This afternoon the school held a farewell and end of year gathering and the menu was pizza and chocolate cake. After teaching for 5 years (my God! 5 years!) this was the first time we had pizza for end of year celebration. I heard rumor that our American principal ordered pizza because if the menu is Indonesian food, he won’t be able to eat it.
Anyway, I didn’t mean to talk about pizza. I’m going to talk about my expat colleague that recently resign from school to take an opportunity to work in his hometown. Geeee….these people, they are just like “kutu loncat”. Hopping from one place in this globe then hop again then hop..hop..hop. They are travelling the world meet new people, new opportunity and challenge. I really envy them. When will I get the chance of doing the same thing? expanding my view of this world? Visiting different places, meet new people and learn from them.
Take It or Leave It
It has been 5 years. 5 years of amazingly excited yet sometimes horrified journey in this land of 5 suns. I enjoyed this last 5 years of teaching in kindergarten for 2 years, pre-kindergarten for 2 years and this year has been most confusing year for me. At the beginning of the year they assign me to teach year 1 then the new principal came, making a big change for everyone. Then he assigned me back to pre-kindergarten in the middle of the school academic year. No big problem for me. But then one day he called and assign me to teach year 5 next academic year. What?! I cant believe my ears. He didnt accept my refusal. Sure this will be a huge change for me. I dont want to do things that I dont like and I dont want to work under pressure anymore. So I’ll see…if it doesnt work, I shall leave it.
“That Akward Moment when..”
I dreamt about him last night, the only man I have dance with. Funny to have a dream about him. Maybe because I saw him the other day on my way back to my class and without any certain reason, I just took the other way so that I don’t have to greet him.
The dance itself was just for fun activity. He took his students to my class for a summative assesment. His students doing lots of activities with my students and in return, we asked them to do this Tango excercise dance together and there’s a part of this Tango excercise when we ask the students to holding hands in pairs and dance. And then, it just happened, I asked him to hold my hand and were holding hands! And I was dancing and spinning and this time I was OK. But then the other teacher asked to do the Tango excercise again, this time, he asked me to dance and I felt something was wrong.
I felt a bit guilty to the man I commited to be together with.
“The Fourth Years”
So, this academic year will be the beginning of my fourth years of teaching in this lovely school. This year will be my second year teaching pre-kindy year level and this is my first year teaching expatriate students and i also got one special need student. So,….lets rock this academic year..!!!
“Love is….Compromising”
Susah banget ketika harus mengkompromikan sesuatu yang sangat prinsip, seperti pekerjaan contohnya. Untungnya dia cukup mengerti, walaupun awalnya kami harus beradu argumentasi masalah pekerjaanku. Akhir-akhir ini, ia tampak melunak. “Ok. nggak apa-apa kamu terus bekerja disana” mudah-mudahan dia memegang kata-katanya.
“Love is…Weird”
I thought 11 years of age differences will make a man wiser and less complicated, but somehow I feel it is much more easier to talk and make 19 four years old age children understand my point when talking to them. Weird…
“Love is…You”
Somehow i just cant believe, you can lay your eyes on me…
If this is a fairytale I wish this will end happily…
hahaha
“Hearts Are Made to be Broken”
Menyadari betapa gampangnya seseorang ini masuk ke dalam kehidupanku dan mengobrak-abrik hati yang aku sudah tata rapi selama dua tahun belakangan. Kali ini aku harus berjuang dari awal lagi. Berdamai dengan kata hati dan perasaanku. Memaafkan dan melupakan. Baiklah…!
“Break”
break (br
k)
v. broke (br
k), bro·ken (br
k
n), break·ing, breaks
k), bro·ken (brkn), break·ing, breaksv.tr.
1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
2.
a. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting: break crackers for a baby.
b. To separate into components or parts: broke the work into discrete tasks.
3. To snap off or detach: broke a twig from the tree.
4.
a. To fracture a bone of: I broke my leg.
b. To fracture (a bone): I broke my femur.
5. To crack without separating into pieces.
6.
a. To destroy the completeness of (a group of related items): broke the set of books by giving some away.
b. To exchange for smaller monetary units: break a dollar.
7. To vary or disrupt the uniformity or continuity of: a plain that was broken by low hills; caught the ball without breaking stride.
8. Electricity To render (a circuit) inoperative by disruption; open.
9.
a. To force or make a way through; puncture or penetrate: The blade barely broke the skin.
b. To part or pierce the surface of: a dolphin breaking water.
10. To produce (a sweat) copiously on the skin, as from exercise.
11. To force one’s way out of; escape from: break jail.
12. To make or bring about by cutting or forcing: break a trail through the woods.
13.
a. To find an opening or flaw in: They couldn’t break my alibi.
b. To find the solution or key to; uncover the basic elements and arrangement of: break a code; break a spy ring.
14. To make known, as news: break a story.
15. To surpass or outdo: broke the league’s home-run record.
16. To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition: break a deadlock in negotiations; break a strike.
17. Sports To win a game on (an opponent’s service), as in tennis.
18. To lessen the force or effect of: break a fall.
19. To render useless or inoperative: We accidentally broke the radio.
20. To weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity: “For a hero loves the world till it breaks him” (William Butler Yeats).
21. To cause the ruin or failure of (an enterprise, for example): Indiscretion broke both marriage and career.
22. To reduce in rank; demote.
23. To cause to be without money or to go into bankruptcy.
24. To fail to fulfill; cancel: break an engagement.
25. To fail to conform to; violate: break the speed limit.
26. Law To invalidate (a will) by judicial action.
27.
a. To give up (a habit).
b. To cause to give up a habit: They managed to break themselves of smoking.
28. To train to obey; tame: The horse was difficult to break.
v.intr.
