Difference between revisions of "Down"
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*She practiced her routine until she get it down. | *She practiced her routine until she get it down. | ||
*The car broke down. There was a break-down in negotiations. | *The car broke down. There was a break-down in negotiations. | ||
− | *He'd read it down to the footnotes | + | *He'd read it down to the footnotes<sup>1</sup> = <i>il a tout lu, même les notes de bas de page</i> |
==idiomatic== | ==idiomatic== | ||
down with = OK with, evolution of "down" from "hip, in, etc." notion of having joined the group, being quite good friends with (down with), etc. | down with = OK with, evolution of "down" from "hip, in, etc." notion of having joined the group, being quite good friends with (down with), etc. |
Revision as of 20:11, 10 January 2017
directional preposition
- Turn that music down! (direction in scale)
affix
- downtown, downstairs, downstream, downwind, etc.
perfective particle
- Write that down.
- She practiced her routine until she get it down.
- The car broke down. There was a break-down in negotiations.
- He'd read it down to the footnotes1 = il a tout lu, même les notes de bas de page
idiomatic
down with = OK with, evolution of "down" from "hip, in, etc." notion of having joined the group, being quite good friends with (down with), etc.