It's easy to
understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top
of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake
UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come
UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the
officers UP for election and why is it
UP to the secretary to write UP a
report?
We call
UP our friends. And we brighten UP a
room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP
the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock
UP the house and some guys fix UP the
old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for
tickets, work UP an appetite, and think
UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be
dressed UP is special.
And this
UP is confusing: A drain must be opened
UP because it is stopped UP. We open
UP a store in the morning but we close it
UP at night.
We seem to be pretty
mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable
about the proper uses of UP, look UP
the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized
dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and
can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are
UP to it, you might try building UP a
list of the many ways UP is used. It will take
UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give
UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or
more.
When it threatens to
rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes
out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets
the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn't
rain for awhile, things dry UP.
I could go on and on,
but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is
UP, so...... Time to shut
UP.....!
Oh...one more thing :-
What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing
you do at night?
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U-P