1. To become separated into pieces or fragments.
2. To become cracked or split.
3. To become fractured: His arm broke from the fall.
4. To become unusable or inoperative: The television broke.
5. To give way; collapse: The scaffolding broke during the storm.
6. To burst: The blister broke.
7.
a. To intrude: They broke in upon our conversation.
b. To filter in or penetrate: Sunlight broke into the room.
8. To scatter or disperse; part: The clouds broke after the storm.
9. Games To make the opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.
10. Sports To separate from a clinch in boxing.
11. Sports To win a game on the opponent’s service, as in tennis: broke twice in the first set.
12. To move away or escape suddenly: broke from his grip and ran off.
13. To come forth or begin from a state of latency; come into being or emerge: A storm was breaking over Miami. Crocuses broke from the soil.
14. To emerge above the surface of water.
15. To become known or noticed: The big story broke on Friday.
16. To change direction or move suddenly: The quarterback broke to the left to avoid a tackler.
17. Baseball To curve near or over the plate: The pitch broke away from the batter.
18. To change suddenly from one tone quality or musical register to another: His voice broke into a falsetto.
19. Linguistics To undergo breaking.
20. To change to a gait different from the one set. Used of a horse.
21. To interrupt or cease an activity: We’ll break for coffee at ten.
22. To discontinue an association, an agreement, or a relationship: The partners broke over a financial matter. One hates to break with an old friend.
23. To diminish or discontinue abruptly: The fever is breaking.
24. To diminish in or lose physical or spiritual strength; weaken or succumb: Their good cheer broke after repeated setbacks.
25. To decrease sharply in value or quantity: Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs.
26. To come to an end: The cold spell broke yesterday.
27. To collapse or crash into surf or spray: waves that were breaking along the shore.
28. Informal To take place or happen; proceed: Things have been breaking well for them.
29. To engage in breaking; break dance.
n.
1. The act or an occurrence of breaking.
2. The result of breaking, as a crack, separation, or opening: a break in the clouds.
3. The beginning or emergence of something: the break of day
4. A sudden movement; a dash: The dog made a break toward the open field.
5. An escape: a prison break.
6. An interruption or a disruption in continuity or regularity: television programming without commercial breaks.
7. A pause or interval, as from work: a coffee break.
8. A sudden or marked change: a break in the weather.
9. A violation: a security break.
10. An often sudden piece of luck, especially good luck: finally got the big break in life.
11. Informal
a. An allowance or indulgence; accommodating treatment: The boss gave me a break because I’d been sick.
b. A favorable price or reduction: a tax break for charitable contributions.
12. A severing of ties: made a break with the past; a break between the two families.
13. Informal A faux pas.
14. A sudden decline in prices.
15. A caesura.
16. Printing
a. The space between two paragraphs.
b. A series of three dots ( . . . ) used to indicate an omission in a text.
c. The place where a word is or should be divided at the end of a line.
17. Electricity Interruption of a flow of current.
18. Geology A marked change in topography such as a fault or deep valley.
19. Nautical The point of discontinuity between two levels on the deck of a ship.
20. Music
a. The point at which one register or tonal quality changes to another.
b. The change itself.
c. A solo jazz cadenza that is played during the pause between the regular phrases or choruses of a melody or that serves as an introduction to a more extended solo.
21. A change in a horse’s gait to one different from that set by the rider.
22. Sports The swerving of a ball from a straight path of flight, as in baseball or cricket.
23. Sports The beginning of a race.
24. Sports
a. A fast break.
b. A rush toward the goal, as in hockey, by offense players in control of the puck or ball, often against fewer defenders: a three-on-one break.
c. The separation after a clinch in boxing.
25. Games The opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.
26. Games A run or unbroken series of successful shots, as in billiards or croquet.
27. Sports & Games Failure to score a strike or a spare in a given bowling frame.
28. Sports A service break.
29. also brake A high horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
30. Break dancing.
Phrasal Verbs:
break away
1. To separate or detach oneself, as from a group.
2. To move rapidly away from or ahead of a group: The cyclist broke away from the pack.
3. To discontinue customary practice.
break down
1. To cause to collapse; destroy: break down a partition; broke down our resolve.
2.
a. To become or cause to become distressed or upset.
b. To have a physical or mental collapse.
3. To give up resistance; give way: prejudices that break down slowly.
4. To fail to function; cease to be useful, effective, or operable: The elevator broke down.
5. To render or become weak or ineffective: Opposition to the king’s rule gradually broke down his authority.
6.
a. To divide into or consider in parts; analyze.
b. To be divisible; admit of analysis: The population breaks down into three main groups.
7. To decompose or cause to decompose chemically.
8. Electricity To undergo a breakdown.
break in
1. To train or adapt for a purpose.
2. To loosen or soften with use: break in new shoes.
3. To enter premises forcibly or illegally: a prowler who was trying to break in.
4.
a. To interrupt a conversation or discussion.
b. To intrude.
5. To begin an activity or undertaking: The Senator broke in during the war years.
break into
1. To interrupt: “No one would have dared to break into his abstraction” (Alan Paton).
2. To begin suddenly: The horse broke into a wild gallop. The child broke into a flood of tears.
3. To enter (a field of activity): broke into broadcast journalism at an early age.
break off
1. To separate or become separated, as by twisting or tearing.
2. To stop suddenly, as in speaking.
3.
a. To discontinue (a relationship).
b. To cease to be friendly.
break out
1. To become affected with a skin eruption, such as pimples.
2. To develop suddenly and forcefully: Fighting broke out in the prison cells.
3.
a. To ready for action or use: Break out the rifles!
b. To bring forth for consumption: Let’s break out the champagne.
