BREAK Flashcards
Something dangerous or unpleasant suddenly starts / To suddenly begin to have a rash, red marks or sweat appear on your skin / To escape from prison/ To begin, or to open and begin using or doing something
BREAK OUT (OF SMTH)
to stop working or not be successful or destroy / To be very upset, unable to control one’s feelings / To separate in smaller parts / To give away / To render or become weak
BREAK DOWN
To force entry into something, often a building / to train a person to do a new job, to train an animal to behave in an obedient way, or to use something to make it not as new and more comfortable / To teach or train someone to do a new job or task and thereby raise their level of experience beyond that of a novice
BREAK IN
to burst into a place and violate some one’s privacy / to interrupt someone’s conversation / to interrupt something; to intrude upon something.
BREAK IN (ON SB/SMTH)
- To leave or to escape from someone who is holding you:
- To succeed in freeing yourself from something or someone that restricts you or controls you:
- To move rapidly away from or ahead of a group:
- To stop being part of a group because you begin to disagree with the people in the group:
- To end a relationship or connection:
BREAK AWAY FROM
to force yourself through something that is holding you back / to go higher than a particular level:
BREAK THROUGH
To suddenly begin to do somethingTo begin working in a new business or a new area:To start to spend money that you did not want to spend
BREAK INTO
To interrupt someone when they are talking or thinking
BREAK INTO STH
to intentionally not continue doing something that is traditional / to leave a group of people
BREAK WITH (SB/SMTH)