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    Run-down/aide

    Cours gratuits > Forum > Forum anglais: Questions sur l'anglais || En bas

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    Run-down/aide
    Message de rack posté le 07-12-2014 à 22:46:54 (S | E | F)
    Hello,
    I wonder what means "run-down" before a common name means.
    Waiting for your answers.
    Thank you.

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    Modifié par lucile83 le 07-12-2014 23:07

    Réponse: Run-down/aide de gerondif, postée le 07-12-2014 à 23:04:47 (S | E)
    Hello,
    double click on the word, you will reach a dictionary in line which says:

    run-down,
    run down adj informal (decrepit, dilapidated) délabré adj
    (maison, immeuble) décrépit adj
    Note: hyphen used when adj comes before the noun it modifies
    The shack by the river was old and run down.
    run-down,
    run down adj informal (person: exhausted) (familier) crevé adj
    (familier) à plat loc adj



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