Always having to play it up for the crowd, aren't you?

13:14 Oct 12, 2014 

Ja, zoals je ziet vier discussion entries eerder: 08:19 u

08:50 Oct 12, 2014 

maar uit fanfiction over Harry Potter...

06:49 Oct 12, 2014 

Wat mij betreft niet.
De persoon zou zich dan groffer moeten hebben uitgedrukt.
Ik haal dat er niet uit.
Ik vind het te plat.

De algemene lijn die ik er uit haal is jezelf of iets zo 'goed' mogelijk over proberen te laten komen (evt. door dingen aan te dikken).
Ook niet per definitie 'negatief'.
Kan ook betrekking hebben op een sollicitatiegesprek bv. : play it up for all it's worth.

06:45 Oct 12, 2014 

Publieksgeil, zoals altijd?

06:20 Oct 12, 2014 

play it up for all it’s worth
play it up for publicity
play it up for pathos
play it up for the cameras
play it up for the crowd
play it up for the public consumption
play it up for laughs
play it up for its dramatic value

06:19 Oct 12, 2014 

Moest je iedereen weer eens laten zien hoe goed je wel niet bent?

"I know you thought you were so smart this morning, Potter!" the blond Slytherin sneered, "Always having to play it up for the crowd, aren't you?"

"No Draco," Harry said wearily. "Snape asked me some questions, and I simply answered them." He paused. "It's not my fault if you didn't know all the answers."

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2636963/4/Harry-Potter-and-the-...

Story Title: Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past
Author Name: Viridian (S’TarKan)

http://gioiarecs.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/harry-potter-and-t...

04:32 Oct 12, 2014 

Wat is er precies satirisch aan de Harry Potterreeks?

23:43 Oct 11, 2014 

How can we translate it without any context? Can we have some more info?

23:11 Oct 11, 2014 

Definition:
‘Emphasize the extent or importance of something’

Usage examples:
the mystery surrounding his death was played up by the media
– Predictions of 450,000 lost jobs are played up in the media, while the jobs that will be created to combat global warming are ignored.
– Now governments can get more support by playing the threat up and issuing constant warnings.
– His warnings were unheeded, and, as he predicted, Republicans played the issue up in the final weeks of the campaign.
– While even the most diehard Celtic fan will find it difficult to muster up excitement, Sky are still trying to play the match up as if it's Judgement Day itself.
– Fearful of being accused of complacency, they fail to allay public fears and often play up hypothetical risks.
– The government is playing up the great energy savings these regulations will provide and selling the new laws as a ‘win’ to the environment.

Synonyms:
emphasize, put/lay emphasis on, accentuate, bring/draw/call attention to, focus attention on, point up, underline, underscore, highlight, spotlight, foreground, feature, give prominence to, bring to the fore, heighten, stress, accent

20:42 Oct 11, 2014 

b: to make (something) seem bigger or more important

◾It was only a small achievement though our CEO tried to play it up.

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/play

Always having to play it up for the crowd, aren't you?

Bijv.:

Tegenover de massa moet je er zeker altijd extra gewicht aan geven.
Tegenover het publiek moet je er zeker altijd meer van maken dan het is.
Tegenover het publiek moet je zeker altijd net doen alsof je iets te melden hebt.

20:26 Oct 11, 2014 

Er staat: play it up := play something up

20:21 Oct 11, 2014 

Depends on the context, but there might be a slight difference between doing it (as in Dorine's answer: ‘Altijd bezig’), and having to do it. Just my two pence.

20:18 Oct 11, 2014 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents ;-)

20:17 Oct 11, 2014 

play it up

play up phrasal verb
1 play something ↔ up to emphasize something, sometimes making it seem more important than it really is :
Play up your strongest arguments in the opening paragraph.

benadrukken, nadruk geven, accentueren
ophemelen

20:15 Oct 11, 2014 

dat "Mijn twee centen ...." ken ik niet helaas. In ieder geval bedankt.

20:13 Oct 11, 2014 

vermoedde ik al, maar ik was er niet zeker van. Ik had er van gemaakt: "Altijd bezig om je beter voor te doen bij de kliek, nietwaar?"