BREAK OFF

а. отламывать The wing of the plane broke off in mid-air and the plane crashed. Mary broke off some of the chocolate to give to the children. б. внезапно прекращать, обрывать (разговор, дружбу, знакомство и т. п.) to break off action/combat/the fight воен. выйти из боя Greece broke off relations with Turkey. Relations between Greece and Turkey have broken off. в. прекращать говорить Jim was in the middle of a funny story when he broke off to answer the telephone. Jim broke off telling the story to answer the telephone.