4. To emerge or escape.
5. To be separable or classifiable into categories, as data.
6. To isolate (information) from a large body of data.
break through
To make a sudden, quick advance, as through an obstruction.
break up
1.
a. To separate or be separated into pieces: She broke up a chocolate bar. The river ice finally broke up.
b. To interrupt the uniformity or continuity of: An impromptu visit broke up the long afternoon.
2. To scatter; disperse: The crowd broke up after the game.
3. To cease to function or cause to stop functioning as an organized unit or group: His jazz band broke up. The new CEO broke up the corporation.
4. To bring or come to an end: Guards broke up the fight. They argued, and their friendship broke up.
5. Informal To burst or cause to burst into laughter.
Idioms:
break a leg
Used to wish someone, such as an actor, success in a performance.
break bread
To eat together.
break camp
To pack up equipment and leave a campsite.
break cover
To emerge from a protected location or hiding place: The platoon broke cover and headed down the road.
break even
To gain an amount equal to that invested, as in a commercial venture.
break ground
1. To begin a new construction project.
2. To advance beyond previous achievements.
break new ground
To advance beyond previous achievements: broke new ground in the field of computers.
break (one’s) neck
To make the utmost possible effort.
break rank/ranks
1. To fall into disorder, as a formation of soldiers.
2. To fail to conform to a prevailing or expected pattern or order: “Architectural experts have criticized the plaza in the past because it breaks rank with the distinctive façades of neighboring Fifth Avenue blocks, whose buildings are flush with the sidewalk” (Sharon Churcher).
break (someone’s) heart
To disappoint or dispirit someone severely.
break the bank
To require more money than is available.
break the ice
1. To make a start.
2. To relax a tense or unduly formal atmosphere or social situation.
break wind
To expel intestinal gas.
[Middle English breken, from Old English brecan; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: break, crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, smash
These verbs mean to separate or cause to separate into parts or pieces, either by the sudden application of force or by the pressure of internal stress. Break is the most general: The window was broken by vandals. I broke my arm when I fell. That delicate ornament will break easily.
To crack is to break, often with a sharp snapping sound, without dividing into parts: I cracked the coffeepot, but it didn’t leak. The building’s foundation cracked during the earthquake.
Fracture applies to a break or crack in a rigid body: She fractured her skull in the accident.
Burst implies a sudden coming apart, especially from internal pressure, and the dispersion of contents: The child burst the balloon with a pin.
Split refers to a division longitudinally or with the grain: She split the log with an ax.
Splinter implies splitting into long, thin, sharp pieces: Repeated blows splintered the door.
To shatter is to break into many scattered pieces: The bullet shattered the mirror upon impact.
Smash stresses force of blow or impact and suggests complete destruction: He angrily smashed the vase against the wall. See Also Synonyms at demote, opportunity.
These verbs mean to separate or cause to separate into parts or pieces, either by the sudden application of force or by the pressure of internal stress. Break is the most general: The window was broken by vandals. I broke my arm when I fell. That delicate ornament will break easily.
To crack is to break, often with a sharp snapping sound, without dividing into parts: I cracked the coffeepot, but it didn’t leak. The building’s foundation cracked during the earthquake.
Fracture applies to a break or crack in a rigid body: She fractured her skull in the accident.
Burst implies a sudden coming apart, especially from internal pressure, and the dispersion of contents: The child burst the balloon with a pin.
Split refers to a division longitudinally or with the grain: She split the log with an ax.
Splinter implies splitting into long, thin, sharp pieces: Repeated blows splintered the door.
To shatter is to break into many scattered pieces: The bullet shattered the mirror upon impact.
Smash stresses force of blow or impact and suggests complete destruction: He angrily smashed the vase against the wall. See Also Synonyms at demote, opportunity.
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break [breɪk]
vb breaks, breaking, broke, broken
1. to separate or become separated into two or more pieces this cup is broken
2. to damage or become damaged so as to be inoperative my radio is broken
3. to crack or become cracked without separating
4. to burst or cut the surface of (skin, etc.)
5. to discontinue or become discontinued they broke for lunch to break a journey
6. to disperse or become dispersed the clouds broke
7. (tr) to fail to observe (an agreement, promise, law, etc.) to break one’s word
8. (foll by with) to discontinue an association (with)
9. to disclose or be disclosed he broke the news gently
10. (Medicine / Pathology) (tr) to fracture (a bone) in (a limb, etc.)
