Phrasal Verbs "break..."
Phrasal Verb | Translation | Example |
break down
| сломать (о предмете); разбить текст на секции; потерпеть неудачу в договоренностях, переговорах | The car broke down so we missed the ferry. He broke the list down into categories. Negotiations broke down and war was declared. |
break in = into
| вломиться внутрь силой;
| Burglars broke in and stole my jewellery. As she was talking, he suddenly broke in, saying, “That’s a lie”. If you do not break the horse in you will not be able to ride on it. |
break off
| порвать отношения с кем-то | They’ve broken off their engagement. |
break out
| начаться неожиданно (о войне); взорваться, загореться | War broke out in 1914. Fighting has broken out all over the city. |
break through
| пробиться, несмотря на сопротивление; сделать прорыв в науке | Protesters broke through the barriers. Now that women have broken through in the field of medicine, we can expect more women doctors. |
break up
| прекратить обучение для отдыха; разделить на кусочки;
| When does your school break up? In spring the ice on the Great Lakes breaks up. I hear that Joan and Steve are breaking up. |
break to
| сообщить плохую новость | I didn’t want to be the one to break the news to him. |