go up

salire

Spostarsi verso un luogo o una posizione più alta.

In inglese semplice: To move to a higher place or position.

• The balloon went up.
• We went up the hill together.
• Does this lift go up to the fifth floor?

Come si usa: go up something (We went up the stairs.); go up to somewhere (She went up to the top floor.)

Sinonimi: rise, ascend

Contrari: go down

Espressioni comuni: go up stairs, go up a hill

aumentare, salire

Aumentare di prezzo, costo o valore.

In inglese semplice: To become higher in price, cost, or value.

• Food prices have gone up.
• Our rent went up last month.
• Will these shares go up in value?

Come si usa: go up by an amount (Rent went up by fifty pounds.); go up to an amount (The price has gone up to ten euros.); go up in value (Our house has gone up in value.)

Sinonimi: rise, increase

Contrari: fall, decrease

Espressioni comuni: prices go up, go up in price

essere costruito, sorgere

Per un edificio o una struttura, essere in costruzione oppure sorgere dopo essere stati costruiti.

In inglese semplice: If a building or structure appears, people are building it or have built it.

• New houses are going up.
• A fence went up around the site.
• Another office block has gone up beside the station.

Sinonimi: be built, be erected

Espressioni comuni: offices go up, houses go up

bruciare, andare in fiamme

Bruciare, spesso rapidamente e completamente.

In inglese semplice: To burn, often quickly and completely.

• The dry wood went up quickly.
• Their barn went up in flames.
• One spark could make the whole place go up.

Come si usa: go up in flames/smoke (The shed went up in flames within minutes.)

Sinonimi: burn, burn down

Espressioni comuni: go up in flames, go up in smoke

dimenticare le battute

Dimenticare le battute o i movimenti previsti durante un’esibizione.

In inglese semplice: To forget your words or planned movements during a performance.

• The actor went up onstage.
• I went up halfway through my speech and needed a prompt.
• She fears going up during the opening performance.

Sinonimi: blank, forget your lines

Espressioni comuni: go up onstage, actor go up

andare in prigione

Essere mandati in carcere.

In inglese semplice: To be sent to prison.

• He went up for theft.
• She went up for two years after the trial.
• He had gone up before, but this sentence was longer.

Come si usa: go up for a period (He went up for three years.); go up for an offence (She went up for fraud.)

Sinonimi: be imprisoned, go to prison

Espressioni comuni: go up for robbery, go up for life