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📖 Определения и значения для слова fall

📒 to drop down from a higher level to a lower level

  • The rain was falling steadily.
  • They were injured by falling rocks.
  • fall + adv./prep. Several of the books had fallen onto the floor.

📒 to suddenly stop standing

  • She slipped on the ice and fell.
  • A tree fell, just missing his car.
  • fall + adv./prep. I fell over and cut my knee.

📒 to decrease in amount, number or strength

  • Prices continued to fall on the stock market today.
  • The temperature fell sharply in the night.
  • Falling birth rates could have an impact on future economic growth.

📒 to pass into a particular state; to begin to be something

  • fall + adj. He had fallen asleep on the sofa.
  • She fell ill soon after and did not recover.
  • The room had fallen silent.

📒 to hang down

  • Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of curls.

📒 to slope downwards

  • The land falls away sharply towards the river.

📒 to be defeated or captured

  • The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards.
  • fall to somebody Troy finally fell to the Greeks.

📒 to die in battle; to be shot

  • a memorial to those who fell in the two world wars

📒 to come quickly and suddenly

  • A sudden silence fell.
  • Darkness falls quickly in the tropics.
  • fall on somebody/something An expectant hush fell on the guests.

📒 to happen or take place

  • My birthday falls on a Monday this year.

📒 to move in a particular direction or come in a particular position

  • My eye fell on (= I suddenly saw) a curious object.
  • Which syllable does the stress fall on?
  • A shadow fell across her face.

📒 to belong to a particular class, group or area of responsibility

  • Out of over 400 staff there are just seven that fall into this category.
  • This case falls outside my jurisdiction.
  • This falls under the heading of scientific research.
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