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    What it means

    Literally “to fall into rubble.” Means to fall to ruins, to collapse completely — used for buildings, plans, relationships, or anything that disintegrates entirely.

    Vocabulary

    • lec — to fall / to lie down (perfective, archaic infinitive of 'legnąć')
    • gruzy — rubble / ruins (plural)

    Grammar note

    'W gruzach' uses the locative plural of 'gruz' after 'w' — ending up in ruins.

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