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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Call upon
What is the exact meaning of ' to call up a student'?
I ofen call often a student who pay attention to keep the class rolling smoothly.
I ofen call often a student who pay attention to keep the class rolling smoothly.
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Hello! Do you mean to say: I often call up a student... As in - "call a student up to the front of the class"?
- Hello!
- Do you mean to say: I often call up a student...
- As in - "call a student up to the front of the class"?
- If 'yes', then my first guess is that "up" is conveying physical movement - its literal meaning.
- "up" as in in the sky.
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Hello!
Do you mean to say:
I often call up a student...
?
As in - "call a student up to the front of the class"?
If 'yes', then my first guess is that "up" is conveying physical movement - its literal meaning. "up" as in in the sky. I could be wrong however... I'm quite tired :-) But I don't think it's "completion", nor "inception".
Nic
Do you mean to say:
I often call up a student...
?
As in - "call a student up to the front of the class"?
If 'yes', then my first guess is that "up" is conveying physical movement - its literal meaning. "up" as in in the sky. I could be wrong however... I'm quite tired :-) But I don't think it's "completion", nor "inception".
Nic
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opps, I made a typing mistake. I mean call upon. What does ' call upon' a student mean?
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call on - ask
- an idiomatic phrasal verb, with the meaning relying on the literal "space" meaning of "on". Maybe to explain: your call for somebody lands on a student.
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