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1-What does "pass down" mean in the below statement?
"The estate has been passed down the Cavendish family for 15 generations, and I now have the pleasure and responsibility to look after it for the next generation. "
2-In the below text Why it hasn't been written "I've became " instead of " I've become " ? Are they both the same meaning ?
"Lately I've become really interested in my family history back in the UK. I've started speaking to my grandmother about it. "
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1-What does "pass down" mean in the below statement? eg The children get the estate when their parents die, and when the children die, their children get the estate, etc. We say eg The parent leave the estate to their children.
- 1-What does "pass down" mean in the below statement?
- eg The children get the estate when their parents die, and when the children die, their children get the estate, etc.
- We say eg The parent leave the estate to their children.
- eg The children inherit the estate from their parents.
- "The estate has been passed down the Cavendish family for 15 generations, and I now have the pleasure and responsibility to look after it for the next generation.
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1-What does "pass down" mean in the below statement?
eg The children get the estate when their parents die, and when the children die, their children get the estate, etc.
We say
eg The parent leave the estate to their children.
eg The children inherit the estate from their parents.
"The estate has been passed down the Cavendish family
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