take up with

fare amicizia con, legarsi a

Iniziare un’amicizia stretta o una relazione sentimentale con qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: To start a close friendship or romantic relationship with someone.

• He has taken up with a new crowd.
• She took up with an old friend after the divorce.
• Why did you take up with those people?

Come si usa: take up with someone (She took up with a musician from the village.)

Sinonimi: befriend, get involved with

Espressioni comuni: take up with someone, take up with strangers

portare su con sé

Portare qualcuno o qualcosa in un posto più alto mentre ci si va anche personalmente.

In inglese semplice: To bring someone or something to a higher place while going there yourself.

• Take the box up with you.
• She took her children up with her to the hilltop.
• Can you take these tools up with you?

Come si usa: take someone/something up with someone (Take the bags up with you when you go upstairs.)

Sinonimi: bring up, carry up

Espressioni comuni: take something up with someone, take someone up with someone

interessarsi a

Cominciare a interessarsi a un argomento, un’attività o un’idea.

In inglese semplice: To begin to feel interested in a subject, activity, or idea.

• She took up with spiritualism.
• As a young man, he took up with radical ideas.
• He had taken up with a new philosophy of life.

Come si usa: take up with something (He took up with new ideas about education.)

Sinonimi: become interested in

Espressioni comuni: take up with something, take up with ideas

andare a vivere con, alloggiare presso

Cominciare a vivere nella stessa casa di qualcuno o a soggiornare presso di lui.

In inglese semplice: To start living in the same home as someone, or staying in their home.

• He took up with a local family.
• She took up with her widowed sister after selling her house.
• They had taken up with relatives in the next village.

Come si usa: take up with someone (After leaving home, he took up with his aunt.)

Sinonimi: move in with, lodge with

Espressioni comuni: take up with someone, take up with relatives