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Slow down!
Mandrake
Fred Fredericks
Created by Lee Falk 2.9.2004
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/mandrake/about.htm

Kraven! He --
threw me -- down!
Spiderman
Stan Lee 25 February 2005
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/spidermn/about.htm
let down
(transitive)
"laisser tomber",
abandonner, décevoir (citizens)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/05/bieber-o2-apology-twitter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/sep/05/tony-blair-gordon-brown-uk-troops
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/06/iraq.military
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/04/hurricanekatrina.usa5
drive down (transitive)
baisser, faire baisser (price)
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/17/
803762187/the-who-knows-insulin-is-too-expensive-how-it-plans-to-drive-down-the-price
shut down
(transitive /
intransitive)
1- souvent utilisé
dans un contexte explicite ou implicite
de danger,
répression, censure,
interdiction, rétorsion
fermer
sujet: colleges
fermer
objet: theaters
fermer
(social
media platforms, bank account,
an extreme rightwing
website,
système d'exploitation, université, journal),
clore, mettre fin à
(inquiry, program)
"baisser le rideau"
(sujet : gun shops)
arrêter, tout arrêter, mettre à l'arrêt, "paralyser"
(sujet : Covid-19)
s'arrêter
(sujet : college sports, much of America, New York)
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/
863011399/trump-threatens-to-shut-down-social-media-after-twitter-adds-warning-on-his-twee
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/20/
new-uk-taskforce-to-crack-down-on-coronavirus-profiteers
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/20/
818778465/with-college-sports-shut-down-ncaa-hopes-to-give-senior-athletes-a-2nd-chance
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/20/
818505883/fbi-adjusts-to-persevere-through-pandemic-as-much-of-america-shuts-down
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/
new-york-coronavirus-streets
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/
817136846/as-coronavirus-shuts-down-theaters-universal-shifts-some-films-to-on-demand
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/
816579130/when-colleges-shut-down-some-students-have-nowhere-to-go
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/mar/16/
coronavirus-photos-us-new-york-seattle-washington
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/15/
502010346/for-refugees-and-advocates-an-anxious-wait-for-clarity-on-trumps-policy
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/opinion/shut-down-rikers-island.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/us/us-weighs-risks-and-motives-of-hacking-by-china-or-iran.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/31/greenpeace-oil-rig-arctic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/11/google-deletes-music-blogs
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/world/19intel.html
2 - shut down
(intr)
fermer, fermer définitivement
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/mar/16/
coronavirus-photos-us-new-york-seattle-washington
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/31/
547545281/military-will-help-beaumont-get-fresh-water-outage-forces-hospital-to-shut-down
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/05/
522707158/joe-arpaios-infamous-tent-city-jail-in-maricopa-county-will-shut-down
3 - shut down
(tr)
battre "à plate couture", "écraser"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/
sports/basketball/with-aggressive-defense-pacers-shut-down-knicks.html
keep down
(intr)
réduire (college costs)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/
education/obamas-plan-to-control-college-costs-gets-mixed-reviews.html
go down
(intr)
baisser (house prices)
go down well
(intr)
être accepté, "passer"
chop down (tr)
réduire de
façon importante,
faire des coupes sombres (Pentagon spending)
rappel down
(intr)
descendre en rappel
tear down
(tr)
démolir (wall, buildings), abattre (trees),
abattre / faire tomber avec parfois l'idée de déchiqueter / tordre
(contexte > cyclone > pieces of buildings and electrical lines),
mettre en pièce
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/
opinion/sunday/zoning-laws-segregation-income.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/
opinion/why-the-survivors-should-return-to-pulse.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/us/detroit-
task-force-says-blight-cleanup-will-cost-850-million.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/08/
david-cameron-conservative-conference
lock down
(intransitive
/ transitive)
"boucler" (the area),
fermer (borders),
se confiner
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/
world/europe/france-germany-coronavirus-covid.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/21/
zimbabwe-faces-malaria-outbreak-as-it-locks-down-to-counter-coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/
we-cant-let-up-hong-kong-battles-complacency-amid-new-wave-of-covid-19
