1. We're furbishing up our house.
2. If you furbish up these old chairs, you'll have a better chance of selling them.
3. He wants to furbish up his French.
4. You need to furbish up your French before you go to France.
5. I wish to furbish up the Russian I learnt at college.
6. I wish to furbish up the French I learned at collage.
7. A married woman returning to teaching needs to furbish up her old skills.