down
/daʊ̯n/ sustantivo C2- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside. · I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
- A grudge (on someone).
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed. · I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid. · I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.
- The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house. · She lives in a two-up two-down.
Plural downs
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Bingley is coming down, sister,” (for Mrs.
He comes down on Thursday, at the latest, very likely on Wednesday.
One more practiced in the arts of great cities would have hid her blushes beneath a veil, or, at least, have cast down her thickly fringed lashes, so as to have concealed the liquid lustre of her animated eyes; but, on the contrary, the delighted girl looked around her with a smile that seemed to say: “If you are my friends, rejoice with me, for I am very happy.”
AN ARAB Camel-driver, after completing the loading of his Camel, asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down.
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