On the up

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🗓️ 29 April 2013

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Things are 'on the up' for Jennifer and Jean at work. Find out why in The English We Speak.

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC learning English.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com
0:09.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:14.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:17.0	Gene, look at the time.
0:20.0	It's five o'clock.
0:22.0	Time to go home. Are you coming out for a drink after work?
0:25.8	Sure. Shall we go to the bar on the ground floor? Oh great idea. I love it there.
0:31.3	It's very handy working six floors above one of the best bars in
0:35.2	London. I know let's go. Shall we take the stairs? I know six floors is a long way
0:41.6	down but the lift is always broken.
0:44.3	Oh I think it's been fixed now. Let's see.
0:48.0	It has been fixed. Great!
0:51.0	Things are on the up in this place.
0:53.0	Up? That's not right. We need to go down.
0:57.0	The bar is on the ground floor. We are on the sixth, so we definitely shouldn't be going up. No, that's not what I mean. the or getting better. Things are on the up here. They're getting better because the
1:14.5	lift has been fixed. I see. Let's hear some more examples of this phrase.
1:19.8	My sister has just got a new job. The company has given her a house and a car as part of a deal.
1:28.0	Things are on the up for her.
1:31.0	The economy is on the up now that the new government is in power. They've already helped to create thousands of new jobs.
1:39.0	On the up, great phrase.
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