Let me put this down for a second, because I want to start our lesson.
I'm going to teach you how to use the preposition
in order to understand the complete meaning of the phrasal verb.
Down. That seems to be a direction.
And that's the direction we're heading.
There are two ways to teach phrasal verbs
Some teachers prefer to teach you
you know, one phrasal verb like "turn up", "turn down", "turn on"
and use all of the verbs with the prepositions.
Hmm.
For me, this is sort of a shorthand.
is easier to put a verb with it
and visualize in my mind, then it is to teach each separate one
Each separate one has many meanings and can take a longer time to learn.
This way I think you can learn faster by yourself
because most of you are studying by yourself.
Are you ready? Let's go to the board.
But it still gives you the idea.
We've spread out the ideas for "down".
"Down".
"Down" has essentially four meanings
But it doesn't mean I'm decreasing.
But if a price goes from one dollar to fifty cents
not only it has a move down, there's a decrease on how much you pay.
Ok?
but think about it: once you go to the very bottom, or you decrease to zero
Right? There is no more movement to happen.
when you can no longer go anywhere it's now at the end, right?
and when you can go no more, you're ended.
They're just different ways of looking at it.
which means you eventually stop
Why am I explaining this to you?
Because that's why we, as English speakers think.
So when you hear things just like
you can't see you're understanding why we said it.