English translation of "lieu de fracture" - "breaking point"

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207 months ago

Brenda Galvan (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Arts / Entertainment
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	lieu de fracture
Context:	L'angoisse est souvent causée, dans le récit littéraire, par l'impression qu'on est à_____
Keywords:	____ dans l'espace ( c'est l'abime ouvert devant soi), ou dans le temps (il est minuit).

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207 months ago

Aharon303 wrote:

at the edge (of an abyss)

207 months ago

Aharon303 wrote:

breaking point

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207 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

place (or: time) of (sudden) inspiration (or: clarity)

207 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

decision making time

My comment:

This sounds to me like an image taken from geology where there is a crevasse (fracture = split) opening up in front of an individual and a decision has to be made about which way to turn.

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