I m sure you will enjoy this One word in the English language that could be a noun verb adj adv prep is UP Read until the end you ll laugh This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word and that word is UP It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv] [prep] [adj] [n] or [v] 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 (if there is a tie it is a toss UP) and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends brighten UP a room polish UP the silver warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car At other times this 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 blocked 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 UP the word UP in the dictionary In a desk-sized dictionary it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions If 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 (UP to) 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 soaks UP the earth When it does not 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 did this whole thing crack you UP? Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book or not it s UP to you Now I ll shut UP

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