Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Lesson 216--settle down

The first thing the teacher will do is ask them to settle down.

The phrase settle down has two meanings.

settle down = be quiet, be calm

After a few minutes the crowd settled down.
The boys were too excited and found it hard to settle down.

settle down = decided to give up wandering, give up constantly moving

After living in a lot of different cities, Grace decided to settle down in Toronto.
Every tells Paul he should settle down and have a family.
Sean vows never to settle down.  He is rebel.

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