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breakdown Translations breakdown [ˈbreɪkdaun] n (Aut) → Panne f; (in communications) → Zusammenbruch m; (of marriage) → Scheitern nt; (also: nervous breakdown) → (Nerven)zusammenbruch m; (of statistics) → Aufschlüsselung f breakdown [ˈbreɪkdaun] n (AUT) → guasto; (in communications) → interruzione f; (MED) (also: nervous breakdown) → esaurimento nervoso; [of payments etc] → resoconto How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What else than Feudalism could have followed upon the breakdown of that great centralized governmental machine known as the Roman Empire? Instead of it even-- as a woman reads another--she could see what I myself saw: his derision, his amusement, his contempt for the breakdown of my resignation at being left alone and for the fine machinery I had set in motion to attract his attention to my slighted charms. The memory of all that had happened after her illness: her reconciliation with her husband, its breakdown, the news of Vronsky's wound, his visit, the preparations for divorce, the departure from her husband's house, the parting from her son--all that seemed to her like a delirious dream, from which she had waked up alone with Vronsky abroad. |
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