IN DOWNTON ABBEY
I‘ll take it up there now
why “up”？
为什么这么说?
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IN DOWNTON ABBEY
I‘ll take it up there nowwhy “up”？
为什么这么说?
The maids butlers kitchen staff were usually working below ground level, in the basement, the 'gentry' would be at ground level so naturally things are 'taken up, taken upstairs'
There is also a phrasal verb 'to take up' (in fact there are several and different meanings).
To take up a hobby
To take up the trouser legs (shorten). To take up the slack in a rope.
To take up (a matter, a discussion) with someone...
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/take%20up
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/take-up_1
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"Up" can also mean to the north. For example, my husband drove up to Canada last week.
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many thanks.
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Somebody will bring something up (the stairs?) now. I guess it is a servant bringing his master's breakfast from the kitchen in the basement to the bedroom on the second floor? It could even be a child lifting a marble from the floor to the table. That would also be 'up'. In fact, there are probably 10000000s of 'ups'. Even more... How many can you think of?
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