BREAK


Meaning of BREAK in English

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n.

dash

1) to make a ~ (for safety)

escape

2) a mass; prison ~

interruption

3) to make a ~

4) a ~ in, with (a ~ in the conversation; to make a ~ with tradition)

rest

5) to have ( esp. BE ), take a ~

6) a coffee; news; station ( AE ); tea ( esp. BE ) ~

7) during, on a ~

opportunity

( colloq. )

8) to give smb. a ~

good fortune

9) to get a ~

10) a lucky; unexpected ~

11) a tax ~

II

v.

1) ( B ) ('to communicate') I had to ~ the news to them

2) ( D ; intr. ) ('to curl and fall') to ~ against, on (the waves were ~ing against the rocks)

3) ( d ; intr. ) ('to dash') to ~ for (to ~ for cover)

4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to take time') to ~ for (they broke for lunch)

5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to enter forcibly') to ~ into (burglars broke into the house)

6) ( d ; intr. ) ('to begin') to ~ into (to ~ into song)

7) ( d ; tr. ) ('to cure') to ~ of (in time he was broken of his drug habit)

8) ( D ; tr. ) ('to crack') to ~ on (she broke a tooth on a bone)

9) ( d ; intr. ) ('to escape') to ~ out of (two prisoners broke out of jail; our troops broke out of the encirclement)

10) ( d ; intr. ) ('to penetrate') to ~ through (to ~ through enemy lines)

11) ( d ; intr. ) ('to end relations') to ~ with (I broke with them)

12) ( D ; tr. ) ('to cut off') to ~ with (she broke all ties with her friends)

13) ( misc. ) to ~ loose; to ~ smb. on the wheel

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.