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- A Day When Everything Went Wrong
A day when everything went wrong It was a bright and sunny day. Little did I expect it to be an unlucky one for me. I went to school early because I was on class duty. I stepped into the classroom and was surprised to find it spick and span. I was pleased...
- On A Rainy Day
On a rainy day This year, the summer season was unduly long and extremely hot compared to past years. The average temperature was between 25 degrees and 34 degrees Celsius. Adding to the misery, the water consumption was rising daily, sending an alarming...
- A Building On Fire
A building on fire Notes: Sleeping ? Sudden shouts of fire ? Woke up ? Ran out of house ? Saw building on fire ? Fire ? engines arrived ? Heard screams inside building ? At last fire put out ? Some people burnt to death ? Very sad. One night my sleep...
- Apple U-turn Is Excellent News For Cross-platform App Developers!
The big news of the moment amongst App developers, is the surprise announcement by Apple that they are relaxing some key restrictions on how Apps can be made. In particular they say: ?we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create...
- Come In For
come in for = receive criticism or praise examples: The politician came in for blame for the scandal.Our school came in for praise for the medals we have won.The writer came in for negative comments by most critics.The film maker's recent work has...
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TAKE DOWN (1)
take down = separate something into pieces and put it back in its place
examples:
examples:
- When it started to rain, we took the tent down and returned home. That was the end to our pic nic.
- When the school play ended, we took down all the scenery.
- When the politician ended his speech, the technicians took the platform where he was speaking down.
- The scaffold is a metal structure around a building being built. Workmen stand on it and build, paint, repair the building. When they finish their work, they take it down.
- A Day When Everything Went Wrong
A day when everything went wrong It was a bright and sunny day. Little did I expect it to be an unlucky one for me. I went to school early because I was on class duty. I stepped into the classroom and was surprised to find it spick and span. I was pleased...
- On A Rainy Day
On a rainy day This year, the summer season was unduly long and extremely hot compared to past years. The average temperature was between 25 degrees and 34 degrees Celsius. Adding to the misery, the water consumption was rising daily, sending an alarming...
- A Building On Fire
A building on fire Notes: Sleeping ? Sudden shouts of fire ? Woke up ? Ran out of house ? Saw building on fire ? Fire ? engines arrived ? Heard screams inside building ? At last fire put out ? Some people burnt to death ? Very sad. One night my sleep...
- Apple U-turn Is Excellent News For Cross-platform App Developers!
The big news of the moment amongst App developers, is the surprise announcement by Apple that they are relaxing some key restrictions on how Apps can be made. In particular they say: ?we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create...
- Come In For
come in for = receive criticism or praise examples: The politician came in for blame for the scandal.Our school came in for praise for the medals we have won.The writer came in for negative comments by most critics.The film maker's recent work has...