Reply With QuoteIt should be down right?Originally Posted by tdol
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#1 03-Dec-2003, 02:00Close
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#2 20-Mar-2005, 04:58Re: Close
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#3 20-Mar-2005, 06:41Re: Close
Right Originally Posted by silversea
It should be down right?
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#4 23-Jun-2009, 06:38Re: Close
close
(also close down, close sth
down) if a company, shop/store, etc. closes, or if you close it, it stops operating as a business: [vn] The club was closed by the police. 
[v] The hospital closed at the end of last year. The play closed after just three nights. 
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#5 23-Jun-2009, 07:15Re: Close
Yes, I've got it right too
If I'm not mistaken, close up is related to pictures or something similar to that (zoom in or something)...
Anybody would care to help?
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#6 23-Jun-2009, 09:34Re: Close
Hi
I have found in Webster:
Close:
to suspend or stop the operations of *close school* — often used with down
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#7 23-Jun-2009, 10:50Re: Close
I've got the answer... Close up is = Originally Posted by Eden Darien
Yes, I've got it right too
If I'm not mistaken, close up is related to pictures or something similar to that (zoom in or something)...
Anybody would care to help?
a photograph taken from a short distance that gives a very detailed picture.
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#8 23-Jun-2009, 23:58Re: Close
Hi,
Your avatar is a close up of your eye.
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#9 24-Jun-2009, 06:07Re: Close
Indeed. A very good example... Originally Posted by Hortence
Yup, that's my eye...
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