turn up

apparaître, se présenter, arriver

Arriver ou apparaître, souvent de façon inattendue ou après avoir disparu.

En anglais simple : To arrive or appear, often unexpectedly or after being missing.

• He turned up late.
• My missing keys turned up under the sofa.
• Will anyone else turn up at the meeting?

Comment l'utiliser : turn up at somewhere (He turned up at my house without warning.); turn up in somewhere (The missing ring turned up in a drawer.)

Synonymes : appear, show up, arrive

Contraires : disappear

Expressions courantes : turn up late, turn up somewhere

augmenter, monter

Utiliser une commande pour augmenter le volume, la luminosité ou la chaleur.

En anglais simple : To use a control to make sound louder, light brighter, or something hotter.

• Please turn up the volume.
• She turned the heating up because she was cold.
• Can you turn it up a little?

Comment l'utiliser : turn something up (Could you turn the radio up?)

Synonymes : increase, raise

Contraires : turn down

Expressions courantes : turn up the volume, turn up the heat

trouver, découvrir

Trouver quelque chose, généralement en cherchant ou en enquêtant.

En anglais simple : To find something, usually by searching or investigating.

• The search turned up nothing.
• Police turned up new evidence yesterday.
• Did your research turn up any useful information?

Comment l'utiliser : turn up something (The search turned up a useful clue.)

Synonymes : find, discover, uncover

Expressions courantes : turn up evidence, turn up something

relever, retrousser

Plier, soulever ou déplacer quelque chose pour qu’il soit dirigé vers le haut.

En anglais simple : To fold, lift, or move something so that it points upwards.

• Turn up your collar.
• She turned up the cuffs of her jeans.
• He turned the edge of the rug up to check underneath.

Comment l'utiliser : turn something up (He turned his collar up against the wind.)

Synonymes : fold up, lift

Contraires : turn down

Expressions courantes : turn up a collar, turn up the cuffs

faire la fête, faire la bringue

Faire la fête avec beaucoup d’énergie, souvent en buvant de l’alcool ou en prenant des drogues.

En anglais simple : To celebrate very energetically, often while drinking alcohol or taking drugs.

• We are going to turn up tonight.
• They turned up all weekend at the festival.
• The DJ told the crowd to turn up and dance.

Synonymes : party hard

Expressions courantes : turn up tonight, turn up together

donner la nausée, soulever le cœur

Donner envie de vomir à quelqu’un, notamment en lui retournant l’estomac.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel sick, especially by upsetting their stomach.

• That smell turns up my stomach.
• The sight of the rotten food turned up her stomach.
• Even thinking about it could turn up his stomach.

Comment l'utiliser : turn up someone’s stomach (The smell of the drains turned up my stomach.)

Synonymes : sicken, nauseate

Expressions courantes : turn up someone’s stomach, turn up my stomach