse,
"monter de toutes pièces",
se réconcilier,
composer / constituer
(sujet : windows operating system),
contexte > statistiques >
"représenter"
(objet :
more than 80% of global energy consumption,
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.npr.org/2023/10/19/
1206479861/israel-gaza-hamas-children-population-war-palestinians
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/
1201781387/climate-change-emissions-report-offers-hope
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/16/
aboriginal-children-make-up-40-of-western-nsw-covid-cases
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
(intransitive /
transitive)
se taire,
arrêter de parler,
"la boucler", "la fermer"

Peanuts Begins
Charles Schulz
GoComics
July 02, 2023
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts-begins/2023/07/02

Luann Againn
Greg Evans
GoComics
July 30, 2022
https://www.gocomics.com/luann-againn/2022/07/30
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/19/
chatty-friend-shut-up-companion
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts-begins/2023/07/02
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/
1167297060/auto-tune-made-him-famous-
t-pain-shows-off-his-natural-singing-voice-on-a-new-al
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/
1157528598/ftx-crypto-sam-bankman-fried-bankruptcy-fraud-criminal-charges
https://www.gocomics.com/luann-againn/2022/07/30
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/12/
parents-fighting-problem-for-adult-children
https://www.theguardian.com/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"
scare up
(transitive)
réussir à trouver / "provoquer"
N,
malgré les circonstances
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/03/
pearl-review
-mia-goth-and-ti-west-scare-up-a-storm-in-extraordinary-pandemic-horror
lock up
(transitive)
emprisonner, interner, "boucler"
bang up
faire passer la nuit en prison
dress up
(intransitive)
"se mettre sur son trente-et-un" / bien s'habiller,
être en tenue de gala,
être élégant (-e)
se déguiser / déguiser
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/03/
boris-johnson-dictator-authoritarian-agenda
https://www.gocomics.com/chrisbritt/2016/09/30
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/
arts/at-the-emmys-fashion-meets-social-media.html
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/jul/01/
etiquette-taking-part-themed-weddings
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8481721/
Royal-wedding-
Downing-Street-dresses-up-for-the-big-celebration.html -
29 April 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/dec/11/
dannii-minogue-karen-gillan-jessie-j-andrea-riseborough-fashion
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/2021/08/17/
1028106402/8-paradoxes-that-sum-up-americas-20-year-mission-in-afghanistan
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
(transitive / intransitive)
faire monter, élever (the
cost of living),
pousser à la hausse (cost),
augmenter, croître (sujet : stamp duty revenue)
faire remonter à la surface
(objet :
long-buried toxic contamination)
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/
963673676/near-coasts-rising-seas-could-also-push-up-
long-buried-toxic-contamination
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/jun/16/
wembleystadium
shake up (transitive)
réorganiser, restructurer (magazine
distribution)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/20/
business.pressandpublishing
get up
(intransitive)
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 up
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/24/
popandrock1
cover up
(transitive)
dissimuler, camoufler, cacher,
"couvrir",
"étouffer", ne pas ébruiter,
passer sous silence
(coronavirus, scandale, affaire,
révélation, information)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/nov/24/
did-the-assassination-of-jfk-kickstart-the-conspiracy-theory-movement-
podcast
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 (contexte scolaire > élève)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/01/
1032841893/dog-human-mistake-study
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/
opinion/georgia-coronavirus-reopening.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/16/
rusty-bucklew-missouri-execution-interview
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/04/
tom-daschle-tax-obama-administration
turn up
(transitive /
intransitive)
aller, "se pointer", venir,
"se présenter"
(à
l'école), 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/society/2024/apr/17/
rat-bites-and-chronic-asthma-schools-on-frontline-of-uk-housing-crisis
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),
arriver sans prévenir, "se pointer" (sans être invité),
se présenter (in
the ER)
contexte d'immigration illégale :
arriver (at
the Southern border)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/03/
1248830931/how-do-you-help-patients-who-show-up-in-the-er-100-times-a-year
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/12/
1212058889/migrants-u-s-southern-border-historic-numbers-why
beat up
(transitive)
"tabasser", "passer à tabac", "défoncer"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/
nyregion/brooklyn-subway-shooting-video.html
edge up
(intransitive)
se redresser légèrement (the dollar)
tick up
(intransitive)
se redresser légèrement (the dollar)
inch up
(transitive)
augmenter très légèrement (just 0.1 percent)
mess up
(intransitive
/ transitive)
empêcher de fonctionner, tout rater,
