run-up, up and running. pet project

How France Plans to Export its Nuclear Industry

Nicolas Sarkozy's pet project the Mediteranean Union is now up and running.
And The French government is well placed to try and boost ties between the
EU and the countries of North Africa and the Middle East.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evyv6bI44va89pI1



It'll take about three years, and another $3bn or so of investment, before the disused mine - formerly owned by the Belgian Forrest Group - is up and running.

up and running
If something, especially a system or a machine, is up and running it is operating:
The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running again.

run-up Hide phonetics
noun
1 [C] In some sports, a run-up is a period or distance of running that you do in order to be going fast enough to perform a particular action:
The longer and faster your run-up is, the higher you can jump.

2 [S] MAINLY UK the final period of time before an important event:
Everyone is very busy during the run-up to publication.

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pet (ANIMAL) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 an animal which is kept in the home as a companion and treated affectionately:
They have several pets - a dog, two rabbits and a guinea pig.
a pet snake

2 DISAPPROVING be sb's pet to be the person that someone in authority likes best and treats better than anyone else:
The other children hated her because she was the teacher's pet.

3 INFORMAL APPROVING a kind person who is easy to like:
He's always sending me flowers - he's a real pet!

4 UK INFORMAL an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a woman or a child:
Thank you, pet.

pet Show phonetics
adjective
pet theory/subject/hate, etc. a theory/subject/hate, etc. that is special and important to you:
Football is one of her pet hates.