Ups and Downs, Highs and Lows — VOA Learning English
Теми: суспільство
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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
Up and down. High and low. These short words describe more than just directions. They also connect to our feelings and experiences. In this episode of Words and Their Stories, we’ll start down low and end up high.
Many cultures around the world connect the words “low” or “down” with something negative. This is because our minds can easily connect low places, like the floor or the ground, with dirt.
So, when someone asks, “How low can you go?” they are expressing their opinion that another person’s behavior is bad in a moral or ethical sense.
If you are down and out, that means you are poor, without enough money for the things you need.
Торкнись будь-якого слова — переклад з’явиться одразу, а слово ляже в твою добірку разом із реченням.