[Vocabulary] up

[maiabulela]

Dear all,

What is the meaning of "up" in:

A: How is George?
B: Don't ask. I have been up half the night.

That was asked by a woman worker to her colleague when the latter came late to work.

I think "George" is her husband.

Thanks a lot.

 

[emsr2d2]

Dear all,

What is the meaning of "up" in:

A: How is George?
B: Don't ask. I have been up half the night.

That was asked by a woman worker to her colleague when the latter came late to work.

I think "George" is her husband.

Thanks a lot.

Awake. Out of bed. Not in bed. Not asleep.

The baby kept me up half the night.
There was a party in the next flat and it kept me up most of the night.

 

[emsr2d2]

I assume George is either her son or her husband and he is ill. She has been awake half the night looking after him.

 

[maiabulela]

Awake. Out of bed. Not in bed. Not asleep.

The baby kept me up half the night.
There was a party in the next flat and it kept me up most of the night.

As simple as that! :roll: :up:

 

[emsr2d2]

As simple as that! :roll: :up:

Yes! Sometimes things are as simple as that. Sometimes they're not. That's what makes language fascinating and infuriating!