beat up

picchiare, pestare

Fare molto male a qualcuno colpendolo ripetutamente.

In inglese semplice: To hurt someone badly by hitting them many times.

• They beat up my brother.
• He was beaten up outside a club.
• Why did those boys beat him up?

Come si usa: beat someone up (Two men beat him up outside the station.); be beaten up (She was beaten up on her way home.)

Sinonimi: beat, assault, batter

Espressioni comuni: beat up someone, beat up badly, beat up a stranger

colpevolizzarsi, rimproverarsi

Continuare a rimproverarsi qualcosa che si è fatto e sentirsi male per questo.

In inglese semplice: To keep blaming yourself and feeling bad about something you did.

• Do not beat yourself up.
• I beat myself up over that mistake.
• He keeps beating himself up for losing the keys.

Come si usa: beat yourself up over something (Do not beat yourself up over one bad grade.); beat yourself up for doing something (She beat herself up for forgetting his birthday.)

Sinonimi: blame yourself, reproach yourself

Espressioni comuni: beat yourself up, beat myself up

rimproverare, colpevolizzare

Criticare duramente qualcuno e farlo sentire in colpa per qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To criticize someone harshly and make them feel guilty about something.

• Stop beating him up over this.
• They beat her up for missing the deadline.
• The boss keeps beating us up about our results.

Come si usa: beat someone up over something (The manager beat her up over a small mistake.); beat someone up for doing something (Do not beat him up for being late once.)

Sinonimi: criticize, blame, berate

Espressioni comuni: beat up someone, beat someone up over

malconciare, ridurre male

Causare ferite o lividi a qualcuno con un incidente, un'attività faticosa o altro.

In inglese semplice: To leave someone hurt or bruised through an accident, difficult activity, or other cause.

• That fall beat me up badly.
• The crash beat him up, but he survived.
• Three days on rocky trails really beat up my knees.

Come si usa: beat someone up (That rough hike really beat me up.)

Sinonimi: injure, batter

Espressioni comuni: beat up someone, beat up your body

alzarsi prima di, svegliarsi prima di

Svegliarsi o alzarsi dal letto prima di un'altra persona.

In inglese semplice: To wake or get out of bed before someone else does.

• I beat you up this morning.
• She beat me up and made breakfast.
• Can you beat me up tomorrow and start the coffee?

Come si usa: beat someone up (I beat my brother up this morning and made the coffee first.)

Sinonimi: wake before, get up before

Espressioni comuni: beat someone up, beat someone up today

organizzare, radunare

Riuscire a organizzare, procurare o radunare qualcosa con un certo impegno.

In inglese semplice: To manage to arrange or obtain something through effort.

• We must beat up some support.
• They beat up volunteers for the search.
• She beat up a small party to help with the work.

Come si usa: beat up something (They beat up support for the expedition.)

Sinonimi: arrange, organize, muster

Espressioni comuni: beat up support, beat up recruits, beat up volunteers

malridotto, consumato

Vecchio o danneggiato perché è stato usato molto.

In inglese semplice: Old or damaged because it has been used a lot.

• His car is really beat up.
• She wore a beat-up leather jacket.
• These chairs look more beat up every year.

Sinonimi: battered, worn, shabby

Contrari: new

Espressioni comuni: beat up car, beat up shoes, beat up furniture

polemica montata, scandalo inventato

Notizia o protesta pubblica fatta sembrare molto più grave di quanto giustifichino i fatti.

In inglese semplice: A story or public complaint made to seem much more serious than the facts support.

• That story is a beat-up.
• The minister dismissed the headlines as a media beat-up.
• Was the whole scandal just a political beat-up?

Sinonimi: manufactured controversy, media hype

Espressioni comuni: media beat up, a beat up, political beat up