NEWS, MAGAZINES AND REAL LIFE...........just in order to learn two phrasal verbs....shut up and shut down.........

shut up
I. vt
1. (confine) encerrar 
2. prep, Brit (stop business) cerrar 
3. inf (cause to stop talking) hacer callar 
to shut sb up for good fig hacer callar a alguien para siempre
II. vi inf 
(stop talking) callarse
CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY

shut up          

     shut up   shuts up; shutting up

If someone shuts up or if someone shuts them up, they stop talking. You can say `shut up'  to tell a person to stop talking.

   Just shut up, will you?.

   I don't feel like shutting up; I think statements about injustice should be made.

   A sharp verbal put-down was the only way he knew of shutting her up.

PHR-V-ERG  The form shut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle  

Collins DICTIONARY.


 shut down

I. vt
1. (shop, factory) cerrar
(airport) paralizar 
2. (turn off) desconectar
II. vi
(shop, factory) cerrar
(engine) apagarse
shut down           
     shut down   shuts down; shutting down
If a factory or business shuts down or if someone shuts it down, work there stops or it no longer trades as a business.
   Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down.
   It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital.
   Mr Buzetta sold the newspaper's assets to its competitor and shut it down.
PHR-V-ERG  The form shut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle  
see also shutdown

shutdown      
     shutdown   shutdowns  
A shutdown is the closing of a factory, shop, or other business, either for a short time or for ever.
   The shutdown is the latest in a series of painful budget measures.
   All seven plants have had temporary shutdowns this year.
N-COUNT  
Collins DICTIONARY