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uphill in English:

1. towards the top of a hill



2. hill


After running up the hill, I was completely out of breath.
on a hill
We finally arrived at the ski hill... the snow had turned into rain.
Pretty soon along came a steam shovel and dug a road through the hill covered with daisies.
Slide down the hill while distributing your weight equally on both skis.
Mr Hill went on a journey to Japan yesterday.
The children from the village would often gather up on top of the hill and from there watched the trucks and automobiles going back and forth to the city.
They’re not really mountains. They are smaller – more like hills.
That little house looks just like the little house my grandmother lived in when she was a little girl, on a hill covered with daisies and apple trees growing around.
A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
Whew! This is a tough hill. But coming back sure will be a breeze.
In the long summer days she sat in the sun and watched the trees cover themselves with leaves, and the white daisies cover the hill.
Debit Mr Hill with $100.
I agree. He's sure been the king of the hill since we brought him home.
If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.

3. upward


When this will start working, our revenue will go upward.
In doing so, some of the upward lift becomes more of a sideways force, causing the drone to move forward or backwards.
Capital investments planned by major Japanese businesses for this year have been revised upward in view of an improving economic outlook.
The party tickets go for ten dollars and upward.
The kite went upward.
The yen was revalued upward against the U.S. dollar from a rate of 360 yen against the dollar to 308 yen on December 18, 1971.
Prices are on the upward trend.
I mean that for a Wild Space person like yourself, the Inner Rim is an incredible move upward."
and i was suddenly yanked upward
an upward movement
Why did you turn to the right and look upward?
By looking at the five data points, there appears to be a clean upward pattern in prices
Just look at what happened after the Fed's last upward move.
I will develop in upward in my job.
the previous estimates have to be dramatically revised — upward.

English word "uphill"(upward) occurs in sets:

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