track down
To find by or as if by following tracks or a trail.
The hunters tracked down game in the forest.
She spent weeks in the library tracking the reference down in all their hooks on the subject.
trip down memory lane
Наслаждаться приятными моментами прошлого.
Every Christmas is a trip down memory for the family when our parents take out the photograph albums.
Каждое Рождество, когда родители достают фотоальбомы, для нашей семьи это воспоминания о прежних годах.
Every summer is a trip down memory lane when I was a child and spent the whole summer in the countryside.
Каждое лето напоминает мне о тех временах, когда целое лето я проводил за городом.
turn down
To reduce the loudness, brightness, or force of.
The theater lights were turned down.
Turn down that radio, will you?
The hose was throwing too much water so I turned down the water a little bit.
Please turn down the radio for me. It’s too loud while I’m studying.
To refuse to accept; reject.
His request for a raise was turned down.
If she offers to help, I'll turn her down.
Many boys courted Lynn, but she turned them all down.
Laverne wanted to join the military but the recruiting officer turned her application down because Laverne is hard of hearing in one ear.
turn thumbs down
To disapprove or reject; say no. Usually used with on.
The company turned thumbs down on Mr. Smith's sales plan.
The men turned thumbs down on a strike at that time.
ups and downs
Vicissitudes; alternating periods between good and bad times; changes in fortune.
He is now a wealthy stock trader, but at the beginning of his career he, too, had many ups and downs.
upside down
Overturned so that the bottom is up and the top is down.
The ladybug lay upside down in the sand and was unable to take off.
The problem with this company is that everything is upside down; we need a new C.E.O.
The accident caused one car to turn upside down, its wheels spinning in the air.
One of the students was only pretending to read her textbook; the teacher could see that the book was actually upside down.
walk down the aisle together
День брачная церемония; день, когда двое молодых людей "вместе прошли церковный неф", т.е. стали мужем и женой.
I remember the day, when we walked down the aisle with your mother.
Я помню тот день, кода мы поженились с твоей матерью.
water down
To change and make weaker; weaken.
Ослаблять, сглаживать, смягчать.
The Senator argued that the House should water down the bill before passing it.
The African American did not accept watered down Civil Rights legislation.
After talking with the management about their demands, the workers agreed to water them down.
The teacher had to water down the course for a slow-learning class.
His story was watered down so the children weren’t scared.
Его история была смягчена, так что дети не были напуганы.