rendirse

aparecer

montar

empezar

<i>Give up</i> significa parar de hacer algo o renunciar. <i>I gave up eating hamburgers when I started the diet.</i> <i>Give up</i> también significa parar de intentar algo. <i>After trying for weeks to reach an agreement, the lawyers eventually gave up.</i>

continuar

correr

acechar

empezar

<i>Follow up</i> significa continuar con algo similar o adicional. Usa <i>follow up</i> + <i>with</i> o <i>by</i> > <i>He followed up his early findings with another study.</i> <i>Follow up</i> también significa dar seguimiento > <i>The police followed up on all the phone calls they received about the shooting.</i>

inscribirse

encontrarse

amigarse

estimularse

<i>Sign up</i> significa inscribirse. Usa <i>sign up for</i> + sustantivo > <i>I signed up for a course in web design.</i> Alternativamente, puedes usar <i>sign up to</i> + verbo > <i>I signed up to go on a rock-climbing trip.</i>

estallar

golpear

volar

levantar

<i>Blow up</i> significa enojarse mucho > <i>Our boss blows up every time someone asks him for a raise.</i> <i>Blow up</i> también significa literalmente explotar algo > <i>The soldiers blew up the bridge with a bomb.</i>

callarse

estrellarse

despertar

reír

<i>Shut up</i> significa callarse > <i>Bill decided to shut up and go home after embarrassing himself in front of everyone.</i> <i>Shut up</i> también significa cerrar > <i>They shut up the store at night.</i>

aparecer

demostrar

jugar

levantar

<i>Show</i> up significa aparecer > <i>The clown showed up at the start of the birthday party.</i> <i>Show up</i> también significa ser visible > <i>Some bone problems showed up on the x-ray.</i>

inventar

cuadrar

armar

pasar

<i>Make up</i> significa contar algo que no es verdad. <i>Maria made up the whole story. Nothing she said was true.</i> <i>Make up</i> también significa reconciliar. <i>They always make up after a fight.</i>

arruinar

lamentar

subir

ajustar

<i>Screw up</i> significa arruinar (embarrarla) > <i>I always screw up on my tests! I really need to study more.</i>

respaldar

ensanchar

preservar

atrasar

<i>Back up</i> significa respaldar > <i>The soldiers backed up their captain when the army accused him of treason.</i> <i>Back up</i> también significa retroceder > <i>He tried to back up his car in the busy road.</i>

criar

despertar

cantar

pensar

<i>Bring up</i> significa criar a alguien, como un niño > <i>It’s difficult to bring up kids while living in a dangerous neighborhood.</i> También puede significar empezar a hablar de un tema. <i>It annoys me every time he brings up the topic of politics.</i>