........It is an example of why people learning the languages delicate differences that makes it difficult to learn ( but then ,that's probably true of many languages).

There is a two-letter word in English that has more meanings than any other two-letter word,and that word is 'UP'. It is listed in the Dictionary as an [adv],[prep,[adj],[n] or[v].

It is easy to understand UP,meaning toward the Sky or at the top of the list,but when we awaken in the morning,why do we wake UP?.
At a meeting,why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP,and why are offices UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?.
We call UP our friends and we use it to brighten UP a room,Polish UP the silver,we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.We lock UP the house and some blokes fix UP an old car.
At other times the little word has a real special meaning.People stir UP trouble,line UP for tickets,work UP and appetite,and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing,but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing:
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning,and we close it UP at night.We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgable about the proper uses of UP,look the word UP in the Dictionary,in a desk-sized dictionary,it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about 30 definitions.

If you are UP to it,you might try building UP a list of the many waus UP is used.It will take UP a lot of your time,but if you don't give UP,you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain,we say it is clouding UP,when the sun comes out we say it's clearing UP.

I'll wrap it UP for now...........my time is UP,so time tp shut UP!

Oh...one more thing:
What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do before going to bed at night? U P

NOW I'll shut UP.