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Englishfan25 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

question on the phrasal verb - 'look up' ?

0 Can I use 'business is looking up' to mean a business that is improving ?02br
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0 I would rather use, 01b 00is growing up02b 00. 0-

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0 I would rather use, 01b00is growing up02b00. But I'm not sure, if you can use it.0-
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0 Yes, you can use 'looking up' in this way, to mean 'recovering after a bad patch'. You wouldn't use it to describe normal business growth. 0-
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0 You can, IMO. 02br
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01b00look up02b02br
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01b00302b00 01b00:02b00 to improve in prospects or condition <lived on the wife's income 01font00until business 01i00looked up 02
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0 Is it also possible to use 01b00is growing up02b00?0-
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0 Not in the sense of business growth, no. 0-
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0 It means that it can be used only by humans and animals?0-
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0 Yes. It means to grow older, more mature. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Yes. It means to grow older, more mature.12blockquote
10Nona I thank you, that you had used the word mature. You remind me of something.0-
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