Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1998. Vol. 2. Eger Journal of English Studies.(Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 26)

Studies - Péter Antonyi: Phrasal verbs: a study and its implications for teaching methods

Blow up a balloon I was born and brought up here Cheer up\ (....) Business is looking up (= improving) 2 General definition: stopping/completion of act; finality. Examples would include the following: We ended up in a field We must settle up (= pay the bill) Shut up

! They beat him up (....) 3 General definition: for a purpose. This definition is Alexander's (1988: 339)

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8 1 must confess I don't like it much as, instinctively, it doesn't seem to fit into the general idea of up. However, I cannot think of any alternative of these examples: Start a car up Measure sb up (for a dress) Learn sth up (for a test) Call up your mother (= phone her) With up there are also a number of awkward examples which can only be categorized, if at all, with difficulty. While some people may be happy with draw up (a document), bring up (a topic for discussion), or act up (= behave badly), other 1

8 Side's reference: Alexander, L.G. 1988. Longman English Grammar. London: Longman 74