1. down
Inflation is down.
In the winter, many older people slip on ice and fall down.
If you don't do your duty, people will look down on you.
Hold the button down until you hear the shutter make a clicking sound.
It may seem like Tom has forgotten all about the matter, but deep down inside, he's still torn up about it.
Then he got dressed, stuffed his lecture notes into his briefcase, and ran down the stairs.
These old customs have been handed down from generation to generation.
Present-day Japan is going down the route to self destruction, isn't it?
All of a sudden, the enemy bombs came down on us like rain.
He'll never show it, but I think that deep down, he's seriously worried.
He told me his address, but unfortunately I had no paper to write it down on.
When the chips are down, the only one you can count on is yourself.
As soon as he took the medicine, his fever went down.
We moved our bags to make room for the elderly lady to sit down.
Earlier, as I was walking down the sidewalk, a car drove by and splashed water on me. Look at this! My skirt and shoes are all muddy.
2. under
under the bed
Under the circumstances, bankruptcy is inevitable.
Under the new law, husbands can take days off to care for their children.
You are under no obligation to divulge that information.
She wished for a more relaxing life, but that was impossible under the circumstances.
The area was cordoned off while fire fighters tried to keep the blaze under control.
She's been living for the last five years under an assumed name.
A lot of companies are going under lately because banks are so tight with their money.
Japan came under American pressure to open its financial market.
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
I have struggled under extreme difficulties for a long time.
By freeing thought from its object, Descartes made it possible to view the latter in strictly mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense.
Bear in mind that, under such circumstances, we have no alternative but to find another buyer.
I hear the governor's been getting money under the table from tobacco companies.
People under eighteen aren't supposed to buy alcoholic drinks.
Anglais mot "shita"(under) se produit dans des ensembles:
Genki I (rozdz. 4) - słówka