spruce-up

If it could be agreed that the prize for winning the competition would include publication in English in Albedo One then it would be worth and author's while to allow it be translated in to English as we would agree to spruce-up the English and make it more colloquial.

MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part III) 2009

Christensen, an artist, just did some spruce-up painting to establish her studio.

Boot car from the garage and reclaim valuable living space Ann Cameron Siegal 2011

Nom Wah opened in 1920 and last year got a spruce-up to keep current.

The Old and the New 2011

Although the adjoining Swan theatre has also been given a spruce-up, the most fundamental change to this much respected, if not always loved, theatre complex on the banks of the Avon has been to the main theatre: the 1,400-seat art deco auditorium, designed by Elisabeth Scott in 1927, has been demolished, and replaced with what is intended to be a stage in the style of Shakespeare's day, but brought up to date.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre: All's well ? Jonathan Glancey 2010

Because what he was actually doing was giving our bedroom a hasty spruce-up—making the bed, all the better to fall passionately into; lighting a couple of my diptyque candles, all the better for romantic candlelit romping.

Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

Because what he was actually doing was giving our bedroom a hasty spruce-up—making the bed, all the better to fall passionately into; lighting a couple of my diptyque candles, all the better for romantic candlelit romping.

Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

The opt-in box could be smaller and still attract attention with a spruce-up to make it more appealing, and the font of posts could be upped a few sizes and switched to black.

Drive-By Shooting Sunday: Wahm Biz Builder 2009

But the exotic marque's latest spruce-up of its popular sedan (made even more seductive thanks to the carmaker's presence on "Desperate Housewives" and "The Sopranos") isn't just showroom pretty.

So Sexy It Hurts 2007

But the exotic marque's latest spruce-up of its popular sedan (made even more seductive thanks to the carmaker's presence on "Desperate Housewives" and "The Sopranos") isn't just showroom pretty.

Road Test: Maserati Quattroporte 2007

But like many people when they hit 30, the index may be due for a spruce-up.

new misery 2006