There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is **'UP.' ** It's easy to understand** UP*, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake *UP* ? At a meeting, why does a topic come* UP* ? Why do we speak *UP* and why are the officers*UP * for election and why is it *UP* to the secretary to write* UP* a report ?
We call* UP* our friends. And we use it to brighten* UP* a room, polish* UP*the silver, we warm *UP* the leftovers and clean *UP* the kitchen. We lock* UP* the house and some guys fix* UP* the old car . At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir *UP** *trouble, line* UP* for tickets, work* UP * an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this* UP* is confusing: A drain must be opened* UP* because it is stopped UP . We open* UP* a store in the morning but we close it *UP* at night. * We seem to be pretty mixed** UP* about *UP *! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of* UP* , look the word* UP* in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes *UP** *almost 1/4th of the page and can add* UP* to about thirty definitions. I f you are *UP* to it, you might try building* UP * a list of the many ways *UP* is used. It will take* UP* a lot of your time, but if you don't give *UP* , you may wind* UP* with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding *UP* When the sun comes out we say it is clearing* **UP*.. *
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things **UP* . * When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry* *UP* * One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it* *UP* , for now my time is *UP* , so............. it is time to shut *UP* ...!
