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  What it means

  Literally “even if it were crumbling and burning.” Means come hell or high water — no matter what happens, regardless of any chaos or disaster around you.

  Vocabulary

  • choćby — even if / no matter if
  • walić się — to collapse / to crumble
  • palić się — to burn / to be on fire

  Grammar note

  'Choćby' introduces a concessive clause and takes the conditional/subjunctive mood — 'waliło' and 'paliło' are past tense forms used in this construction.

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