No. 2,835 in French
descendre
To go down, descend, or get off.
In a sentence
Je vais descendre les escaliers.
I am going to go down the stairs.
In this sentence, 'descendre' is used in its literal sense, meaning 'to go down'.
Il faut descendre ce tableau pour le ranger.
We need to take down this painting to store it.
Here, 'descendre' is used to indicate the action of taking something down from a place, emphasizing a downward movement.
Les températures vont descendre ce soir.
The temperatures will drop tonight.
In this example, 'descendre' is used metaphorically to describe a decrease in temperature, implying downward progression.
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