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1) that our view of human nature was that if you were in trouble, bricks fell on you.
벽돌이 떨어지는 상황을 어떻게 의역해야할까요?

2) it's possible to have one rather than the other.
이 문장에서 One rather than the other이 어떤의미인지 모르겠습니다