Speaker 1: I told my coworker Bob that there was a new
Speaker 1: pizza shop down the street, and he said that since
Speaker 1: the internet was down, he was down with going there.
Speaker 1: He was a little down today because the boss was
Speaker 1: down on his idea to change the website, and I
Speaker 1: figured going out would cheer him up. After all, pizza
Speaker 1: is a happy food, isn't it.
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Speaker 1: All rye, Thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael
Speaker 1: here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.
Speaker 1: And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven point thirty three.
Speaker 1: Be down. As you've probably noticed in your study of
Speaker 1: Fraser verbs, one phrasal verb can have a number of
Speaker 1: different uses and meanings. Be down is no exception, and
Speaker 1: today we're going to look at six different ways that
Speaker 1: we use be down. Let's get the ball rolling. First
Speaker 1: of all, we use bee down when we want to
Speaker 1: say that something is located at a place which is
Speaker 1: a certain distance away or located along a certain path.
Speaker 1: The grocery store is a half mile down the street
Speaker 1: from my house. There is a nice lake where you
Speaker 1: can go fishing down this path. The library is down
Speaker 1: the road on your right. We use be down when
Speaker 1: we want to say that something is not working at
Speaker 1: the moment. We usually use bee down like this when
Speaker 1: we talk about machines or services like electricity or internet.
Speaker 1: The power is down, so we need to use candles.
Speaker 1: I can't watch any videos now because the internet is down.
Speaker 1: The elevator is down for maintenance today, so I had
Speaker 1: to walk down the stairs from the fifth floor. Next,
Speaker 1: we can say that someone is down, which means they
Speaker 1: are unhappy or feeling blue. I put on that music
Speaker 1: when I'm down, and it always makes me feel good.
Speaker 1: Tom was down after hearing the bad news about his
Speaker 1: company closing. Mary is kind of down because she had
Speaker 1: a tough day at work. Next, a person can also
Speaker 1: be down on something, which means they don't like or
Speaker 1: disapprove of something. My business partner was down on my
Speaker 1: idea to change the website. My parents were down on
Speaker 1: my decision to travel to Europe alone. The boss is
Speaker 1: down on the new project because it seems too risky.
Speaker 1: The opposite of that is to be down with something.
Speaker 1: We use be down with in casual conversation to mean
Speaker 1: be in agreement with something like an offer or an invitation.
Speaker 1: Are you down with going to the bar tonight? I'm
Speaker 1: down with trying that new restaurant for dinner. Mike is
Speaker 1: down with the plan to go hiking this weekend. And finally,
Speaker 1: when we want to indicate a reduced amount or a
Speaker 1: reduced price, we can say that it is down to
Speaker 1: that amount or gasoline is finally down to three dollars
Speaker 1: a gallon thanks to diet and exercise. My weight is
Speaker 1: down to one hundred and fifty pounds after the diet.
Speaker 1: The number of participants in the workshop is down to
Speaker 1: just five people. Keep in mind, the best way to
Speaker 1: remember this and any other word or phrase in English
Speaker 1: is to take that word or phrase, write it in
Speaker 1: a sentence that's true for you or true in your world,
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Speaker 1: seven point thirty three. Remember, learning another language is not easy,
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