up and down . to and fro；backwards and forwards来来回回；上上下下

My father walked up and down the room，as if in deep thought．我爸爸若有所思地在房间里踱来踱去。

up and down .  in every direction；everywhere 到处

Where have you been just now? I have looked for you up and down for nearly half an hour．你刚才在哪儿? 找你快有半个小时了。

up and down .  completely；thoroughly完全地；彻底地

Here is his hometown which he knows up and down．这儿是他十分熟悉的家乡。

up and down . unstable时好时坏

—How are things at your office?  —Oh，up and down，you know．—你办公室的情况如何? 时好时坏。

I've been rather up and down recently．I think I need a holiday．近来我身体时好时坏，我想该休假了。

 up to . as far as；up to the present直到现在

He hasn't seen any elephants up to the present day．他到现在也没有见过大象。

 up to . doing（usu．something．wrong）；plotting从事于；策划

Some people believe those men are spies，but no one knows what they are up to．有人认为那些人是间谍，但是没有人知道他们想干什么。

 up to . dependent on the decision of somebody 由…决定

It is up to you to decide whether we buy this set of furniture or not．由你来定我们是否买这套家具。

 up to . able to do something 适合；胜任

She is not up to the work assigned to her．她不胜任所干的工作。

I don't feel up to the work．我觉得自己干不了这项工作。

I'm not up to travelling．我的身体不适合旅行。

up to date . modern；of the present time；of the newest sort现代的；跟上时代的；最新式的

Your skirt is quite up to date．你的裙子款式是最时新的。

Mother，you must get more up to date with modern styles！You can't wear those things．妈妈，你应该接受些时髦的东西，不能穿那些玩艺儿了。

up to the elbows . deeply involved or engaged孜孜于；忙于；专心致志于

They are up to the elbows in work；let's not disturb them．他们工作很忙，我们还是不要打扰他们吧。

upon a thought . with the speed of thought；immediately一霎间；立刻

The teacher stood up upon a thought and went out of the class room．老师立即站起来走出了教室。

upon my word . surely的确；决无虚言

Upon my word，I've never heard of such a thing．的确，我从来没有听说过这样的事情。

Upon my word，he is a very good teacher．他的确是一位很好的教师。

upon the table . known to everyone；being a matter of public discussion大家都知道；成为公开谈论的事情

The facts are，so to speak，all upon the table．这些事实可以说人人皆知。

ups and downs . prosperity and adversity；successive rises and falls盛衰；苦乐；沉浮；高高低低

Life is full of ups and downs．人生有苦有乐。

The way ahead is full of ups and downs，but that doesn't worry us．前进的道路是不平坦的，但是我们不怕。

Everyone must take his share of ups and downs．每个人都有得意的时候和倒霉的时候。

 upside down . in or into complete disorder混乱；乱七八糟地

The room was turned upside down by the burglars．这房间被窃贼翻得乱七八糟。

use up . consume completely；use until nothing is left用完；耗尽

They have used up their money．他们已经把钱花光了。

Don't use up all the soap．Leave me some to wash with．不要把肥皂用完，留些给我洗。

use up . tire completely；make very tired；exhaust使精疲力尽

He has used up all his energy．他已精疲力尽了。

After rowing the boat across the lake，Robert was used up．罗伯特把船划到对岸之后，累得精疲力尽。

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vamp up . make up ；invent拼凑；捏造

He vamped up a few ugly rumors to discredit his colleague．他捏造了若干卑鄙的谣言以中伤他的同事。

He can vamp up an excuse that sounds true．他能炮制一个听起来象真的一样的借口。 

vamp up . improvise即席创造；临时凑成

They vamped up the music．他们即席创作了那首乐曲。

vary from…to . differ from在…到…之间变化；从…到…不等

Opinions in the committee vary from approval to complete opposition．委员会里的观点从赞成到坚决反对都有。

verge upon . verge on . come close to接近

His manner verges on impoliteness．他的态度近乎不礼貌。

I'm afraid that his behaviour verges on madness．他的行为恐怕接近于发疯。

 vice verse . conversely反之亦然；反过来也是如此

The man blames his wife and vice verse．这人责备他的妻子，他妻子反过来又责备他。

Students should learn from teachers and vice verse．学生应当向教师学习，教师也应当向学生学习。

visit with  . chat or talk with与…聊天

Don't visit with your friend on the telephone．不要跟朋友在电话里聊天。

visit with  . visit访问；看望

We hope you will visit with us sometime．我们希望你什么时候来我们这儿作客。

She loves visiting with her neighbours on Sundays．她喜欢在星期天和邻居聊天。