"break" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

break verbo

break + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 215
break news • break ground • break windows • break ranks • break glass • break stride • break camp • break contact • break things • ...
verbo + break
Kolokacji: 51
help break • attempt to break • try to break • manage to break • begin to break • fail to break • go to break • decide to break • ...
break + preposición
Kolokacji: 88
break up • break out • break down • break into • break off • break through • ...
break + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 118
break free • break away • finally break • break apart • break loose • break open • suddenly break • eventually break • break easily • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
(2) away, forth
Kolokacji: 2
(6) later
Kolokacji: 2
(9) quickly, promptly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
  • Practically break your front teeth when you bite on them.
  • Practically broke the back of the rebellion on your own.
  • I was practically broke and it looked as if my house would have to go.
  • It practically broke my mother's heart when we heard that.
  • Sure, he had said, practically breaking his neck to rush into the trap.
  • 'He had to practically break my arm to get me to stay with you.'
  • He claimed that he was practically broke from doing this.
  • I cut through the middle, tripping and practically breaking my neck on one of the chairs.
  • When Rackard quit drink for the final time he was practically broke.
  • The doctor handled their investments, so Nate figured they were practically broke.
(11) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(12) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(14) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 3
(15) early, late
Kolokacji: 2
(17) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) clearly, cleanly, exactly
Kolokacji: 3
(21) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(22) entirely, alone, generally
Kolokacji: 3
(23) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(24) shortly, briefly
Kolokacji: 2
(25) literally, truly
Kolokacji: 2

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