動詞 + down/forth 型
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解説
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■break down
1)

・=
・My car broke down and I had to walk home.
「車がので歩いて帰宅せねばならなかった」
2)

・= fail
・The summit meeting broke down.
「首脳会談は
3)

・= become unable to control feelings and cry
・She broke down in tears when she heard the news.
「彼女はそのニュースを聞いたとき


■calm down

・= stop feeling upset, make someone stop feeling upset
・We calmed her down and listened to her carefully.
「私たちは彼女をて、話をじっくりと聞いてあげた」


■cut down

・= cut , do less of ~
・Our company plans to cut down expense accounts by 10 %.
「我が社は交際費を10%を計画しています」

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■get down
1)

・=
・Don't get him down. Now he is not of sound mind.
「彼を。今彼は正常な精神状態ではないからね」
2)

・= write down ~
・I got down what she said in the lecture.
「私は講義での彼女の発言を


■get down to ~

・= enter into, attend to ~
・Let's get down to business now.
「さあ、仕事に

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■hand down ~
1)

・= pass ~
・We must hand down this custom to the next generation.
「私たちはこの習慣を次の世代なければならない」
2)

・The court handed down a life sentence to the murderer.
「裁判所はその殺人者に無期懲役

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■let down

・= disappoint
・I don't want to let my parents down.
「両親の期待を


■put down
1)

・= write one's name on a list
・Would you like to put down your name for the golf competition?
「ゴルフコンぺにしたいですか」
2)

・= insult, make someone feel foolish
・Don't put me down in front of everybody.
「みんなの前で


■set down
1)

・= write ~ to record in a formal document
・The rule is set down on the page 55.
「その規則は55ページに
2)

・= land

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■settle down
1)

・= feel comfortable, become quiet or calm
・My daughter has finally settled down in her new school.
「娘はやっと新しい学校に
2)

・= become established and stable in one's residence or life style
・My son has finally settled down.
「息子はやっと

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■slow down

・=
・We told him to slow down, since he often gets ill these days.
「彼は最近よく病気になるので、もっとようにと私たちは彼に伝えた」


■put forth

・=
・In the meeting no one put forth a good solution.
「その会合では誰もよい解決策を


■take down
1)

・= write down, note
・She took down everything the teacher said.
「彼女は先生が言ったことをすべて
2)

・= disgrace, degrade
・Some critics took me down after they saw my exhibition.
「批評家の中には、私の展覧会を見た後に私をものもいた」

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■turn down
1)

・= reject, decline, refuse to accept
・We turned down his invitation to the party, because we were very busy
「忙しかったので、私たちはパーティーへ来ないかという彼からの招待を
2)

・= lower
・Please turn down the volume of the music.
「音楽の音量をください」

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■write down

・= put down ~, write ~ on a piece of paper
・Have you written down Tom's address ?
「トムの住所をましたか」
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