curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-manage-a-conversation/67f04ef2be95eedffb5bde99.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Is there anything else BLANK you down?
slowing
Followed by down, this means making something move or happen more slowly than normal. Use the -ing form.
To slow down means to reduce speed or to make something happen more slowly. In work or project contexts, it can refer to anything that delays progress. For example:
Traffic is slowing down the delivery. – This means the delivery is taking longer because of traffic.
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