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downwards

/ˈdaʊnwɚdz/ adverbe B1

En français : vers le bas

  1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below. · Gravity pulls everything downwards.
  2. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc. · After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.
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Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, in her haste, she had put the Lizard in head downwards, and the poor little thing was waving its tail about in a melancholy way, being quite unable to move.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 91 · B2
There was a facsimile of his old friend, dressing-gown and all, the face turned three-quarters towards the window and downwards, as though reading an invisible book, while the body was sunk deep in an arm-chair.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 30 · B2
Although drawn downwards by the heavy weight which hastened his rapid descent, it seemed to him as if the fall lasted for a century.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 220 · C1

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