Usages of descendere
Avus dicit puerum cautum esse debere, cum per scalas descendat.
Grandfather says that the boy ought to be careful when he goes down the stairs.
Mater puerum monet ut lente de scalis descendat.
Mother warns the boy to come down the stairs slowly.
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