banderas
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Dear Teachers,
I am studying "Phrasal verbs in Use" by M. McCarthy and F. O'Dell and recently I've come across "summon up", "call up", "conjure up" some memories.
Context:
"A:Look at this picture.
B: Godness me, It must be at least 20 years ago. It does "conjure up/summon up/call up" some good memories".
Are these phrasal verbs in common use?
I only know that call sth up (COMPUTING) means to find and show information on a computer screen:
You can use the search facility to call up all the occurrences of a particular word in a document.
As I know summon means to order someone to come to or be present at a particular place, or to officially arrange a meeting of people:
On July 20th, the council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances.
At least I am familiar with conjure sth up which means to make a picture or idea appear in someone's mind:
The glittering ceremony conjured up images of Russia's imperial past.
What is the difference among those three phrasal verbs I mentioned, please?
Regards
Banderas
I am studying "Phrasal verbs in Use" by M. McCarthy and F. O'Dell and recently I've come across "summon up", "call up", "conjure up" some memories.
Context:
"A:Look at this picture.
B: Godness me, It must be at least 20 years ago. It does "conjure up/summon up/call up" some good memories".
Are these phrasal verbs in common use?
I only know that call sth up (COMPUTING) means to find and show information on a computer screen:
You can use the search facility to call up all the occurrences of a particular word in a document.
As I know summon means to order someone to come to or be present at a particular place, or to officially arrange a meeting of people:
On July 20th, the council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances.
At least I am familiar with conjure sth up which means to make a picture or idea appear in someone's mind:
The glittering ceremony conjured up images of Russia's imperial past.
What is the difference among those three phrasal verbs I mentioned, please?
Regards
Banderas