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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
The use of down
Hi there, I am new in this forum. I am teaching English in a school and sometimes my students ask me questions they take from songs. One of them is s follows: " I am down to one last cry" What does the the expression mean? Thanks for your explanation.
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to be down to X = to have only X left I had ten apples and I've eaten seven of them. I'm down to three apples. = I have only three apples left.
- to be down to X = to have only X left I had ten apples and I've eaten seven of them.
- I'm down to three apples.
- = I have only three apples left.
- We'd better buy some more bread soon.
- We're down to two loaves.
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to be down to X = to have only X left
I had ten apples and I've eaten seven of them.
I'm down to three apples. = I have only three apples left.
We'd better buy some more bread soon.
We're down to two loaves. = We have only two loaves left.
Lucy has been driving a lot this week.
She's down to one gallon of gas. = She has only one gallon of gas left.
I had ten apples and I've eaten seven of them.
I'm down to three apples. = I have only three apples left.
We'd better buy some more bread soon.
We're down to two loaves. = We have only two loaves left.
Lucy has been driving a lot this week.
She's down to one gallon of gas. = She has only one gallon of gas left.
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