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Wisdom27 Posted 11 years ago
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Dear all,
The waiting room is right down there. This sentence is from a story. I cannot understand the meaning of “down” here. It means beneath.
So Ahimaaz ran off down the road through the Jordan Valley. This is from the Bible. Here “down”means “along”
Thank you.
The waiting room is right down there. This sentence is from a story. I cannot understand the meaning of “down” here. It means beneath.
So Ahimaaz ran off down the road through the Jordan Valley. This is from the Bible. Here “down”means “along”
Thank you.
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wisdom27 The waiting room is right down there. This sentence is from a story. I cannot understand the meaning of “down” here.
- wisdom27 The waiting room is right down there.
- This sentence is from a story.
- I cannot understand the meaning of “down” here.
- It means beneath.
- Who says it means 'beneath'?
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wisdom27The waiting room is right down there. This sentence is from a story. I cannot understand the meaning of “down” here. It means beneath.Who says it means 'beneath'? That's only one possible meaning. To me it sounds like it means 'along', the same as your other example. However, if the context indicates that the waiting room is in a less elevated posi
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