fall away

disminuir, decaer

Reducirse en cantidad, tamaño, peso o fuerza.

En inglés sencillo: To become smaller, lighter, or less strong.

• The noise slowly fell away.
• Sales have fallen away since the summer.
• His weight began to fall away during the illness.

Sinónimos: decrease, diminish, decline, drop

Antónimos: increase, grow

Expresiones frecuentes: fall away sharply, fall away gradually, sales fall away

descender en pendiente

Tener el terreno una pendiente que baja hacia un nivel inferior.

En inglés sencillo: If land does this, its surface slopes down to a lower level.

• The ground falls away steeply here.
• Beyond the house, the garden fell away towards a stream.
• Does the land fall away on both sides?

Cómo se usa: fall away towards something (The ground falls away towards the river.); fall away from something (The land falls away from the road.)

Sinónimos: slope down, descend

Antónimos: rise

Expresiones frecuentes: fall away steeply, fall away gently, fall away towards something

retirar el apoyo, apartarse

Dejar de apoyar a una persona, un grupo o una creencia.

En inglés sencillo: To stop supporting a person, group, or belief.

• His supporters began to fall away.
• Many followers fell away from the group.
• After the scandal, even loyal friends were falling away.

Cómo se usa: fall away from someone/something (Several members fell away from the movement after the scandal.)

Sinónimos: withdraw support, defect, desert

Expresiones frecuentes: fall away from someone, supporters fall away, friends fall away

desaparecer, desvanecerse

Desaparecer por completo, morir o perderse.

En inglés sencillo: To disappear completely, die, or be lost.

• All her fears fell away.
• As the truth emerged, his illusions fell away.
• One by one, memories of that place had fallen away.

Sinónimos: disappear, vanish, perish

Antónimos: appear

Expresiones frecuentes: fall away completely, illusions fall away, memories fall away