A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase be hard up for something— be short of smth.; not have
enough of smth.: I was hard up for cash so I was willing to do
whatever I could, within reason.
be up to something —
1
. feel well enough or be able to do
smth.: Mother hasn’t been up to much recently, while her leg
was bad. 2. be about to engage in smth. mischievous or rep-
rehensible: I felt sure he was up to no good when I saw him
hanging about the back door. 3. be well aware of smb.’s dis-
honest tricks, etc.: But surely, all that’s taken care of by the
customs authorities? They must be up to all the dodges. 4.
equal smth. in standard: I wonder whether his latest book was
up to your expectations?
See also: be down for something / be down to something.
be used to doing something • used to do some-
thing
be used to doing something —be accustomed to doing smth.:
He is quite used to working hard.
used to do something —said of a constant or frequent practice
in the past: He used to come every Friday and order a pint of
bitter.
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be used to doing something

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be welcome • be welcomed
be welcome —
1
. be gladly accepted in a particular place: You
will always be welcome here in our Academy, as a spectator or
a participant. 2. be generously permitted to do or have smth.:
If you and your family need the money that badly you are
welcome to it. 3. (ironic) be allowed to have smth. burdensome
or unwanted: If you think you can do this job any better, you
are welcome.
be welcomed —be warmly greeted: As the Pope traveled
through the streets of Nazareth, he was welcomed by thou-
sands who crowded the streets cheering.