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11:45 Jan 22, 2010 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Philosophy / history | |||||
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| Selected response from: Julie Waddington Spain Local time: 14:13 | ||||
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4 +4 | collapse |
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4 +1 | fall / fall apart |
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5 | break down |
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fall / fall apart Explanation: These belief systems, paradigms or theories fall aprt. They can no longer "hold together". |
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break down Explanation: to become ineffective. |
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collapse Explanation: I think this conveys the sense of defeat. See similar uses in links below: The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of political and social upheaval and .... and aspirations given focus by the rise of Enlightenment ideals. ..... their simultaneous collapse … would one day provide the final proof of their ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution - Cached - Similar It was almost inevitable that the assumptions underlying the idea of progress would be applied to the collapse of worldwide Communism. ... www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&docId=103230794 http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3WZPB_enES325ES32... problem is unprecedented, the issues involved in the collapse of other- ...... how the idea of progress extinguished the possibility of historical critique. ... www.jstor.org/stable/303722 |
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