foutre en l'air (the system),
bousiller (my life),
ne pas faire ce qu'il fallait faire,
s'y mal prendre
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/08/
cnn-chris-licht-fired-ratings-numbers
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/05/
hospice-helps-children-cope-bereavement
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/
business/08hospital.html
rough up (transitive)
malmener (contexte : boxing)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/28/
dillian-whyte-joseph-parker-heavyweight-boxing-report
nudge up
(transitive)
augmenter, relever (base rate)
think up
(transitive)
trouver (a caption for this
picture)
eat up
(transitive)
manger, manger beaucoup, dévorer (literal / figurative)
conjure up
(transitive)
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
https://www.theguardian.com/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
soak up
(transitive)
apprécier / s'imprégner (hints)
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/14/
1086313468/braving-rain-and-cold-trumps-supporters-soak-up-hints-of-another-run
- jeu de mots : rain // soak up hints
tidy up
(intransitive)
tout ranger, ranger à fond
tidy up
(transitive)
ranger, mettre de l'ordre dans
spice up
(transitive)
"pimenter",
donner du piquant (one's love
life, language),
alimenter, raviver (annual controversy)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/06/
british-acronyms-wags
perk up
(intransitive)
"se redresser" (économie, auto sales)
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/02/
business/02auto.html
sex up
(transitive)
rendre plus "sexy" / vendeur / convaincant, corser, "muscler"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/15/
iraq.iraq
pep up (transitive)
"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
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/24/
1119128556/new-york-counties-gear-up-to-fight-a-polio-outbreak-among-the-unvaccinated
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
shape up (intransitive)
shape up as N
se préparer à être l'un / l'une...
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/
1107881079/michigan-abortion-gretchen-whitmer
fix up
(transitive)
réparer
https://www.gocomics.com/phil-hands/2021/04/12
brush up
revoir, réviser, se remettre à (matière scolaire)
do up
refaire, rénover (maison, appartement),
"faire" (shoe laces, buttons)
hurry up (intransitive
/ transitive)
se dépêcher, se grouiller, se magner
(let's
hurry
this
up...)
ring up (transitive)
téléphoner
pull up (intransitive / transitive)
s'arrêter (car),
remonter (blinds),
sortir / brandir quelque chose de caché
(a hatchet)
shake up (transitive)
secouer, remanier (gouvernement),
bouleverser (the established order),
restructurer (its bureaucracy)
walk up
marcher, monter
shore up
(transitive)
étayer, consolider,
renflouer (affiliate
clinics that are in dire financial straits),
élargir (lectorat),
sauver, relancer (plan), raviver (support)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/
us/planned-parenthood-clinics.html
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jun/04/
gordon-brown-leadership-local-european-elections
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/23/
pakistan.usa
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/24/
uk.internationalaidanddevelopment
queue up
faire la queue
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/sep/24/
postmodernism-exhibition-victoria-albert-museum
eye up (transitive)
reluquer, convoiter, envisager
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/02/
russia.motoring
round up (transitive)
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 (transitive)
"rafler",
mettre la main sur (business),
faire main basse sur, acheter
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/
facebook-buys-whatsapp-16bn-deal
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/dec/08/
tablet-christmas-google-apple
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/apr/28/
news.business
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/aug/16/
supermarkets.money
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/02/
chinathemedia.realitytv
chop up
couper en morceaux, hacher
brighten up
s'éclaircir (contexte météo)
mop up
(transitive)
éponger²(litt. / fig.)
essuyer, liquider (tuer - contexte militaire)
saddle up (intranstive)
monter en selle
jack up (transitive)
augmenter
fortement / soudainement (prices)
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/
1189665392/fees-inflation-white-house-service-hidden
wash up (intransitive)
s'échouer
(dead refugees, dolphins, sea lions, whales)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/
tunisian-cemeteries-fill-up-
as-hundreds-of-dead-refugees-wash-up-on-coast
sign up
(intransitive /
transitive)
s'inscrire,
s'abonner, contracter / souscrire (prêt),
prendre rendez-vous,
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.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/18/
967448680/how-to-sign-up-for-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-your-state
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
https://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 explicative - niveau avancé
verbes à
particule adverbiale en contexte
liste /
classement par particule
verbes à
particule adverbiale
verbes à
particule adverbiale,
verbes à préposition,
verbes à préfixe
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economy, cycles, business, markets, prices, taxes >
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