不同场合下的“收起来”有不同的英文表达。常见的单词或短语有put away;clear away;tidy away;lay off;collect等，下面是摘自iciba写作句库的例句：
1.Put those tools away after you finish the work.
活干完之后，把那些工具收起来。
2.Clear your toys away now, children.
孩子们，现在把玩具都收起来。
3.Hand in your exercise-books.
把作业本收起来。
4.Put up your sword.
把你的剑收起来。
5.Eat what you want, and put the rest of the food away.
你尽量吃，吃剩的就收起来。
6.Tidy away your toys when you have finished playing .
你玩儿过玩具之后要收起来。
7.A storm is ing. Let's get the wheat under cover quickly.
要变天啦， 快把麦子收起来吧！
8.I want to lay off these heavy winter clothes.
我想把这些过冬的厚衣服收起来。
9.Bring the washing in; it looks like rain.
把洗好的衣物收起来；好像要下雨了。
10.We will take up the carpet and send it to be cleaned tomorrow.
我们决定把地毯收起来以便明天送去洗。
11.When the teacher came in, he grabbed the novel off the desk.
老师走进来时， 他迅速把桌上的小说收起来.
12.The waiter collected the dishes from the kitchen and carried them through into the restaurant.
侍者把厨房的盘子收起来， 送进了饭店.
13.The other carpets can be stowed away until we move to a new house.
其它的地毯可收起来，等搬进新房再用。
14.The Enterprise took in her topmast studding- sail, and hauled her wind.
“企业”号把中枪翼帆收起来，抢风行驶。
15.I have the camping things stored away till we need them.
我把野营用的东西收起来了，用的时候再拿出来。
16.She looked at it while he put up his purse.
他把皮夹收起来时，她的目光还盯着手上的名片。
17.He rolled up his umbrella, thinking the day would be fine.
他认为天将放晴，便把伞收了起来。
18.Among these I would list string and brown paper, kept by thrifty people when a parcel has been opened, to save buying these o requisites.
在这些物品中，我想列举的是细绳和牛皮纸。节俭的人在打开一个包裹时，会把这两样东西收起来，省得再买这两样必需品。
Dear Mr. Black,I am really sorry about my using the mobile phone in your lecture yesterday. Please accept my heart-felt apology for being so rude a student.I know any word might sound a make-up excuse. But I didn't use my mobile phone for no reason. I was trying to （….学生当时使用手机的理由….） Therefore, I got no choice but try sending them a text message in class and that was exactly what I was doing when you discovered.Anyway, using a mobile phone in a classroom was not acceptable to any teacher. I make sure it will not happen again. But I do need my phone back to keep in touch with others.Will you be so kind as to give it back to me. Thanks a lot!Best wishes! Yours sincerelyLiu Ming 试题分析：题目要求写一封道歉信，向外教道歉。
写作要点包括：表达歉意；解释使用手机的原因；提出请求并作出保证。使用第一人称进行写作，注意书信的格式和礼貌用语；书写工整，不要出现标点和拼写错误，正确使用时态和语法知识。
【亮点说明】范文使用了非谓语动词my using the mobile phone,being so rude a student,using a mobile phone；固定句型：got no choice but try sending them a text message；表语从句what I was doing；宾语从句make sure it will not happen again等语法知识，显示了一定的语法基础；范文还使用了一些固定短语：keep in touch with;so kind as;give it back to等，使作文内容变得充实；范文注意使用But,Therefore,Anyway等衔接前后句和上下文，是作文显得紧凑，前后联系紧密。