bone up on in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for bone up on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.bone [Am boʊn, Brit bəʊn] N

1. bone C ANAT:

II.bone [Am boʊn, Brit bəʊn] VB trans

I.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] PREP on often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (count on, lay on, sign on, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (count, lay, sign, etc).

II.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADV

III.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADJ

See also put on, have on, go on, come on, bring on

I.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv)

I.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + o + prep + o) (put on)

II.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (be wearing)

III.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv) Brit

IV.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv)

I.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

3. go on (last, continue):

to go on -ing
¡venga! Spain
¡venga ya! Spain

II.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

come on VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + adv)

I.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + prep + o) (cause to befall)

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

See also come up to

bone up on in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bone up on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

II.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] ADJ

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Then you're in luck, because we're here to help you bone up on your kitchen vocabulary.
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It meant bringing their financial skeletons out of the closet to bone up on cost-cutting and cash-raising measures.
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If you're thinking about becoming a vegetarian, you need to bone up on the pitfalls and mistakes that often trip beginners up.
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But it is a foolish politician who neglects to bone up on the price of a pint of milk -- just in case.
www.telegraph.co.uk
First you'll want to bone up on what materially adverse change of contract means.
consumerist.com
Time to bone up on the above before you batter the keys on your keyboard, matey!
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And it's why, instead of cramming on policy, those who aspire to elective office would do well to bone up on psychology.
www.newsday.com
So hang on tight, kids, and bone up on those scout-tastic survival skills.
grist.org
It's as good an excuse as any to bone up on these classics.
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You simply have to invest in the appropriate gadgets and bone up on the manual.
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