11. (tr) to divide (something complete or perfect) to break a set of books
12. to bring or come to an end the summer weather broke at last
13. (tr) to bring to an end by or as if by force to break a strike
14. (when intr, often foll by out) to escape (from) he broke jail he broke out of jail
15. to weaken or overwhelm or be weakened or overwhelmed, as in spirit
16. (tr) to cut through or penetrate a cry broke the silence
17. (tr) to improve on or surpass to break a record
18. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr; often foll by in) to accustom (a horse) to the bridle and saddle, to being ridden, etc
19. (tr; often foll by of) to cause (a person) to give up (a habit) this cure will break you of smoking
20. (tr) to weaken the impact or force of this net will break his fall
21. (tr) to decipher to break a code
22. (tr) to lose the order of to break ranks
23. (tr) to reduce to poverty or the state of bankruptcy
24. (when intr, foll by into) to obtain, give, or receive smaller units in exchange for; change to break a pound note
25. (Military) (tr) Chiefly military to demote to a lower rank
26. (intr; often foll by from or out of) to proceed suddenly
27. (intr) to come into being light broke over the mountains
28. (intr; foll by into or out into) to burst into song, laughter, etc
29. (tr) to open with explosives to break a safe
30. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (intr)(of waves)
a. (often foll by against) to strike violently
b. to collapse into foam or surf
31. (intr) (esp of fish) to appear above the surface of the water
32. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) (intr) (of the amniotic fluid surrounding an unborn baby) to be released when the amniotic sac ruptures in the first stage of labour her waters have broken
33. (intr) Informal chiefly US to turn out in a specified manner things are breaking well
34. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) (intr) (of prices, esp stock exchange quotations) to fall sharply
35. (Individual Sports, other than specified) (intr) to make a sudden effort, as in running, horse racing, etc
36. (Team Sports / Cricket) (intr) Cricket (of a ball) to change direction on bouncing
37. (Team Sports / Cricket) (tr) Cricket (of a player) to knock down at least one bail from (a wicket)
38. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) (intr) Billiards Snooker to scatter the balls at the start of a game
39. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) (intr) Horse racing to commence running in a race they broke even
40. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) (Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) (intr) Boxing Wrestling (of two fighters) to separate from a clinch
41. (Music, other) (intr) Music
a. (of the male voice) to undergo a change in register, quality, and range at puberty
b. (of the voice or some instruments) to undergo a change in tone, quality, etc., when changing registers
42. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (intr) Phonetics (of a vowel) to turn into a diphthong, esp as a development in the language
43. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to open the breech of (certain firearms) by snapping the barrel away from the butt on its hinge
44. (Electronics) (tr) to interrupt the flow of current in (an electrical circuit) Compare make1 [27]
45. (intr) Informal chiefly US to become successful; make a breakthrough
break bread
a. to eat a meal, esp with others
b. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity to administer or participate in Holy Communion
break camp to pack up equipment and leave a camp
break (new) ground to do something that has not been done before
49. to overwork or work very hard
break the back of to complete the greatest or hardest part of (a task)
break the bank to ruin financially or deplete the resources of a bank (as in gambling)
break the ice
a. to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
b. to be the first of a group to do something
break the mould to make a change that breaks an established habit, pattern, etc
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis)
break service Tennis to win a game in which an opponent is serving
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology)
break wind to emit wind from the anus
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) the act or result of breaking; fracture
2. a crack formed as the result of breaking
3. a brief respite or interval between two actions a break from one’s toil
4. a sudden rush, esp to escape to make a break for freedom
5. a breach in a relationship she has made a break from her family
6. any sudden interruption in a continuous action
7. (Social Science / Education) Brit a short period between classes at school US and Canadian equivalent recess
8. Informal a fortunate opportunity, esp to prove oneself
9. Informal a piece of (good or bad) luck
10. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) (esp in a stock exchange) a sudden and substantial decline in prices
11. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody a pause in a line of verse; caesura
12. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Billiards Snooker
a. a series of successful shots during one turn
b. the points scored in such a series
13. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Billiards Snooker
a. the opening shot with the cue ball that scatters the placed balls
b. the right to take this first shot
14. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) Also called service break break of serve Tennis the act or instance of breaking an opponent’s service
15. (Individual Sports, other than specified) one of the intervals in a sporting contest
16. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) Horse racing the start of a race an even break
17. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) (in tenpin bowling) failure to knock down all the pins after the second attempt
18.(Music)
a. Jazz a short usually improvised solo passage
b. an instrumental passage in a pop song
19. (Electronics) a discontinuity in an electrical circuit
20. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) access to a radio channel by a citizens’ band operator
21. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a variant spelling of brake1 [6]
interj
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) (Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) Boxing Wrestling a command by a referee for two opponents to separate See also breakaway, break down, break even, break in, break into, break off, break out, break through, break up, break with
[Old English brecan; related to Old Frisian breka, Gothic brikan, Old High German brehhan, Latin frangere Sanskrit bhráj bursting forth]
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Break a large quantity; a lot or consignment; a great number; a burst of sound.
Examples: break of folk, 1808; of honeysuckle, 1880; Billards. of points, 1865; of stars, 1884; of tea, 1864; of trumpets, 1750.
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | break– some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; “the telephone is an annoying interruption”; “there was a break in the action when a player was hurt”
dislocation, disruption – an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
punctuation – something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension – an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
eclipse, occultation – one celestial body obscures another
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| 2. |  break– an unexpected piece of good luck; “he finally got his big break”
chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke – anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; “winning the lottery was a happy accident”; “the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck”; “it was due to an accident or fortuity”
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| 3. |  break– (geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; “they built it right over a geological fault”; “he studied the faulting of the earth’s crust”
geology – a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
fault line – (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth’s surface
inclined fault – a geological fault in which one side is above the other
strike-slip fault – a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
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| 4. |  break– a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); “they hoped to avoid a break in relations”
schism – the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
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| 5. |  break– a pause from doing something (as work); “we took a 10-minute break”; “he took time out to recuperate”
pause – temporary inactivity
spring break – a week or more of recess during the spring term at school
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| 6. |  break– the act of breaking something; “the breakage was unavoidable”
change of integrity – the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
rupture – the act of making a sudden noisy break
shattering, smashing – the act of breaking something into small pieces
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| 7. |  break– a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
interval, time interval – a definite length of time marked off by two instants
lapse – a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; “a lapse of three weeks between letters”
blackout – a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
caesura – a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); “after an ominous caesura the preacher continued”
dead air – an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
delay, postponement, time lag, wait, hold – time during which some action is awaited; “instant replay caused too long a delay”; “he ordered a hold in the action”
halftime – an intermission between the first and second half of a game
rest period, rest, respite, relief – a pause for relaxation; “people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests”
time-out – a brief suspension of play; “each team has two time-outs left”
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| 8. |  break– breaking of hard tissue such as bone; “it was a nasty fracture”; “the break seems to have been caused by a fall”
harm, hurt, injury, trauma – any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
comminuted fracture – fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
complete fracture – break involving the entire width of the bone
compound fracture, open fracture – bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
compression fracture – fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)
depressed fracture – fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in
displaced fracture – fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another
fatigue fracture, stress fracture – fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
capillary fracture, hairline fracture – a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
incomplete fracture – fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone
impacted fracture – fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
closed fracture, simple fracture – an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin
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| 9. | break– the occurrence of breaking; “the break in the dam threatened the valley”
snap – a sudden breaking
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| 10. | break– an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); “then there was a break in her voice”
alteration, change, modification – an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; “the change was intended to increase sales”; “this storm is certainly a change for the worse”; “the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago”
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| 11. | break– the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
billiards – any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
pocket billiards, pool – any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
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| 12. | break– (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; “he was up two breaks in the second set”
score – the act of scoring in a game or sport; “the winning score came with less than a minute left to play”
lawn tennis, tennis – a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
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| 13. | break– an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; “it was presented without commercial breaks”; “there was a gap in his account”
delay, holdup – the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
interposition, interjection, interpellation, interpolation – the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
abruption, breaking off – an instance of sudden interruption
barracking, heckling – shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
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| 14. | break– a sudden dash; “he made a break for the open door”
fast break – (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball
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| 15. | break– any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; “the break in the eighth frame cost him the match”
score – the act of scoring in a game or sport; “the winning score came with less than a minute left to play”
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| 16. |  break– an escape from jail; “the breakout was carefully planned”
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| Verb | 1. | break– terminate; “She interrupted her pregnancy”; “break a lucky streak”; “break the cycle of poverty”
terminate, end – bring to an end or halt; “She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”; “The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I”
hold on, stop – stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; “Hold on a moment!”
