Wednesday, November 29, 2017

[PHRASAL VERB] make up

make up

Oxford dictionary 

Be reconciled after a quarrel.

Cambridge dictionary

to forgive someone and become friends again after an argument or disagreement

Examples

Did you make up with her?

* According to the googling, make up has a lot of meaning. Here's the meanings in dictionary.com

make up,
  1. (of parts) to constitute; compose; form.
  2. to put together; construct; compile.
  3. to concoct; invent.
  4. Also, make up forto compensate for; make good.
  5. to complete.
  6. to put in order; arrange:
    The maid will make up the room.
  7. to conclude; decide.
  8. to settle amicably, as differences.
  9. to become reconciled, as after a quarrel.
  10. Printing. to arrange set type, illustrations, etc., into columns orpages.
  11. to dress in appropriate costume and apply cosmetics for a part onthe stage.
  12. to apply cosmetics.
  13. to adjust or balance, as accounts; prepare, as statements.
  14. Education. to repeat (a course or examination that one has failed).
  15. Education. to take an examination that one had been unable totake when first given, usually because of absence.
  16. to specify and indicate the layout or arrangement of (columns,pages, etc., of matter to be printed).
  17. Atlantic States. (of the weather or clouds) to develop or gather:
    It's making up for a storm.
  18. Atlantic States. (of the sea) to become turbulent:
    If the sea makes up, row toward land.

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as long as, so long as

As (or so) long as

Oxford dictionary 

1. During the whole time that.
2. Provided that

Cambridge dictionary

if

Examples from google news

Story image for "as long as" from NH1 News

'As Long As I Am Fighting, I Have Some Hope' Says NH Doctor Over ...

NH1 News-Nov 28, 2017
FILE- In this Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, file photo Dr. Anna Konopka, left, is greeted by Barbara McKelvy, right, following an emergency court hearing ...



Story image for "as long as" from Trinidad & Tobago Express

HIV victims living as long as those not infected

Trinidad & Tobago Express-Nov 27, 2017
Dr Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, the Nobel Laureate who discovered the human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) in 1983, has said it is a mistake for ...



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Monday, November 27, 2017

[PHRASAL VERB] come up with

come up with

Oxford dictionary 

Produce (something), especially when pressured or challenged

Cambridge dictionary

To suggest or think of an idea or plan


I think this expression can replace the "think" if someone think to try to find some solution or new idea.

Examples

Barnier: UK must come up with Ireland solution: EU Brexit negotiator tells UK to come up with solutions to the Irish border issue and prepare to include a level playing field in its future trade deal with the EU, if it is to be ratified by member states.

If I come up with anything new, I'll let you know.
We spend a lot of time to come up with the solution.

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It burns me up - 날 화나게 해

burn 사람 up은 화나게 한다는 의미, 일반적으로는 타오른다는 뜻. It burns me up to see it. The satellite will burn up when it go back to the earth.