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"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 • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 20
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 6
(1) help, fail, go, catch, enable, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(2) attempt, try, manage, threaten, struggle, use, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(3) begin, want, need, seem, start, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(4) decide, force, cause, make, persuade
Kolokacji: 8
1. decide to break = zdecyduj się rozbić decide to break
2. forced to break = zmuszony do rozbicia forced to break
3. cause to break = powodować rozbić cause to break
4. cause to break down = powodować psuć się cause to break down
5. cause to break up = powodować rozpadać się cause to break up
6. break by making = przerwa przez robienie break by making
7. persuade to break = przekonaj by rozbić persuade to break
8. cause to break off = powodować przerwać cause to break off
  • Pacifier nipple has no holes or tears that might cause it to break off in baby's mouth.
  • One bomb hit started a magazine explosion that caused the stern to break off, and the ship to sink.
  • Excessive force may cause the colored tile to break off completely.
  • "Now what could be fairer than-" A commotion just outside the office door caused him to break off.
  • This caused the Arabs to break off the siege, and he died on the way back.
  • This causes Charlotte to break off communication with her mother completely and engage in minor reckless acts.
  • They bore into the stems of their host plant, weakening the stem, which can cause it to break off and die.
  • Despite the lack of success, the attempt did cause the Russians to break off their attacks and withdraw.
  • Bob categorically denies this, causing Peggy to break off their engagement.
  • The marriage, which allegedly caused her to break off relations with her father for several years, was an unhappy one.
(5) hope, mean, intend, plan
Kolokacji: 4
(6) expect, allow, keep, avoid, consider, ...
Kolokacji: 7
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 • ...

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