Fuente: saberingles.com.ar

  • break away from somebody = leave somebody who is holding you.
    She broke away from her father and now lives by herself.
  • break down = stop working.
    Oh, no! The computer broke down again!
  • break down = be unable to stop yourself crying.
    She broke down and started crying.
  • break something down = break down something = remove something.
    Police had to break down the door to enter the building.
  • break something down = break down something = separate something into smaller parts so that it is easier to do.
    The teacher broke down the lesson to help us understand it.
  • break in = break into = enter a building by using force, to steal something.
    The thief broke in and stole the new TV.
  • break off = suddenly stop talking.
    He started to speak but then broke off to answer the phone.
  • break something off = break off something = end a relationship.
    They broke off their engagement after four years.
  • break out = start.
    I was in Berlin when the war broke out.
  • break out of something = escape from a place.
    Two prisoners have managed to break out of the jail.
  • break up = break into a lot of small pieces.
    The plane broke up in the air.
  • break something up = break up something = separate something into smaller parts.
    They want to break the company up into smaller companies.
  • break something up = break up something = make people leave a place where they have been meeting.
    Police arrived and they broke up the demonstration.
  • break up with somebody = separate, not live with somebody any more.
    Lisa broke up with Thomas last month.