Belgium is split down political and language lines.
Belgium is split down political and language lines.
i 've checked "split" in a dictionary.but i failed to find "split down". is the sentence above right?if so,please explain it precisely,thank you!
It means the society is split (=not united). There are two languages in Belgium, and society is split according to those who speak French and those who speak Flemish. There's also a German speaking population but that is very small.
down those (linguistic) lines = according to the languages spoken by different groups
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