DOWN Flashcards

(51 cards)

1
Q

Break down

A

Stop functioning / get upset / in tears

Make a door/wall fall down

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2
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Back down

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Withdraw your objections

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3
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Break s/th down

A

Divide into small parts

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4
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Bring s/o down

A

Make unhappy

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5
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Close down

A

Stop all work, cease trading

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6
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Calm down

A

Relax after being angry

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7
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Die down

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Do sth less often / become quieter

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8
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Cut down

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Make sth fall to the ground
Reduce an amount
Do less of something bad
Make something shorter

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9
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Lay down

A

Establish rules

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10
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Jot down

A

Make a note of

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11
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Live down

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Make people forget a mistake about sg. embarrassing or silly that you have done

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12
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Fall down

A

Fall to the ground

If sg. such as an argument or system falls down, it fails because a particular part of it is weak or not correct

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13
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Hand down

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Give sth used to s/o else
To give knowledge or skill to sb who is younger than you and will live after you
have died

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14
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Let down

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Disappoint, not keep a promise
Let air out of tyre
Make clothing longer

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15
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Mark down

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Give a lower price or mark

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16
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Settle down

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Live a quiet routine life

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17
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Run down

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Lose power
Injure/kill someone with a car
Business: become smaller

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18
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Play down

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Make sth appear less important

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19
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Knock down

A

Cause to fall down
Refuse a suggestion
To hit sb. with a vehicle so that they are injured or killed
To deliberately destroy a building or wall
To reduce a price or amount

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20
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Put down

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Pay a deposit / suppress a rebellion / euthanize an animal / criticize sb. publicly / write sg.

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21
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Bring down

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To reduce the rate, level, or amount of something / to cause a government or politician to lose power / land

22
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Come down

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Lower / crash / support or oppose something

23
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Turn down

A

Refuse / reduce the level of

24
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Go down

A
Be recorded or received / be ingested
Become less
Be remembered
To produce a particular reaction
Be defeated
Swallow food/drink
25
Take down
Make a note / dismantle
26
Put s/sth down
Place
27
Put s/o down
Insult/ make s/o feel stupid
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Pour down
Come down heavily ( of rain )
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Shout down
Not allow s/o to speak or be heard
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Slow down
Go less fast
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Shoot down
Kill
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Stand down
Resign
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Wear down
Deteriorate through use | Make someone gradually lose their energy or confidence
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Come down to
Be in the end a matter of | To be the most important aspect of a situation or problem
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Come down on sb.
To criticize or punish someone severely
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Get down to
Begin to seriously deal with
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Narrow down
To reduce the number of possibilities or choices
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Pelt down
If rain or snow is pelting or is pelting down, it comes down quickly in large amounts
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Crack down
To start dealing with someone or something much more strictly
40
Tie down
To stop someone from being free to do what they want
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Track down
To find someone or something after a long search
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Tumble down
If a building or other structure tumbles, it falls to the ground
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Water down
To make something such as a statement or newspaper article less offensive, powerful, or detailed
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Wave down
To make a vehicle stop by waving your arm or hand at the driver
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Climb down
To admit that you were wrong, especially after expressing an opinion or argument very firmly
46
Hold down
Prevent someone from standing Prevent something from rising Keep prices/numbers low Keep job
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Get down
To make someone feel sad or lose hope | To write something somewhere
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Wind down
To end, or to finish something gradually | To relax after a period of excitement or worry
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Keep down
Prevent from increasing Control people Make less noise
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Touch down
If an aircraft or space vehicle touches down, it lands
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Set down
To state officially how sg should be done