āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
close in
/klËÉĘs ËÉĒn/
to close in
[phrase form: close]
01
āĻāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻž, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϏāĻž
to approach or surround someone or something, often in a way that is threatening or confining
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had to pick up our pace as the storm clouds started to close in, threatening heavy rain.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
02
āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŽā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of the duration of daylight) to gradually decreases as the winter solstice approaches
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Living in northern latitudes means experiencing the days closing in more drastically as the winter solstice nears.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻžāĻāĻļā§ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ āĻļā§āϤāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻ
āϝāĻŧāύāĻāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
03
āĻ āύā§āϧāĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of the sky) to get darker as the night approaches
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We watched as the day came to an end and the sky closed in, revealing the twinkling stars above.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻā§, āĻāĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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