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Lucas21c Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Could you tell me the meaning of "live up" of the following sentence?

I extracted the sentence from Harvard Commencement Speech of Bill Gates, but I can't exactly catch what it means.

As far as I know, 'Currier House' is a dormitory of Harvard University, but Radcliffe is just a name of college which was integrated into Harvard. So, I feel it doesn't make sense.

Thank you.

I lived up at Radcliffe, in Currier House.
  

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If the transcript is accurate, then 'live' is not connected with 'up'. Radcliffe is conceived as being at a higher elevation or nearer a center in some way: I lived up at the mountain top. I lived over in the next village.

— Mister Micawber

  • If the transcript is accurate, then 'live' is not connected with 'up'.
  • Radcliffe is conceived as being at a higher elevation or nearer a center in some way: I lived up at the mountain top.
  • I lived over in the next village.
  • I lived under the bridge.
  • etc.
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If the transcript is accurate, then 'live' is not connected with 'up'. Radcliffe is conceived as being at a higher elevation or nearer a center in some way:

I lived up at the mountain top.

I lived over in the next village.

I lived under the bridge.

etc.
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