break off, break short, cut short – interrupt before its natural or planned end; “We had to cut short our vacation”
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| 2. |  break– become separated into pieces or fragments; “The figurine broke”; “The freshly baked loaf fell apart”
change integrity – change in physical make-up
burst, break open, split – come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; “The bubble burst”
puncture – be pierced or punctured; “The tire punctured”
smash – break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; “The window smashed”
break – destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; “He broke the glass plate”; “She broke the match”
fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up – break or cause to break into pieces; “The plate fragmented”
crush – become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; “The plastic bottle crushed against the wall”
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| 3. | break– render inoperable or ineffective; “You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!”
damage – inflict damage upon; “The snow damaged the roof”; “She damaged the car when she hit the tree”
conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go – stop operating or functioning; “The engine finally went”; “The car died on the road”; “The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”; “The coffee maker broke”; “The engine failed on the way to town”; “her eyesight went after the accident”
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| 4. | break– ruin completely; “He busted my radio!”
fall apart, wear out, bust, wear, break – go to pieces; “The lawn mower finally broke”; “The gears wore out”; “The old chair finally fell apart completely”
break down – cause to fall or collapse
ruin, destroy – destroy completely; damage irreparably; “You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!”; “The tears ruined her make-up”
analyze, break down, dissect, take apart, analyse – make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; “analyze a specimen”; “analyze a sentence”; “analyze a chemical compound”
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| 5. | break– destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; “He broke the glass plate”; “She broke the match”
shatter – cause to break into many pieces; “shatter the plate”
come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate – become separated into pieces or fragments; “The figurine broke”; “The freshly baked loaf fell apart”
fracture – break into pieces; “The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle”
break in – break so as to fall inward; “He broke in the door”
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| 6. |  break– act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; “offend all laws of humanity”; “violate the basic laws or human civilization”; “break a law”; “break a promise”
disrespect – show a lack of respect for
blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin – commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; “I blundered during the job interview”
contravene, infringe, run afoul, conflict – go against, as of rules and laws; “He ran afoul of the law”; “This behavior conflicts with our rules”
trespass – break the law
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| 7. | break– move away or escape suddenly; “The horses broke from the stable”; “Three inmates broke jail”; “Nobody can break out–this prison is high security”
break – make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one’s own by quitting or fleeing; “The ranks broke”
escape, get away, break loose – run away from confinement; “The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison”
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| 8. | break– scatter or part; “The clouds broke after the heavy downpour”
dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out – move away from each other; “The crowds dispersed”; “The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached”;
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| 9. | break– force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; “break into tears”; “erupt in anger”
express emotion, express feelings – give verbal or other expression to one’s feelings
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| 10. | break– prevent completion; “stop the project”; “break off the negotiations”
fracture – become fractured; “The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe”
terminate, end – bring to an end or halt; “She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”; “The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I”
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| 11. | break– enter someone’s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; “Someone broke in while I was on vacation”; “They broke into my car and stole my radio!”; “who broke into my account last night?”
crack – gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; “she cracked my password”; “crack a safe”
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| 12. | break– make submissive, obedient, or useful; “The horse was tough to break”; “I broke in the new intern”
break – be broken in; “If the new teacher won’t break, we’ll add some stress”
domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim – overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; “He tames lions for the circus”; “reclaim falcons”
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| 13. | break– fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; “This sentence violates the rules of syntax”
fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of – go against; “This action flies in the face of the agreement”
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| 14. | break– surpass in excellence; “She bettered her own record”; “break a record” | |
| 15. |  break– make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; “The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; “The actress won’t reveal how old she is”; “bring out the truth”; “he broke the news to her”; “unwrap the evidence in the murder case”
blackwash – bring (information) out of concealment
muckrake – explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; “This reporter was well-known for his muckraking”
blow – cause to be revealed and jeopardized; “The story blew their cover”; “The double agent was blown by the other side”
out – reveal (something) about somebody’s identity or lifestyle; “The gay actor was outed last week”; “Someone outed a CIA agent”
come out of the closet, out, come out – to state openly and publicly one’s homosexuality; “This actor outed last year”
spring – produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; “He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving”
get around, get out, break – be released or become known; of news; “News of her death broke in the morning”
confide – reveal in private; tell confidentially
leak – tell anonymously; “The news were leaked to the paper”
babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing – divulge confidential information or secrets; “Be careful–his secretary talks”
tell – let something be known; “Tell them that you will be late”
reveal – disclose directly or through prophets; “God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind”
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| 16. | break– come into being; “light broke over the horizon”; “Voices broke in the air” | |
| 17. | break– stop operating or functioning; “The engine finally went”; “The car died on the road”; “The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”; “The coffee maker broke”; “The engine failed on the way to town”; “her eyesight went after the accident”
change – undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; “She changed completely as she grew older”; “The weather changed last night”
break – render inoperable or ineffective; “You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!”
croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one’s chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass – pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; “She died from cancer”; “The children perished in the fire”; “The patient went peacefully”; “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”
go down, crash – stop operating; “My computer crashed last night”; “The system goes down at least once a week”
blow out, burn out, blow – melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; “The lightbulbs blew out”; “The fuse blew”
misfire – fail to fire or detonate; “The guns misfired”
malfunction, misfunction – fail to function or function improperly; “the coffee maker malfunctioned”
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| 18. | break– interrupt a continued activity; “She had broken with the traditional patterns” | |
| 19. | break– make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one’s own by quitting or fleeing; “The ranks broke”
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine – the military forces of a nation; “their military is the largest in the region”; “the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker”
break away, break out, break – move away or escape suddenly; “The horses broke from the stable”; “Three inmates broke jail”; “Nobody can break out–this prison is high security”
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| 20. | break– curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; “The surf broke” | |
| 21. | break– lessen in force or effect; “soften a shock”; “break a fall”
blunt, deaden – make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; “Terror blunted her feelings”; “deaden a sound”
deafen – make soundproof; “deafen a room”
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| 22. | break– be broken in; “If the new teacher won’t break, we’ll add some stress”
change – undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; “She changed completely as she grew older”; “The weather changed last night”
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| 23. | break– come to an end; “The heat wave finally broke yesterday”
end, cease, terminate, finish, stop – have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; “the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”; “Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other”; “My property ends by the bushes”; “The symphony ends in a pianissimo”
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| 24. | break– vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; “The flat plain was broken by tall mesas” | |
| 25. | break– cause to give up a habit; “She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes”
break – give up; “break cigarette smoking”
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| 26. | break– give up; “break cigarette smoking”
cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up – put an end to a state or an activity; “Quit teasing your little brother”
break – cause to give up a habit; “She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes”
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| 27. | break– come forth or begin from a state of latency; “The first winter storm broke over New York”
come forth, emerge – happen or occur as a result of something
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| 28. | break– happen or take place; “Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months”
colloquialism – a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass – come to pass; “What is happening?”; “The meeting took place off without an incidence”; “Nothing occurred that seemed important”
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| 29. | break– cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
ruin – destroy or cause to fail; “This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election”
make – assure the success of; “A good review by this critic will make your play!”
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| 30. | break– invalidate by judicial action; “The will was broken” | |
| 31. | break– discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; “The business partners broke over a tax question”; “The couple separated after 25 years of marriage”; “My friend and I split up”
give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe – terminate a relationship abruptly; “Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman”
disunify, break apart – break up or separate; “The country is disunifying”; “Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989”
disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce – part; cease or break association with; “She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”
break with – end a relationship; “China broke with Russia”
split up, divorce – get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; “The couple divorced after only 6 months”
secede, splinter, break away – withdraw from an organization or communion; “After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away”
break away, break – interrupt a continued activity; “She had broken with the traditional patterns”
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| 32. | break– assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; “She was demoted because she always speaks up”; “He was broken down to Sergeant”
assign, delegate, designate, depute – give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
sideline – remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; “The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President”
reduce – bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; “He reduced the population to slavery”
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| 33. | break– reduce to bankruptcy; “My daughter’s fancy wedding is going to break me!”; “The slump in the financial markets smashed him”
impoverish – make poor
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| 35. | break– emerge from the surface of a body of water; “The whales broke”
appear – come into sight or view; “He suddenly appeared at the wedding”; “A new star appeared on the horizon”
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| 36. |  break– break down, literally or metaphorically; “The wall collapsed”; “The business collapsed”; “The dam broke”; “The roof collapsed”; “The wall gave in”; “The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice”
change – undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; “She changed completely as she grew older”; “The weather changed last night”
abandon, give up – stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; “He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage”; “Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations”
flop – fall loosely; “He flopped into a chair”
break – curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; “The surf broke”
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| 37. | break– do a break dance; “Kids were break-dancing at the street corner”
trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance – move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; “My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio”
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| 38. | break– exchange for smaller units of money; “I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy” | |
| 39. | break– destroy the completeness of a set of related items; “The book dealer would not break the set”
alter, change, modify – cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; “The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city”; “The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue”
break – exchange for smaller units of money; “I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy”
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| 40. | break– make the opening shot that scatters the balls
billiards – any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
shoot – throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; “shoot craps”; “shoot a golf ball”
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| 41. | break– separate from a clinch, in boxing; “The referee broke the boxers” | |
| 42. | break– go to pieces; “The lawn mower finally broke”; “The gears wore out”; “The old chair finally fell apart completely”
chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off – break off (a piece from a whole); “Her tooth chipped”
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| 43. | break– break a piece from a whole; “break a branch from a tree”
