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Ellisa Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
going dead
Hello teachers!
In my Cambridge book, there is an idiom "going dead" which means that the phone has no battery.
But one of my teachers from Australia, he told me he never come across that words before.
What is the exact meaning of "going dead"? and do you use this words in your life commonly?
In my Cambridge book, there is an idiom "going dead" which means that the phone has no battery.
But one of my teachers from Australia, he told me he never come across that words before.
What is the exact meaning of "going dead"? and do you use this words in your life commonly?
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I use going dead for my phone a lot. When the battery is very low, and the indicator flashes, it is 'going dead'. Then it turns off completely.
- I use going dead for my phone a lot.
- When the battery is very low, and the indicator flashes, it is 'going dead'.
- Then it turns off completely.
- Later, I can say my phone 'went dead' (describing the event) or 'is dead' (descibing the current situation).
- I would also use 'is dying' to mean the same thing.
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I use going dead for my phone a lot. When the battery is very low, and the indicator flashes, it is 'going dead'. Then it turns off completely. Later, I can say my phone 'went dead' (describing the event) or 'is dead' (descibing the current situation). I would also use 'is dying' to mean the same thing.
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Any kind of device can start acting up and looking like it's on its last leg. In that state it's "going dead", that is, pretty soon it's going to stop working altogether. The idiom is usually used with devices operated by batteries. Actually it's the battery that "goes dead".
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