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Traducción & Definición
to stand up: ponerse, quedarse de pie; levantarse
Please stand up. Pónganse de pie, por favor.
to stand up for (oneself): defender(se)
Susie really knows how to stand up for herself. Susie sabe defenderse muy bien.
Ejemplos
- "Bruno : Stand up Jean, and take off your hat, it's time for the national anthem."
- "Listen, I can't even stand up."
- "Stand up, clean yourself off and go fill out the form!"
- "Your comrade Edward is ready to stand up and fight the oppressors!"
Ejercicio 1
Susie wants to know where Delavigne stands on the issue of subcontracting.
Which of the following sentences uses a similar idiom in the same sense as the text?
Which of the following sentences uses a similar idiom in the same sense as the text?
Susie wants to know where Delavigne stands on the issue of subcontracting.
Which of the following sentences uses a similar idiom in the same sense as the text?
Excerpt: Hopefully he will get back to me soon, so that I will know where Delavigne stands on these issues.
Which of the following sentences uses a similar idiom in the same sense as the text?
The idiom "to stand for" is different than to "know where someone stands" on something. "U.N." is an acronym for the United Nations. Therefore we can ask, "what does "U.N." stand for?" if we want to know what the initials signify.
Although "to stand up" indicates the physical act of standing, this literal meaning does not carry the same meaning as the idiom in the text.
To "be unable to stand something" means that someone cannot tolerate, or has "little patience" for something. This use of the term "stand" is different than the way Susie uses the term in her e-mail.
To know "where someone stands" means to understand their position or opinion on a topic. In this case, the speaker is unsure about the president's opinion on social security. In Susie's e-mail, she asks Bruno about Delavigne's position on subcontracting.
Excerpt: Hopefully he will get back to me soon, so that I will know where Delavigne stands on these issues.
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