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/17/
816994811/eu-to-shut-borders-as-france-germany-tighten-restrictions-to-control-coronavirus
face down
(tr)
confronter, faire taire, mater (rebels, his critics)
hold down
(tr)
maintenir à la baisse (stocks, petrol duties),
limiter
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/jun/14/
politics.money
come down
(intransitive)
s'écraser (helicopter, plane)
"tomber" (monuments,
statues, the Berlin Wall)
sous-entendu : "déboulonner" un
mythe
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/
919193176/confederate-statues-come-down-around-u-s-but-not-everywhere
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/
890122729/statues-of-conquistador-juan-de-o-ate-come-down-as-new-mexico-wrestles-with-hist
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/
opinion/sunday/floyd-protests-white-supremacy.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/10/connecticut-
plane-crash-six-feared-dead
turn down
(transitive)
refuser
(proposals
for work on pathogens like coronavirus,
bid, job, an OBE / honours),
baisser (volume)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/
exclusive-big-pharma-rejected-eu-plan-to-fast-track-vaccines-in-2017
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/16/
515393640/robert-harward-turns-down-job-as-national-security-adviser
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/11/
frank-skinner-interview-pope-benedict
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jun/21/
gordonbrown.labour
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/mar/18/
arts.artsnews
vote down
(tr)
rejeter (loi), voter contre
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/16/
pressandpublishing.iraq
scale down (intr/tr)
réduire / être réduite
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/30/
iraq.usa
take down (tr)
souvent au passif : be
taken down
supprimer (a Facebook page),
retirer, enlever (statue)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/10/
learning-from-the-germans-review-us-slavery
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/us/
politics/melania-trump.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/05/
craigslist-sex-ads-anti-prostitution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/15/
raoul-moat-facebook-page-deleted
pin down
(tr)
souvent au passif :
be pinned down
cataloguer, définir, étiqueter (au sens figuré),
trouver (motive)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/us/
us-weighs-risks-and-motives-of-hacking-by-china-or-iran.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/nyregion/22pinney.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/us/politics/16confirm.html
tone down (tr)
atténuer, baisser d'un cran,
mettre un bémol à (immigration rhetoric)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/apr/19/
asylum.politics
drag down (tr)
tirer vers le bas, faire baisser (shares of other home builders)
sit down
(intr)
s'asseoir
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/26/
food.britishidentity
run down
décroître (oil production),
traîner dans la boue, calomnier (the
national health service)
dumb down
devenir bête, perdre en qualité (journal)
pass down (tr)
transmettre (the legacy of conservatism)
wear down
épuiser, exténuer
shoot down
(tr)
abattre (helicopter, plane, civilian)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/world/europe/turkey-syria-russia-military-plane.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/05/
wikileaks-us-army-iraq-attack
gun down
(tr)
abattre (quelqu'un avec une arme à feu),
tuer /
"descendre" / "flinguer"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/
mexican-journalist-gunned-down-in-first-fatal-attack-of-2020
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/castle-law-at-issue-after-fatal-montana-shooting.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/13/taliban-fears-afghan-police-british-soldiers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/01/iraq
bang down
enfoncer (porte), jeter violemment
get down
(tr)
réduire
(inflation)
step down
/ stand
down (intr)
démissionner
(from the cabinet, as an MP, as Labour leader),
passer la main
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/17/
797107259/after-controversial-leaders-step-down-the-womens-march-tries-again-in-2020
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/world/europe/britain-
brexit-european-union-referendum.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/us/
politics/after-eric-cantor-primary-defeat-house-republicans-take-stock.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jan/25/kevin-spacey-old-vic-legacy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/03/james-murdoch-quits-bskyb
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/23/blackberry-ceos-resign-rim
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/technology/jobs-stepping-down-as-chief-of-apple.html
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/youtube-chief-hurley-to-step-down/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/business/06advise.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/10/gordon-brown-resignation-statement
