YOU SAID:

preparing for the inevitable and the windows were being blackened

INTO JAPANESE

避けられないと窓が黒くなっていた

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I could not avoid it and the window was black

INTO JAPANESE

私はそれを避けることができませんでした、そして、窓は黒でした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I could not avoid it, and the window was black

INTO JAPANESE

私はそれを避けることができなかった、そして窓は黒だった

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I could not avoid it, and the window was black