derrumbábamos
Imperfecto para el sujeto nosotros del verbo derrumbar.

derrumbar

Mi calidad, por lo menos nos embrollaron en dos guerras extranjeras, el precio de la gasolina nos habíamos levantado a $4.00 por galón, nosotros vivíamos de productos importados baratos con el dinero prestado, el mercado inmobiliario nos derrumbábamos, gente perdíamos sus trabajos.
My goodness, we were embroiled in at least two foreign wars, the price of gasoline had risen to $4.00 a gallon, we were living off cheap imported products with borrowed money, the housing market was collapsing, people were losing their jobs.
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