detach – cause to become detached or separated; take off; “detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it”
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| 44. | break– become punctured or penetrated; “The skin broke”
break – pierce or penetrate; “The blade broke her skin”
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| 45. | break– pierce or penetrate; “The blade broke her skin”
penetrate, perforate – pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; “The bullet penetrated her chest”
break – become punctured or penetrated; “The skin broke”
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| 46. | break– be released or become known; of news; “News of her death broke in the morning”
disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break – make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; “The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; “The actress won’t reveal how old she is”; “bring out the truth”; “he broke the news to her”; “unwrap the evidence in the murder case”
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| 47. | break– cease an action temporarily; “We pause for station identification”; “let’s break for lunch”
cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up – make a break in; “We interrupt the program for the following messages”
catch one’s breath, take a breather, rest, breathe – take a short break from one’s activities in order to relax
take five – take a break for five minutes; “The musicians took five during the rehearsal”
take ten – take a ten minute break; “The players took ten during the long rehearsal”
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| 48. | break– interrupt the flow of current in; “break a circuit” | |
| 49. | break– undergo breaking; “The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages”
diphthongise, diphthongize – change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; “This vowel diphthongized in Germanic”
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| 50. | break– find a flaw in; “break an alibi”; “break down a proof”
break – find the solution or key to; “break the code”
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| 51. | break– find the solution or key to; “break the code”
figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work – find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; “did you solve the problem?”; “Work out your problems with the boss”; “this unpleasant situation isn’t going to work itself out”; “did you get it?”; “Did you get my meaning?”; “He could not work the math problem”
break – find a flaw in; “break an alibi”; “break down a proof”
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| 52. | break– change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; “Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children” | |
| 53. | break– happen; “Report the news as it develops”; “These political movements recrudesce from time to time”
hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass – come to pass; “What is happening?”; “The meeting took place off without an incidence”; “Nothing occurred that seemed important”
develop – be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; “The plot developed slowly”;
come through, break through – penetrate; “The sun broke through the clouds”; “The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft”
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| 54. | break– become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; “The glass cracked when it was heated”
change – undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; “She changed completely as she grew older”; “The weather changed last night”
crack – cause to become cracked; “heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair”
crack – break partially but keep its integrity; “The glass cracked”
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| 55. | break– crack; of the male voice in puberty; “his voice is breaking–he should no longer sing in the choir”
change state, turn – undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; “We turned from Socialism to Capitalism”; “The people turned against the President when he stole the election”
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| 56. | break– fall sharply; “stock prices broke” | |
| 57. | break– fracture a bone of; “I broke my foot while playing hockey”
fracture – break (a bone); “She broke her clavicle”
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| 58. | break– diminish or discontinue abruptly; “The patient’s fever broke last night” | |
| 59. | break– weaken or destroy in spirit or body; “His resistance was broken”; “a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death”
weaken – lessen the strength of; “The fever weakened his body”
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break
verb
1. shatter, separate, destroy, split, divide, crack, snap, smash, crush, fragment, demolish, sever, trash (slang), disintegrate, splinter, smash to smithereens, shiver He fell through the window, breaking the glass.
shatter unite, join, connect, repair, attach, fasten
shatter unite, join, connect, repair, attach, fasten
4. stop working, break down, go wrong, give out, pack up (Brit. informal), have had it, seize up, cease to function, conk out (informal), die, go on the blink, go kaput, go phut When the clutch broke, the car was locked into second gear.
5. disobey, breach, defy, violate, disregard, flout, infringe, contravene, transgress, go counter to, infract (Law) We didn’t know we were breaking the law.
disobey follow, observe, discharge, obey, conform, adhere to, abide by
disobey follow, observe, discharge, obey, conform, adhere to, abide by
8. stop, end, cut, drop, give up, abandon, suspend, interrupt, terminate, put an end to, discontinue, bring to an end, pull the plug on, call a halt to They have yet to break the link with the trade unions.
9. give up, stop, kick, abandon, quit, cut out, pack in, leave off, say goodbye to If you continue to smoke, keep trying to break the habit.
11. ruin, destroy, crush, humiliate, bring down, bankrupt, degrade, impoverish, demote, make bankrupt, bring to ruin The newspapers can make or break you.
12. stop briefly, stop, rest, halt, pause, cease, take a break, have a breather (informal) They broke for lunch.
14. cushion, reduce, ease, moderate, diminish, temper, soften, lessen, alleviate, lighten She was saved by bushes which broke her fall.
15. be revealed, come out, be reported, be published, be announced, be made public, be proclaimed, be let out, be imparted, be divulged, come out in the wash He resigned his post as Bishop when the scandal broke.
16. reveal, tell, announce, declare, disclose, proclaim, divulge, make known I worried for ages and decided I had better break the news.
17. beat, top, better, exceed, go beyond, excel, surpass, outstrip, outdo, cap (informal) The film has broken all box office records.
18. (always used of dawn) happen, appear, emerge, occur, erupt, burst out, come into being, come forth suddenly They continued their search as dawn broke.
20. decode, crack, work out, solve, interpret, decipher, unscramble, decrypt, descramble It was feared they could break the allies’ code.
noun
1. fracture, opening, tear, hole, split, crack, gap, rent, breach, rift, rupture, gash, cleft, fissure a break in the earth’s surface
2. let-up, halt, pause, suspension, lessening, recess, interruption, respite, lull, cessation, remission, breathing space, slackening, hiatus Nothing has been discussed that might lead to a break in the deadlock.
3. gap, opening, space, hole, divide, crack, breach, rift, cleft, chink, crevice, cranny, discontinuity, interstice a sudden break in the clouds
4. interval, pause, recess, interlude, intermission, entr’acte They always play that music during the break.
5. holiday, leave, vacation, time off, recess, awayday They are currently taking a short break in Spain.
6. (Informal) stroke of luck, chance, opportunity, advantage, fortune, opening The rain was a lucky break for the American.
7. breach, split, dispute, separation, rift, rupture, alienation, severance, disaffection, schism, estrangement, disunion There is some threat of a break in relations between them.
break away get away, escape, flee, run away, break free, break loose, make your escape I broke away from him and rushed out into the hall.
break down
1. stop working, stop, give out, pack up (Brit. informal), have had it, seize up, cease to function, conk out (informal), go on the blink, go kaput (informal), go phut, die, cark it (Austral. & N.Z. slang) Their car broke down.
