box up

embalar, meter en cajas

Meter cosas en cajas, generalmente para guardarlas o trasladarlas.

En inglés sencillo: To put things into boxes, often for storage or moving.

• Please box up these toys.
• We boxed up our clothes before moving.
• Have you boxed the dishes up yet?

Cómo se usa: box up something / box something up (We boxed our books up yesterday.); box it/them up (Please box them up for the move.)

Sinónimos: pack, box

Antónimos: unpack

Expresiones frecuentes: box up something, box something up

encerrar, confinar

Mantener a alguien en un espacio pequeño donde no puede moverse libremente.

En inglés sencillo: To keep someone in a small space where they cannot move freely.

• They boxed the prisoners up in small cells.
• We were boxed up indoors throughout the storm.
• She hated being boxed up in that narrow room.

Cómo se usa: be boxed up in somewhere (We were boxed up in a tiny cabin.)

Sinónimos: confine, shut in

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: box someone up, box up prisoners

mezclar los dados

Mezclar los dados para que los jugadores elijan cuáles usar.

En inglés sencillo: To mix dice so players can choose which ones to use.

• The dealer boxed up the dice.
• Box the dice up before we choose.
• They boxed up several dice for the gamblers to select.

Cómo se usa: box up something / box something up (The dealer boxed the dice up before the players chose.)

Sinónimos: mix, shuffle

Expresiones frecuentes: box up dice, box the dice up