draw up

English translation: draw upon

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English term or phrase:	draw up
Selected answer:	draw upon
Entered by:	airmailrpl

02:48 Aug 15, 2016

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Medical translation

English term or phrase: draw up

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Context:
Not only is the soil devoid of natural minerals from which it grows nutrient lacking food, the food is laiden with pesticides, herbicides, genetically modificatied, and then they are cooked; completely destroying whatever nutrients might still be there.
The result is something that looks like food, it might smell like food, it might taste like food, but nutritionally speaking it is as nutritious as a sponge.
This is the reason so many people are overweight yet constantly hungry.
The body needs nutrients to survive, and since the food eaten has so little nutritional value, a person wants to eat more and more in hopes to fulfill the body’s needs.
The body is then forced to draw up its decreasing supply of nutrients and remains chronically hungry, even though the stomach is full.

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draw upon

Explanation:
draw up => draw upon

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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 21:40

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draw upon

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draw upon

Explanation:
draw up => draw upon

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 44

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Excellent! Thank you!

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Asker: So this is its meaning, right? http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/draw-on-upon-sth Thank you!

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