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die down

to fade to almost nothing; to decrease gradually. The fire died down and went out. As the applause died down, a child came on stage with an armload of roses for the singer.

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The influence that had passed into Clare like an excitation from the sky did not die down. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context He had planted a great many potatoes, and his potatoes, as Levin had seen driving past, were already past flowering and beginning to die down, while Levin's were only just coming into flower. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context I haven't examined half a dozen hands in the last half dozen years; you see, the people got to joking about it, and I stopped to let the talk die down. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context			dice dice with death dick dickens dicker with dictate to did did everything he could 'cept eat us diddle diddle out of diddle with diddly-squat didn't didn't care a whit didn't care too hard didn't exchange more than three words with didn't invent gunpowder die die a death die a natural death die away die back die behind the wheel die by die by own hand die down die for die hard die in die in boots die is cast die laughing die of die of a broken heart die of boredom die of curiosity die of throat trouble die off die on die out die with boots on differ differ about differ from differ in difference difference of opinion different different as night and day different strokes Different strokes for different folks			Die Brücke Die Brücke (institute) Die Bruecke Die Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen eV die bushing die by die by own hand Die cast Die cast Die Cast Machine Tools Die casting Die casting Die Casting Engineer Die Casting Research Foundation die chaser Die Cheerleader Die die clearance die collar die cushion die cut Die Cut Joint Die cutting Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Die Deutschen Auslandshandelskammern Die Deutschen Klassiker Die Dimension Ball Grid Array die down die drawing Die Dunkle Seite Der Macht Die Düsseldorfer Virtuelle Bibliothek Die e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik Die Fackel Die Famous die for die forging die forming die from die from curiosity die from something die gap Die Gelben Seiten Die Gelben Seiten Die Grünen die hard die hard die hard die hard die hard die hard Die hard (disambiguation) Die Hard (film) Die Hard Gamers Die Hard Mafia Die Hard Nakatomi Plaza Die Hard Productions Die Hard with a Vengeance

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