【口语小词】Day 38--100小词走天下

1.       Brushup (on) 复习，回顾，温习

例：We are planning a trip to Spain. I’d better brush up mySpanish.

2.       Burnup 烧光了

例：When Sam broke up with his girlfriend he was furious withher. He burned up all her photos

例：Life changed overnight for our community. The fire burned uphalf the town.

例：The forest fires in California this year areterrible. Thousands of acres have burned up.

例：My car is very uneconomical to run. It burns up too much gas.

3.       Catchup with 1)追上，追赶；2) catch up on some sleep 补觉；3) catch up 叙旧

例：My friend was six blocks ahead of me and walking fast. It tookme ten minutes to catch up with him.

例：She missed three weeks of school. It will be hard for her tocatch up.

例：I’ve been really tired recently. I need to go home and catch up somesleep.

4.       Cheerup 鼓励, 让某人心情变好（cheer someone up）

例：The children had slight colds and weren’t feeling well. Icheered them up with some jokes.

例：The weather report said that the storm would not be as bad as theyhad predicted. Peter cheered up when he heard that.

5.       Chopup 切碎

例：Yes, you can help me make the salad. Chop up the lettuce.

6.       Cleanup 1) 打扫; 2) 整风；3) 挣很多钱

例：You clean up when you make a place tidy. Jake and hisfriends watched a football game and had some pizza and beer. Afterwardsthey cleaned up the living room.

例：The level of crime and corruption is making people’s livesmiserable. It’s time to clean up the city.

例：He has a way of recognizing young companies withpotential. Last year he cleaned up on the stock market