@Prof: the magic power of prepositions --- On the other hand, I cannot but admire, as a non-native speaker, the magic power of prepositions in English, in this particular case "up". And "up" is not the only preposition that makes simple verbs fly higher and express more.

I do not think that other languages gives that particular power to prepositions. In French, for instance, most of the verbs requires certain prepositions; some prepositions are obligatory.

The French verbs do not have the freedom to chose!

Source author: Petru Dumitriu PetruD@diplomacy.edu