تدريب Shadowing: Phrasal verb prepositions: DOWN part 05: DOWN means NOT FUNCTIONING - تعلم التحدث بالإنجليزية عبر الفيديو

Hi everybody and welcome back.

Today we're going to take another look at the preposition down and what it can mean when it's used with phrasal verbs.

So, in a previous video, we saw that down can mean topple or collapse.

And we can extend this to get the idea of not functioning or stop functioning.

And the reason for this is that when something has collapsed or toppled, it's generally no longer functioning.

So let's take a look at some examples of phrasal verbs that use down in this way.

How do you think we could describe this using a phrasal verb with down in

which down means not functioning or stop functioning.

Here a car's engine breaks and stops functioning.

So we can say, the car breaks down.

Brakes means brake, and down means stop functioning.

So the sentence just means, the car breaks and stops functioning.

Okay, let's try another one.

How do you think we could describe this using a phrasal verb with down?

Here, a computer system suddenly stops working.

So we can say, the computer system goes down.

Goes means become, and down means not functioning.

So the sentence can be understood as simply, the computer system becomes non-functioning.

Alright, let's try one more.

How do you think we could describe this?

Here, a store closes and stops functioning.

So we can say, the store closes down.

Closes means close, and down means stop functioning.

So the sentence can be understood as simply, the store closes and stops functioning, which English speakers understand as meaning,

the store closes permanently, or the store closes forever.

So I hope this helped you understand the preposition down a little bit better, and why it can sometimes mean not functioning.

And we'll see you next time.

Cheers.

Thank you.

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تدريب Shadowing: Phrasal verb prepositions: DOWN part 05: DOWN means NOT FUNCTIONING - تعلم التحدث بالإنجليزية عبر الفيديو

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