Interacting or Documenting

闭嘴, 住口

The boss expected the employees to belt up and get back to work.

老板期望员工闭嘴并回去工作。

奉承, 讨好

The salesman was skilled at buttering up customers to make more sales.

推销员擅长奉承顾客以增加销售额。

打电话, 呼叫

He called up the customer to address their concerns.

他打电话给客户以解决他们的顾虑。

了解最新消息, 赶上新闻

I need to catch up on the latest news.

我需要赶上最新的新闻。

追赶, 积极寻找

The detective promised to chase the leads up to solve the case.

侦探承诺要追查线索以解决案件。

搭讪, 调情

He confidently chatted up the stranger, making her laugh.

他自信地搭讪那个陌生人，逗她笑。

突然沉默, 拒绝说话

Every time the teacher asked him about his weekend, he would clam up and avoid eye contact.

每次老师问他周末过得怎么样时，他都会突然沉默并避免眼神接触。

走近, 接近

I saw my colleague working alone, so I decided to come up to her and discuss the project.

我看到我的同事独自工作，所以我决定走近她讨论这个项目。

摸, 不恰当地触摸

跟进, 深入调查

After the seminar, I decided to follow up on the speaker's research and findings.

研讨会结束后，我决定跟进演讲者的研究和发现。

使安静, 让...闭嘴

I had to hush up my giggling friends during the serious presentation.

我不得不在严肃的演讲中让我咯咯笑的朋友们安静下来。

加入, 合作

Let's join up with the marketing team to create a more effective campaign.

让我们联合营销团队，创建一个更有效的活动。

见面, 聚会

We often meet up for lunch on Fridays.

我们经常在周五见面吃午饭。

承认, 承担责任

The student chose to own up to plagiarizing the essay and faced the academic consequences.

学生选择承认抄袭论文并面临学术后果。

打电话, 拨电话

I'll phone up the restaurant and make a reservation for tonight.

我会打电话给餐厅，为今晚预订座位。

讨好, 巴结

The new employee tried to shine up to the boss by always agreeing with his ideas.

新员工试图通过总是同意老板的想法来讨好他。

闭嘴, 住口

As soon as the movie started, the audience gradually shut up.

电影一开始，观众就逐渐闭嘴了。

签订合同, 签约工作

The freelancer decided to sign up for a year-long contract with the client.

自由职业者决定与客户签订为期一年的合同注册。

软化, 为了影响而友善

She decided to soften up her colleague by complimenting their work before discussing the project changes.

她决定在讨论项目变更前先通过表扬同事的工作来软化他们。

说出来, 表达意见

Employees need to speak up if they witness unethical behavior.

员工如果目睹不道德行为，需要发声。

和解, 解决分歧

After a heated argument, the friends decided it was time to square up and mend their relationship.

在一场激烈的争论之后，朋友们决定是时候解决分歧并修复他们的关系了。

拍马屁, 讨好

He often sucked up to the boss by praising his decisions during meetings.

他经常在会议上通过赞扬老板的决定来拍马屁。

总结, 概括

To save time, the presenter decided to sum the discussion up quickly.

为了节省时间，主持人决定快速总结讨论。

赞扬, 宣传

She talked up the benefits of the new product during the presentation.

她在演示期间赞扬了新产品的优点。

展示, 公开

The teacher asked the students to write up their answers on the chalkboard for everyone to review.

老师让学生们把答案写在黑板上供大家复习。