fall down

転ぶ、倒れる

バランスを崩して地面に倒れたり、立っていた物が崩れたりする。

やさしい英語で： To lose your balance and land on the ground, or collapse from an upright position.

• Be careful or you will fall down.
• She fell down and hurt her knee.
• The old wall fell down during the storm.

類義語： fall, collapse, topple

反対語： stand up

よく使う表現： fall down stairs, fall down suddenly, fall down flat

失敗する、破綻する

失敗したり、弱点のためにうまく機能しなくなったりする。

やさしい英語で： To fail or have a weakness that prevents something from working well.

• This is where your argument falls down.
• The plan fell down because nobody checked the costs.
• We do good work but fall down on communication.

使い方： fall down on something (The service falls down on delivery times.)

類義語： fail, break down

反対語： succeed

よく使う表現： fall down on something, fall down here

川を下る

船で川の流れに沿って、河口の方向へ進む。

やさしい英語で： To move by boat toward the place where a river reaches the sea or another body of water.

• The boat fell down towards the sea.
• They let the vessel fall down with the tide.
• At dawn, the ship began to fall down to the river mouth.

使い方： fall down to/towards somewhere (The vessel fell down towards the river mouth.)

類義語： drift downstream, sail downstream

よく使う表現： fall down river, fall down downstream