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/02/ian-paisley-northern-ireland
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/5478925/
Stephen-Byers-calls-for-Gordon-Brown-to-step-down.html
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jun/23/uk.partyfunding
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/06/politics.election2005
break down
(tr / intr)
enfoncer
(door),
s'effondrer en larmes
(in
tears),
venir à bout de,
vaincre
(a Swedish team
who held the lead
from the third
minute),
faire tomber
(racial barriers)
intransitive:
tomber en panne
(computer systems),
craquer nerveusement,
se répartir, "se ventiler"
(sujet : How the $2 trillion)
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/10/
852512047/as-food-supply-chain-breaks-down-farm-to-door-csas-take-off
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/
821457551/whats-inside-the-senate-s-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/nyregion/
hal-jackson-pioneer-in-radio-and-racial-progress-dies-at-96.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/17/stephen-lawrence-best-friend-evidence
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/oct/25/jean-charles-de-menezes-trial
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/16/menezes
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jun/12/womensfootball.sport
water down
(tr)
édulcorer, minimiser
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/10/
binyam-mohamed-judge-deleted-ruling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/apr/10/
comment.georgemonbiot
hand down
(tr)
remettre (a summary
execution order),
prononcer (a 49-year prison sentence)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/16/
528602477/1st-man-prosecuted-for-federal-hate-crime-targeting-transgender-victim-gets-49-y
play down (tr)
relativiser,
minimiser
(coronavirus, Iran nuclear threat),
limiter la portée de,
démentir, rejeter (any suggestion...)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/
opinion/coronavirus-trump-coverup.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/
opinion/trump-coronavirus.html
Iran Played Down the Coronavirus.
Then Its Officials Got Sick
video - NYT - 10 March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm2UFynetJw
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/25/bill-gates-web-censorship-china
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/19/nuclear.turkey
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/07/politics.usa
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/23/ukcrime.lornamartin
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/nov/09/newsstory.sport
tamp down (tr)
minimiser
(expectations)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06expect.html
rip down
démolir
(certains sites historiques
après la 2e guerre mondiale
au Royaume-Uni)
write down
écrire
pour down
(intr)
s'abattre (subject: rain)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/nov/24/
rain-pours-down-on-saturated-britain
note down
noter, prendre par écrit
touch down
(intr)
atterrir
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/15/
popes-visit-your-essential-guide
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/aug/10/
sciencenews.spaceexploration
tick down
(intr)
baisser légèrement (oil prices)
cut down
(transitive)
abattre (tree),
faucher (sens figuré), tuer (sens figuré) ->
(by a bomb)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/14/
tree-of-the-week-im-always-afraid-someone-will-cut-down-this-lonely-sycamore-its-a-relief-just-to-see-it
knock down
(tr)
envoyer par terre / au tapis (boxe), abattre (tree),
démolir (wall, building, house)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/dec/09/
rickyhatton
wipe down
(tr)
nettoyer avec
une lingette
(objet : every surface possible
with bleach wipes)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/24/
nurse-coronavirus-journal-er-diaries
lay down
(tr)
déposer
(arms),
imposer / "dicter"
(law -> contexte : sport,
conflit),
présenter / donner les grandes lignes d'un projet
(plan)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/21/
prisonsandprobation.immigration
hunker down
(tr)
se retrancher
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/
us/tornado-coronavirus-arkansas.html
track down
(tr)
poursuivre, pourchasser,
traquer et capturer,
arrêter (fugitif),
dépister,
retrouver
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-05-02-how-they-caught-bin-laden_n.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/04/tracked-down-khmer-rouge-killer-14000
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/nov/02/scientology-expose-track-down-former-members
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/19/familyandrelationships5
hunt down
(tr)
pourchasser, traquer
burn down
(intransitive
/ transitive)
réduire en cendres,
totalement détruire par le feu
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/
us/oregon-fires.html
wolf down (tr)
