I.
noun
1 short rest; short holiday/vacation
ADJECTIVE
▪ little , quick , short
▪ coffee , dinner ( esp. BrE ), lunch , tea ( BrE )
▪ Christmas , Easter , holiday
▪
Are you going away for the Easter ~?
▪ spring , summer , winter
▪ weekend ( esp. BrE )
▪
I won a weekend ~ in Paris.
▪ 10-minute , two-week , etc.
▪
We have a 15-minute ~ in the morning.
VERB + BREAK
▪ have , take
▪
We'll take a ~ now and resume in an hour.
▪ need , want
▪ deserve
▪ enjoy
BREAK + NOUN
▪ time (= between lessons at school) ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~ ( BrE )
▪
I'll see you at ~.
▪ during (a/the) ~
▪
I had a word with John during the ~.
▪ without a ~
▪
We worked all day without a ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for lunch
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from caring for the children
2 change/interruption in sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ clean , complete , sharp
▪ career
▪ commercial ( esp. AmE )
▪ nice , welcome ( esp. BrE )
VERB + BREAK
▪ make
▪
His new work makes a ~ with the past.
▪
I wanted to leave but was nervous about making the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from tradition
▪ ~ in
▪
a ~ in the weather
▪ ~ with
3 opportunity
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , lucky
VERB + BREAK
▪ get
▪
I always knew I would get my lucky ~ one day.
▪ give sb
▪
He's the director who gave her her first big ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪ in half , in two
▪
She broke the bar in two and gave a piece to me.
▪ apart , up
▪
She broke the chocolate up into small pieces.
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
The glass broke into hundreds of pieces.
PHRASAL VERBS
break down
1 fail
ADVERB
▪ completely , irretrievably
▪
Their marriage had broken down irretrievably.
▪ eventually
2 start crying
PHRASES
▪ ~ down and cry , ~ down in tears
▪
She broke down in tears as she spoke to reporters.
break off
ADVERB
▪ abruptly , immediately
▪
He broke off abruptly when Jo walked in.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
She broke off from the conversation to answer the telephone.
Break is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cloud , ↑ dam , ↑ dawn , ↑ day , ↑ daylight , ↑ egg , ↑ elastic , ↑ glass , ↑ heart , ↑ nail , ↑ nerve , ↑ news , ↑ scandal , ↑ spring , ↑ stem , ↑ storm , ↑ story , ↑ string , ↑ surf , ↑ swell , ↑ twig , ↑ voice , ↑ wave , ↑ weather , ↑ window , ↑ zip
Break is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ agreement , ↑ ankle , ↑ arm , ↑ back , ↑ barrier , ↑ blockade , ↑ bond , ↑ bone , ↑ camp , ↑ ceasefire , ↑ ceiling , ↑ chain , ↑ chocolate , ↑ circuit , ↑ code , ↑ concentration , ↑ confidence , ↑ confidentiality , ↑ connection , ↑ consensus , ↑ continuity , ↑ contract , ↑ convention , ↑ cover , ↑ curfew , ↑ curse , ↑ cycle , ↑ date , ↑ deadlock , ↑ drought , ↑ egg , ↑ embargo , ↑ engagement , ↑ faith , ↑ fall , ↑ fast , ↑ finger , ↑ fingernail , ↑ flow , ↑ glass , ↑ habit , ↑ heart , ↑ hip , ↑ hold , ↑ hole , ↑ huddle , ↑ illusion , ↑ impasse , ↑ jaw , ↑ journey , ↑ law , ↑ lease , ↑ leg , ↑ limit , ↑ link , ↑ lock , ↑ mark , ↑ mirror , ↑ monopoly , ↑ mood , ↑ mould , ↑ nail , ↑ neck , ↑ news , ↑ nose , ↑ oath , ↑ pact , ↑ pane , ↑ parole , ↑ pelvis , ↑ pledge , ↑ precedent , ↑ promise , ↑ quiet , ↑ record , ↑ regulation , ↑ resistance , ↑ rhythm , ↑ rib , ↑ routine , ↑ rule , ↑ sabbath , ↑ seal , ↑ shoelace , ↑ siege , ↑ silence , ↑ skin , ↑ skyline , ↑ speed limit , ↑ spell , ↑ spine , ↑ spirit , ↑ spring , ↑ stalemate , ↑ stem , ↑ stereotype , ↑ stillness , ↑ stone , ↑ story , ↑ streak , ↑ stride , ↑ strike , ↑ string , ↑ surface , ↑ suspense , ↑ symmetry , ↑ taboo , ↑ tackle , ↑ tension , ↑ tie , ↑ toe , ↑ tooth , ↑ tradition , ↑ train , ↑ trance , ↑ treaty , ↑ truce , ↑ trust , ↑ twig , ↑ vase , ↑ vow , ↑ will , ↑ window , ↑ windscreen , ↑ word , ↑ wrist