Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
as lockdown descended
English answer:
As lockdown started/commenced.
English term
as lockdown descended
Could you please paraphrase the firs part of the sentence?
desdend: to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above
Or does the phrase have to do with "easing restrictions"?
Many thanks in advance.
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Sep 4, 2021 13:42: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "lockdown/sustainable economy/bikes" to "Journalism/sustainable economy/bikes"
Sep 5, 2021 22:52: AllegroTrans changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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South Africa
Translation, subtitling & captioning
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, Germanic(Other) to English
As lockdown started/commenced.
Or as the country was plunged into lockdown.
'Descend' is used in a similar way here as it would be when using it with chaos or darkness for example:
- The country descended into chaos
- As darkness descended, they lit a fire.
As the country descended into lockdown, businesses faced tighter restrictions.
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