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descend 
  vt 
 [+stairs] descendre 
→ They descended the stairs.   
  vi 
  (=go down) descendre 
→ We descended to the cellar.   
  (fig) 
(=stoop) 
to descend to sth  s'abaisser à qch 
→ We're not going to descend to such methods.   
to descend to doing sth  s'abaisser à faire qch 
→ They descended to spreading lies.   

▲ descend on , descend upon 
  vt fus 
  (=arrive in) 
 [+place] envahir 
→ 20 police officers descended on the house of his ex-girlfriend   
→ Reporters have descended upon the area.   
→ 3,000 officials will descend on Capitol Hill.   
→ Dozens of searchers with metal detectors descended on the site.   
  (=come to see) 
 [+person] assaillir 
→ A frenzy of spin-doctors descended on me, offering every imaginable aid.   
The whole family always descended on him at Christmas.  A Noël, il était toujours assailli par sa famille au complet. 
Visitors descended on us.  Nous étions assaillis de visiteurs. 
  [gloom, silence, calm] envahir 
→ An uneasy calm descended on the village.   
→ Gloom began to descend on all of them.   



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