In the sentence which begins as "As for Grandad, he would slump into...", there are several acceptable choices for "slump into", including s'effondrer and s'affaler. I chose s'écrouler based on a definition in Wordreference. This was not accepted. Should it have been?
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Hi Frank,
The verb 's'écrouler' is not correct here as it is more to collapse.
Take a look at the following Larousse page for the correct usage -
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/%C3%A9crouler/27609
Bonne Continuation !
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