up
adverb
para arriba
EN The Lieutenant-Governor sat, one afternoon, resting his head against the carved back of his stately arm chair, and gazing up thoughtfully at the void blackness of the picture.
GL O tenente-gobernador sentábase, unha tarde, repousando a súa cabeza contra o tallado respaldo da súa maxestosa cadeira de brazos e fitando para arriba meditabundo á baleira negrura da pintura.
Fonte: EDW (25)
arriba
EN They ran up and down for three days; and at the end of that time she could not strike him once, and he struck her at every step she took.
GL Estiveron a correr arriba e abaixo durante tres días; ó final, ela non era quen de pegarlle unha soa vez e el pegáballe cada paso que ela daba.
Fonte: BIR (29)
en alto
EN The dark boy, Roger, stirred at last and spoke up.
GL O rapaz moreno, Roger, espreguizouse e falou en alto.
Fonte: SEN (465)
preposition
por
EN He was quiet now, but the swelling on his shoulder had continued up his neck and under his ear and his face was puffed and feverish.
GL Agora o menińo estaba tranquilo, pero a inchume do ombro subíralle polo pescozo ata debaixo da orella. A súa carińa estaba deformada e enfebrecida.
Fonte: PER (249)
cara a
EN and having delivered his message with that air of importance, and effort at fine language, which a negro is apt to display on petty embassies of that kind, he dashed over the brook, and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission.
GL E unha vez entregada a mensaxe, cun ton de importancia e un esforzo por utilizar unha linguaxe refinada que os negros son quen de empregar para dar recados pouco relevantes coma aquel, saltou o arroio e dirixiuse cara ó val, orgulloso da importancia e urxencia da súa misión.
Fonte: LEN (143)
plural noun
..... ups and downs
altibaixos
EN The programme survives, despite the ups and downs of Colombian government funding, because of the tactics of the New School movement's organizers.
GL Se o programa se mantén, a pesar dos altibaixos do apoio financeiro do Estado colombiano, isto débese á estratexia que aplicaron os responsables de Escola Nova:
Fonte: C29 (977)
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