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Meanings of upstairs in English

On a floor above.

        On or of upper floors of a building.

            In the head.

                  Usage of upstairs in English
                  1
                  Sleep longer in the morning and stay more upstairs in the house.
                  The Assistant
                  2
                  I vote we go upstairs and introduce Michael to some new friends.
                  The Complete Rama Omnibus
                  3
                  Rei squeezed his hand in agreement and let him lead her upstairs.
                  Afternoon delight
                  4
                  The young gentleman was in, the landlady answered, in the room upstairs.
                  Won from the Waves
                  5
                  The fact is, I never ask a friend to sleep upstairs now.
                  Wandering Ghosts
                  6
                  The blaze gutted the downstairs area and also caused widespread damage upstairs.
                  The Irish Times
                  7
                  In fact, we can go upstairs to the Reading Room right now.
                  Arcadia falls
                  8
                  Esther took the General upstairs, but the others followed him in silence.
                  Seven Little Australians
                  9
                  William was not in the grounds; he was upstairs behind those windows.
                  Esther Waters
                  10
                  Can you recommend a good wifi extender for upstairs in my house?
                  Independent.ie
                  11
                  The Doctor called her upstairs; there was something in the bathroom drain.
                  The new yorker
                  12
                  The bed linen is in the closet off the front room upstairs.
                  The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
                  13
                  The house didn't have high ceilings so upstairs wasn't that far up.
                  The whole world: a novel
                  14
                  For a second I thought I heard Elizabeth upstairs in the attic.
                  Don't blink
                  15
                  Start in the upstairs of her building and work out from there.
                  Naked Heat
                  16
                  A few minutes later she returned from upstairs with a heavy frame.
                  The whole world: a novel
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