break

break
[breɪk] 1. pt broke, pp broken, vt
crockery, glass tłuc (stłuc perf); leg, promise, law łamać (złamać perf); record bić (pobić perf)
Phrasal Verbs:
2. vi
crockery, glass tłuc się (stłuc się perf), rozbijać się (rozbić się perf); weather przełamywać się (przełamać się perf); storm zrywać się (zerwać się perf); story, news wychodzić (wyjść perf) na jaw
3. n
(gap, pause, rest) przerwa f; (fracture) złamanie nt; (chance) szansa f

the day was about to break when … — świtało, gdy …

to break the news to sb — przekazywać (przekazać perf) komuś (złą) wiadomość

to break even — wychodzić (wyjść perf) na czysto or na zero

to break with sb — zrywać (zerwać perf) z kimś

to break free/loose — wyrwać się (perf), uwolnić się (perf)

to break open — door wyważać (wyważyć perf); safe otwierać (otworzyć perf)

to take a break — (for a few minutes) robić (zrobić perf) sobie przerwę; (have a holiday) brać (wziąć perf) wolne

without a break — bez przerwy

her lucky break came in 1991 — szczęście uśmiechnęło się do niej w 1991

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[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) łamać
2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) odłamać
3) (to make or become unusable.) rozbić, zepsuć (się)
4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) zerwać, nie dotrzymać
5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) pobić
6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) przerwać
7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) skończyć, przerwać
8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) przekazać, wyjść na jaw
9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) załamywać się
10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) osłabić
11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) zaczynać się
2. noun
1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) przerwa
2) (a change: a break in the weather.) zmiana
3) (an opening.) wyrwa, przerwa
4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) szansa
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3. noun
((usually in plural) something likely to break.) rzeczy łatwo tłukące się
- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
- make a break for it

English-Polish dictionary. 2013.

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