heat up

scaldare, riscaldare

Rendere qualcosa più caldo.

In inglese semplice: To make something warmer or hot.

• Heat up the soup.
• I heated the leftovers up in the microwave.
• Can you heat up some water for tea?

Come si usa: heat something up (Heat the milk up gently.)

Sinonimi: heat, warm up

Contrari: cool

Espressioni comuni: heat up soup, heat up something

intensificarsi, accendersi

Diventare più movimentato, emozionante o difficile man mano che crescono le emozioni o la competizione.

In inglese semplice: To become more active, exciting, or difficult as feelings or competition grow stronger.

• The race is heating up.
• The debate heated up after his speech.
• Competition will heat up as more companies enter the market.

Sinonimi: intensify, hot up

Contrari: ease

Espressioni comuni: heat up quickly, heat up again

far arrabbiare, irritare

Far arrabbiare o infastidire qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: To make someone angry or annoyed.

• His rude reply heated me up.
• The repeated delays had heated everyone up.
• Why does that small mistake heat you up so much?

Come si usa: heat someone up (Those unfair accusations really heated him up.)

Sinonimi: anger, annoy, infuriate

Contrari: calm

Espressioni comuni: heat up someone, heat someone up