knock up

dejar embarazada, embarazar

Dejar embarazada a alguien, a menudo sin que el embarazo estuviera planeado.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone pregnant, often when the pregnancy was not planned.

• He knocked her up last summer.
• She said her boyfriend had knocked her up.
• He was afraid he might knock someone up.

Cómo se usa: knock someone up (He knocked his girlfriend up before they finished school.)

Sinónimos: get pregnant, impregnate

Expresiones frecuentes: knock someone up, knock her up

improvisar, preparar rápidamente

Hacer o montar algo rápidamente, a menudo sin mucho cuidado.

En inglés sencillo: To make or put something together quickly, often without much care.

• I can knock up a quick lunch.
• He knocked up a wooden box for the tools.
• Could you knock something up before the meeting?

Cómo se usa: knock something up (I knocked a small shelf up from spare wood.)

Sinónimos: throw together, make

Expresiones frecuentes: knock up something, knock something up

pelotear

Intercambiar golpes de pelota en tenis para practicar antes de un partido.

En inglés sencillo: To hit a tennis ball back and forth for practice before a match.

• The players knocked up before the match.
• We knocked up for five minutes to get used to the court.
• Would you like to knock up with me?

Cómo se usa: knock up with someone (I knocked up with my opponent before the match.)

Sinónimos: warm up, practice

Expresiones frecuentes: knock up together, knock up briefly

despertar

Despertar a alguien, normalmente llamando a su puerta o golpeando su ventana.

En inglés sencillo: To wake someone, usually by knocking on their door or window.

• Please knock me up at six.
• Someone knocked her up by tapping on the bedroom window.
• The man used to knock factory workers up before their early shifts.

Cómo se usa: knock someone up (The neighbor knocked us up before dawn.)

Sinónimos: wake, rouse

Expresiones frecuentes: knock someone up, knock workers up

igualar los pliegos, alinear las hojas

Dar golpecitos a una pila de papel para igualar sus bordes, a menudo al preparar un libro.

En inglés sencillo: To tap a pile of paper so its edges line up, often when making a book.

• Knock up the sheets before binding them.
• She knocked the pages up against the edge of the table.
• The printer knocked up each pile so the edges were even.

Cómo se usa: knock something up (The binder knocked the printed sheets up before trimming them.)

Sinónimos: jog, align

Expresiones frecuentes: knock up sheets, knock paper up, knock up paper, knock sheets up