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O que significa The company has whittled down the competition for scholarship. ?
O que significa The company has whittled down the competition for scholarship. ?
In this sentence, does 'whittle down' mean that reduce the competition or stop the competition?
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To reduce the number of people or things, or the size of something. It's an old English term
Example.. There were 25 students applying for the competition. The company made the decision to say no to 15... that's 'whittled down which is a phrasal verb.
=The list of 50 candidates was finally whittled down to four.
= He whittled down that piece of wood into a spoon. (see picture)
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