drove up,

[keannu]

When you say "drive up", what do you think "up" here means?
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I hadn’t looked at how difficult the book was. “This is too hard for you,” she said as she put it on a shelf behind her. I felt like it had been locked in a safe. I went back to the children’s section. And I chose a picture book about a monkey and returned to the desk. (c)She stamped that one without comment. When my mother drove up, I hurried into her car. She saw the book I had chosen. She asked, “Haven’t you read this one already?” “The librarian lady wouldn’t let me take the one I wanted.” She turned off the ignition. “Why wouldn’t she let you take it?” “(d)She said it was too har

 

[MikeNewYork]

When you say "drive up", what do you think "up" here means?
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I hadn’t looked at how difficult the book was. “This is too hard for you,” she said as she put it on a shelf behind her. I felt like it had been locked in a safe. I went back to the children’s section. And I chose a picture book about a monkey and returned to the desk. (c)She stamped that one without comment. When my mother drove up, I hurried into her car. She saw the book I had chosen. She asked, “Haven’t you read this one already?” “The librarian lady wouldn’t let me take the one I wanted.” She turned off the ignition. “Why wouldn’t she let you take it?” “(d)She said it was too har

The mother arrived to pick up the child.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Hello.

I'm interested in the last sentence. Can you end it? It was too har... what?