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Why finishing a drink and raising your voice are the same word
The picture Something rises from the bottom: louder, bigger, visible, filled to the brim. Up rises and fills; down falls and fades.
Where the picture shows up in up
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sound rises
Could you speak up? I can't hear you.
kʊd juː spiːk ʌp aɪ kænt hɪr juː
Could you speak louder? I can't hear you.
A small voice swells and rises until it reaches your ear
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numbers rise
Prices went up again this month.
ˈpraɪsɪz went ʌp əˈɡen ðɪs mʌnθ
Prices have gone up again this month.
A bar on the chart standing one notch higher than last month
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lifted into your hand
I'll pick you up at seven.
aɪl pɪk juː ʌp ət ˈsevən
I'll come and get you at seven.
Someone waiting at the curb is scooped up into the car
Someone standing on the street is lifted up into the car.
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filled to the top
Drink up, we're leaving.
drɪŋk ʌp wɪr ˈliːvɪŋ
Finish your drink, we're leaving.
A glass tipped up until the last drop is gone
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surfacing into view
The topic came up in the meeting.
ðə ˈtɑːpɪk keɪm ʌp ɪn ðə ˈmiːtɪŋ
That subject was raised in the meeting.
A topic that was sunk out of sight bobs up to the surface
All of it in one picture
Up is one arrow pointing up. Raise the voice and it is speaking louder; raise the number and it is a price rise; raise a person into the car and it is a pickup; raise the glass to the last drop and it is finishing; raise a sunken topic to the surface and it is being brought up. That is why anything with up on it carries the same feeling: rising from below and filling to the top.