break

• break down

  When Johann did not come, we had to break down the castle door.

• break up

  To get maximum impact, break up the messages and the format.

• try to break

  He would try to break you.’

• break out

  Six tried to break out but two were recaptured by police.

• break off

  There may be a decision to break off negotiations precisely in order to achieve some end in those negotiations.

• break through

  ‘Then break through the shield!’

• break it down

  Open up, Jenna, before I break it down completely.’

• break the deadlock

  Bangor failed to break the deadlock in the 15th and 26th minutes when Paul Gray and Stephen Hill squandered two good chances.

• break the law

  I've got no right to do it, I break the law like anyone else.

• break away

  Even seemingly wild ideas may be aired at this point to break away from stale thinking.

• have a break

  Can we have a break now for fifteen minutes?

• break free

  Police say the boy, who hasn't been named, managed to break free and ran off.

• i break

• should break

  ‘Then don't you think you should break this off?’

• break even

  Therefore, if the firms involved are to break even, how should they do it?

• preparedness to break

  We have to think of possible test factors which are related to both income and preparedness to break the law.

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