Wednesday, September 19, 2012

break out

German: Vor vier Jahren brach die weltweite Finanzkrise aus.

English: Four years ago, the global financial crisis broke out.

Vor can mean 'forward', 'ago', 'ahead'.
vier means 'four'.
Jahren means 'year'.
'brach .... aus' means 'broke out'.
ausbrechen is 'break out'

break = brecan (O.E.) = brechen (German)


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