Translation of "oplig" into English

Ek het my kop probeer oplig om asem te haal, maar my nekspiere het nie gereageer nie.

I tried to lift my head to breathe, but my neck muscles did not respond.

Dit sal werk as ons bietjie oplig, en die kamera op'n driepoot sit

We'll manage if we raise it and put the camera on a tripod.

Maar toe hulle bloedlose metodes begin toepas het—deur sy been op te lig, eritropoiëtien toe te dien, ensovoorts—het sy hematokriet tot 35,8 gestyg!

However, as they applied bloodless strategies—elevating his leg, administering erythropoietin, and so forth—his hematocrit climbed to 35.8!