Kilo Lingo

#779 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to stand up, to get to one's feet

Examples

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He stood up and left.

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When the king came in, everyone rose.

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She will stand up when her name is called.

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The dog got to its feet by the door.

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Do not stand up too quickly.

The prefix - marks the moment an action starts, so is to be in a standing position and is the instant you get into it. The same prefix is doing the same job in to catch sight of, to cry out and i to set off. and mean much the same thing here and are equally correct; simply puts the emphasis on the start rather than on the change of state. The one thing it cannot mean is standing something else up, which is .

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This word is part of lesson 16.