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remain down |
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remain down to stay down; to keep down. I asked them to remain down until the shooting stopped. Please remain down with me so no one will see us. See also: remain How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I gave that man some spiritual advice and disposed of him, and then paid the telescope man his full fee, and said that we were charmed with the trip and would remain down, and not reascend and require him to fetch us down by telescope. Had there been any doors or windows in the lower rooms, or had not the boards of the house been so thick and stout, escape could have been easy; but to remain down below was like being in a cellar or the hold of a ship, and they did not like the darkness or the damp smell. Whenever I tried to rise, he rushed me, and I could not remain down there indefinitely without air. |
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