The wall came down and the roof fell in

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi everybody! I am terribly sorry. I think you will take it properly.
I don’t understand it completely
This wall came down and the wall fell in .
What the difference?
Torsten and Alan thank you in advance

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Hi Terminator,

Both are phrasal verbs meaning ‘to collapse’. The expression ‘the wall came down’ became very popular when the Berlin Wall was removed in 1989. When something ‘falls in’ it collapses into something else, so for example you can say ‘the roof fell in’. Let me know if this makes sense to.
Regards
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Torsten! You explained perfectly.
Thank you Torsten

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Hi.
Is it good to say:
The whole building curved in? I have heard it said by someone.

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You sure you don’t mean “caved in”?

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Torsten/Dozy,

  1. The price came down.
  2. The price fell in.
    Do these sentences mean the same?
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  1. The price fell in - is not correct.

The correct term is “The price fell”.
This means the same as ‘the price came down’.