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Ronald375 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Crash down
Hi, could anyone explain what is meant with the following sentence?
'She crashed down the telephone receiver'.
Thanx!
'She crashed down the telephone receiver'.
Thanx!
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"telephone receiver" is the part of a traditional fixed-line telephone that you hold to your head. To terminate a call, you put the receiver back in its cradle. "crashed down" means that she did this with force.
- "telephone receiver" is the part of a traditional fixed-line telephone that you hold to your head.
- To terminate a call, you put the receiver back in its cradle.
- "crashed down" means that she did this with force.
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"telephone receiver" is the part of a traditional fixed-line telephone that you hold to your head. To terminate a call, you put the receiver back in its cradle. "crashed down" means that she did this with force.
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It's an odd sentence, (using "crashed down" transitively like that is unusual) but it means "she put down the telephone receiver loudly and forcefully."
Are you old enough to remember what a telephone receiver is, and that "hanging up" or replacing the receiver ends the call?
Are you old enough to remember what a telephone receiver is, and that "hanging up" or replacing the receiver ends the call?
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The usage of "crashed" here is odd, even if it is correct. I would use "slammed" instead.
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I personally don't have a problem with "crashed down", though I agree that "slammed down" would be more usual.
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Yes I still remember. As a child we even had a phone with a rotary dial with small round holes for your fingers! The forerunner of the push-button telephone... Thanx!
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