2. fail, collapse, fall through, be unsuccessful, come unstuck, run aground, come to grief, come a cropper (informal), turn out badly Paola’s marriage broke down.
3. be overcome, lose control, crack up (informal), lose it (informal), go to piecesThe young woman broke down and cried.
break free of something or someone escape (from), leave, withdraw from, extricate yourself from, free yourself of, disentangle yourself from his inability to break free of his marriage
break in
1. break and enter, burst in, enter, gain access The thief had broken in through a first-floor window.
2. interrupt, intervene, interfere, intrude, burst in, interject, butt in, barge in, interpose, put your oar in, put your two cents in (U.S. slang) Suddenly, O’Leary broke in with a suggestion.
break into something
1. burgle In this country a house is broken into every 24 seconds.
2. begin, start, burst into, give way to, commence, launch into, embark upon The moment she was out of sight she broke into a run.
break off stop talking, pause, stumble, falter, fumble, hem and haw or hum and haw He broke off in mid-sentence.
break out
2. escape, flee, bolt, burst out, break free, get free, break loose, abscond, do a bunk (Brit. slang) The two men broke out and cut through a perimeter fence.
3. erupt, gush, flare up, burst out, burst forth, pour forth A line of sweat broke out on her forehead.
break someone in initiate, train, accustom, habituate, show someone the ropes The band are breaking in a new backing vocalist.
break something down
1. divide up, split, cut up, subdivide, separate out These rules tell us how a sentence is broken down into phrases.
2. demolish, knock down, destroy, pull down, tear down, smash in, kick down, smash down His father failed to break the door down.
3. remove, destroy, get rid of, knock down, eradicate, do away with, obliterate, put paid to He was able to break down barriers between the two groups.
break something off
1. detach, separate, divide, cut off, pull off, sever, part, remove, splinter, tear off, snap off He broke off a large piece of the clay.
2. bring to an end, end, terminate, put an end to, discontinue, pull the plug on, call a halt to He doesn’t seem to have the courage to break his engagement off.
3. stop, finish, suspend, halt, pause, cease, terminate, discontinue, pull the plug on, desist, belay (Nautical) They have broken off negotiations.
break something up stop, end, suspend, disrupt, dismantle, disperse, terminate, disband, diffuse Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration.
break through succeed, make it (informal), achieve, do well, flourish, cut it (informal), get to the top, crack it (informal), make your mark (informal), shine forth There is still scope for new writers to break through.
break through something
1. penetrate, go through, get past, burst through Protesters tried to break through a police cordon.
break up
1. finish, stop, be suspended, terminate, come to an end, adjourn, recess The meeting broke up half an hour later.
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break
v break[breik]
1 to divide into two or more parts (by force).
2 (usually withoff/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).
3 to make or become unusable.
4 to go against, or not act according to (the law etc) He broke his appointment at the last minute.
5 to do better than (a sporting etc record).
6 to interrupt She broke her journey in London.
7 to put an end to He broke the silence.
8 to make or become known They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.
9 (of a boy’s voice) to fall in pitch.
10 to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).
11 to begin The storm broke before they reached shelter.
n
1 a pause a break in the conversation.
2 a change a break in the weather.
3 an opening.
4 a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck This is your big break.
adj breakable
(negativeunbreakable) likely to break breakable toys.
n
(usually in plural) something likely to break.
n breakage[-kidʒ]
the act of breaking, or its result(s).
n breaker
a (large) wave which breaks on rocks or the beach.
n breakdown
1 (oftennervous breakdown) a mental collapse.
2 a mechanical failure causing a stop The car has had another breakdown. See also break down .
break-in, break in(to)
adj breakneck
(usually of speed) dangerous He drove at breakneck speed.
breakout, break out
n breakthrough
a sudden solution of a problem leading to further advances, especially in science.
n breakwater
a barrier to break the force of the waves.
break away
to escape from control The dog broke away from its owner.
break down
1 to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.
2 to stop working properly My car has broken down.
3 to fail The talks have broken down.
4 to be overcome with emotion She broke down and wept.
break in(to)
1 to enter (a house etc) by force or unexpectedly (nounˈbreak-in The Smiths have had two break-ins recently).
2 to interrupt (someone’s conversation etc).
break loose
to escape from control The dog has broken loose.
break off
to stop She broke off in the middle of a sentence.
break out
1 to appear or happen suddenly War has broken out.
2 to escape (from prison, restrictions etc) A prisoner has broken out (noun ˈbreakout ).
break out in
to (suddenly) become covered in a rash, in sweat etc I’m allergic to strawberries. They make me break out in a rash.
break the ice
to overcome the first shyness etc Let’s break the ice by inviting our new neighbours for a meal.
break up
1 to divide, separate or break into pieces He broke up the old furniture and burnt it; John and Mary broke up (= separated from each other) last week.
2 to finish or end The meeting broke up at 4.40.
make a break for it
to make an (attempt to) escape When the guard is not looking, make a break for it.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2010 K Dictionaries Ltd.
taken from http://www.thefreedictionary.
“Preparation for IELTS Test”
“Why do you take an IELTS test?”
“To get scholarship”
…… (Sunyi senyap) …….
Aku sama sekali tidak memperhatikan, sibuk membolak-balik buku IELTS preparation sambil mikir, “Kapan bisa belajarnya?”
Setiap hari, nyampe kost jam setengah enam sore, kepala udah berat, yang ada cuman pengen baringan di tempat tidur. Hari sabtu dan minggu aku khususkan sebagai hari merdeka, tapi mungkin harus di korbankan untuk belajar persiapan untuk tes IELTS (nangis).
Belajar…belajar…belajar!!!
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