engloutir, dévorer, manger, "se jeter sur" (sandwiches)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/20/
margaret-thatcher-funeral-friends-enemies
settle down
(intr)
se calmer, s'installer
calm down
(intr)
se calmer
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/feb/24/
usnews.comment
pipe down
(intransitive)
se calmer, se tenir tranquille
cool down (intr)
se rafraîchir, passer de mode
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/24/gordon-ramsay-chef-troubles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/7881651/
Animals-affected-by-the-heatwave-in-Britain-Europe-China-and-the-US-cool-down-with-ice-and-water.html
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-07-30-midwest-heat-wave_x.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/20/
healthandwellbeing.weather
pull down
(tr)
baisser (store), démolir (mur, bâtiment),
faire baisser / reculer, plomber, tirer vers le bas (FTSE)
back down
(intr)
céder, reculer, "faire marche arrière",
revenir sur
(politique, décision, propos)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/
opinion/the-house-backs-down-on-the-payroll-tax-cut.html
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/feb/16/
pressandpublishing.londonpolitics
put down
(tr)
lâcher, laisser tomber / poser, déposer (arms),
abattre, "euthanasier", piquer (animal),
mettre / envoyer au tapis (boxe)
bog down
s'enliser, s'embourber (lit / fig)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/
opinion/president-obama-challenges-congress-in-his-state-of-the-union.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/29/us-libya-usa-idUSTRE72A6EC20110329
slow down
(intransitive)
ralentir (growth, Internet)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/27/cyber-attack-spamhaus-slows-down-internet
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/25/
politics.economicpolicy2
strike down
(tr)
abattre, assomer, mettre à terre, mettre hors d'état de nuire,
rejeter,
invalider
(justice > an antipiracy regulation,
a 33-year-old state law
against gay marriage)
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/
732159330/supreme-court-strikes-down-conviction-of-mississippi-man-on-death-row-for-22-yea
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/nyregion/01death.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-20-md-same-sex-mariage_x.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/07/technology/07tele.html
bring down
(transitive)
faire tomber,
chuter
(politician, the Iron Curtain),
faire baisser, réduire
(world oil prices, the unemployment rate,
high blood
pressure),
descendre
(their pianos on the
street)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/aug/14/
could-a-belarus-protest-movement-bring-down-the-president-alexander-lukashenko-podcast
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/12/01/
503860200/why-cant-we-bring-down-the-number-of-new-hiv-cases
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/the-next-fight-over-jobs.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/25/watergate-washington-post-times
grind down
(tr)
abattre, oppresser, broyer
mow down
(tr)
abattre, renverser, "faucher"
(sens littéral / figuré : être fauché
par une voiture),
mitrailler
(two dozen people)
Contexte > guerre, accidents de la route
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/opinion/no-more-thoughts-and-prayers.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/19/
birmingham-riots-murder-trial-footage
close down
(intransitive
/ transitive)
fermer définitivement
(usine, commerce, chatroom),
fermer
(contexte de répression)
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/25/
844783238/threadgills-the-austin-venue-that-helped-launch-janis-joplin-closes-down
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/feb/23/
politics.arms
wind down (intransitive / tr)
réduire
(air strikes),
mettre fin à
(its 12-year-old military commitment in Afghanistan),
toucher à sa fin, tirer à sa fin, prendre fin / se terminer / s'achever
(term, year),
(subject: war on terror)
diminuer en importance, "liquider"
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/26/
949763228/from-polio-to-the-covid-vaccine-dr-peter-salk-sees-great-progress
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/16/
812869515/as-the-war-on-terror-winds-down-the-pentagon-cuts-social-science
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/20/
533657035/as-term-winds-down-supreme-court-says-it-will-take-on-political-gerrymandering
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/
opinion/an-exit-strategy-from-afghanistan.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/
business/economy/extended-federal-unemployment-benefits-begin-to-wind-down.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/20/
nato-libya-war-26000-missions
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/15/us-usa-war-drones-idUSTRE76E0RT20110715
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/02/
libyan-conflict-descending-into-stalemate
piss down
(intr)
"flotter", "tomber" (pluie)
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