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24 Dec 2017
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Could you please tell me the meaning of "run-down" in the following sentence?
But it was a chance stumbling upon a run–down, yet functional, laboratory in his late grandfather's home that solidified the young man's ardour for chemistry.
Could you please tell me the meaning of "run-down" in the following sentence?
But it was a chance stumbling upon a run–down, yet functional, laboratory in his late grandfather's home that solidified the young man's ardour for chemistry.
But it was a chance stumbling upon a run–down, yet functional, laboratory in his late grandfather's home that solidified the young man's ardour for chemistry.
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24 Dec 2017
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@FUJI58 jakej262 gave you a good explanation, but here is the definition in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/defi...
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run down means when something Is falling apart so the laboratory was working but falling apart
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@jakej262
Ahh, make sense! Thanks! Although I checked the dictionary, I couldn't get the proper meaning. So, your answer is helpful.
Ahh, make sense! Thanks! Although I checked the dictionary, I couldn't get the proper meaning. So, your answer is helpful.
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@FUJI58 jakej262 gave you a good explanation, but here is the definition in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/defi...
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@OldGeezer
Oh, Oxford Learner's Dictionary! I should have referred this dictionary. I deeply appreciate you. Thanks to your comment, I could totally understand the meaning.
Oh, Oxford Learner's Dictionary! I should have referred this dictionary. I deeply appreciate you. Thanks to your comment, I could totally understand the meaning.
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