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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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tumble vs topple

0Residents in Des Moines, Iowa are being threatened by flooding today when the sandbag barriers they had build tumbled/toppled from the pressure of rising floodwater. 02br
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00Are there any mistakes? Which choice is correct? Please help me understand the difference. 02br
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0topple: make go down, OK02br 02br 00tumble involves some rotation, NO02br 00I'd use "under" instead of "from" 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0topple: make go down, OK02br 02br 00tumble involves some rotation, NO02br 00I'd use "under" instead of "from" 0-
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0topple: make go down, OK02br
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00tumble involves some rotation, NO02br
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0 when the sandbag barriers they had buil01font00t 02font01del00d02del00 tumbled/toppled from the pressure of rising floodwater. 0-
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0Thanks, MH and Optilang.0-
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