take up

take up

Ex:

to take up where sth. left off — riprendere da dove qcs. si era interrotto

to take up with — aggregarsi a [person, group]; take up [sth.]

/Ex:

1) (lift up) alzare, sollevare [carpet]; rialzare [pavement]; raccogliere [pen]

2) (start) darsi a [golf]; cominciare [job]

to take up a career as an actor — intraprendere la carriera di attore

to take up one's duties o responsibilities — assumersi le proprie responsabilità

3) (continue) riprendere [discussion]; ricominciare [refrain]

4) (accept) accettare [offer, invitation]; raccogliere [challenge]

to take up sb.'s case — dir. accettare il caso

5)

to take sth. up with sb. — sollevare qcs. con qcn. [matter]

6) (occupy) prendere, occupare [space]; richiedere [time, energy]

7) (adopt) prendere [position, stance]

8) sart. (shorten) accorciare [garment]

9) (absorb) assorbire [liquid]; take [sb.] up

10) (adopt) adottare [technique]

11)

to take sb. up on — (challenge) contestare a qcn. [assertion]

to take sb. up on an invitation — (accept) accettare l'invito di qcn

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1) (to use or occupy (space, time etc): I won't take up much of your time.) prendere

2) (to begin doing, playing etc: He has taken up the violin/teaching.) dedicarsi

3) (to shorten (clothes): My skirts were too long, so I had them taken up.) accorciare

4) (to lift or raise; to pick up: He took up the book.) sollevare

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1. vi + adv

to take up with sb — fare amicizia con qn

she took up with bad company — si è messa a frequentare cattive compagnie

2. vt + adv

1) (raise, lift) raccogliere, (subj: bus) prendere, (carpet, floorboards) sollevare, (road) spaccare, (dress, hem) accorciare

2) (lead, carry upstairs) portare su

3) (continue) riprendere

4) (occupy: time, attention) assorbire, (space) occupare

it will take up the whole of our Sunday — ci porterà via tutta la domenica

he's very taken up with his work — è molto preso dal suo lavoro

he's very taken up with her — non fa che pensare a lei

5) (absorb: liquids) assorbire

6) (raise question of: matter, point) affrontare

7) (start: job, duties) cominciare

(hobby, sport) to take up painting/golf/photography — cominciare a dipingere/giocare a golf/fare fotografie

to take up a career as — intraprendere la carriera di

8) (accept: offer, challenge) accettare

I'll take you up on your offer — accetto la tua offerta

9) (adopt: cause, case, person) appoggiare

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take up

Ex:

to take up where sth. left off — riprendere da dove qcs. si era interrotto

to take up with — aggregarsi a [person, group]; take up [sth.]

/Ex:

1) (lift up) alzare, sollevare [carpet]; rialzare [pavement]; raccogliere [pen]

2) (start) darsi a [golf]; cominciare [job]

to take up a career as an actor — intraprendere la carriera di attore

to take up one's duties o responsibilities — assumersi le proprie responsabilità

3) (continue) riprendere [discussion]; ricominciare [refrain]

4) (accept) accettare [offer, invitation]; raccogliere [challenge]

to take up sb.'s case — dir. accettare il caso

5)

to take sth. up with sb. — sollevare qcs. con qcn. [matter]

6) (occupy) prendere, occupare [space]; richiedere [time, energy]

7) (adopt) prendere [position, stance]

8) sart. (shorten) accorciare [garment]

9) (absorb) assorbire [liquid]; take [sb.] up

10) (adopt) adottare [technique]

11)

to take sb. up on — (challenge) contestare a qcn. [assertion]

to take sb. up on an invitation — (accept) accettare l'invito di qcn