| ترجمات رئيسية |
| break vtr | (into parts, smash) | يكسر |
| | If you play ball in the house, you will break something. |
| | إذا لعبت بالكرة في المنزل فسوف تكسر شيئًا. |
| break vi | (stop working) | يتعطّل |
| | Our old television finally broke. |
| | أخيراً تعطل تلفازنا القديم . |
| break vtr | (end) | يوقف |
| | The home team broke the champions' winning streak. |
| | أوقف الفريق المضيف سلسلة انتصارات الفريق البطل. |
| break n | (rest) | استراحة |
| | The football players took a break from their practice. |
| | أخذ فريق كرة القدم استراحة من التدريب. |
| break n | (school) | إجازة، عطلة |
| | There will be no classes until after Christmas break. |
| | ستتوقف الدراسة حتى انتهاء أجازة العيد. |
| break n | (fracture) | كسْر |
| | Be careful with that chair. There is a break in its leg. |
| | حاذر من ذلك الكرسي، فهناك كسر في رِجله. |
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| ترجمات إضافية |
| break n | slang (fortunate event) | فرصة، مناسبة |
| | Miranda went to Hollywood, looking for her big break. |
| break n | (gap) | فجوة |
| | The children slipped through a break in the fence. |
| break n | (person: fracture) | كسر |
| | Will suffered a bad break when he went skiing. |
| break n | (weather: change) | تغيير في الطقس |
| | They are waiting for a break in the storm. |
| break n | (escape) | هروب، فرار |
| | There was a prison break this week. |
| break n | (rush) | اندفاع |
| | The prisoners made a break for the door. |
| break n | (relationship rupture) | انقطاع في العلاقة |
| | Sam is heading for a break with his girlfriend. |
| break n | (suspension) | تعليق، استراحة |
| | We should take a break from discussions until we have more information. |
| break n | (vocal change) | تغير نبرة الصوت |
| | The break in his voice is a sign of puberty, as he goes from bass to alto with no control. |
| break vi | (burst) | ينفجر |
| | The water balloon broke. |
| break vi | (become disconnected) | ينفصل، يقطع الاتصال |
| | The long-distance connection broke. |
| break vi | (stop) | ينتهي، يفض |
| | The meeting will break at noon. |
| break vi | (begin to display) | يظهر |
| | Her stony face broke into a smile. |
| break vi | (rupture) | ينفجر/يتمزق |
| | The balloon broke. |
| break vi | (start to do sthg) | ينتشر |
| | War broke out in the East. |
| break vi | (begin suddenly) | يقتحم |
| | | يفلس |
| | He broke into a sudden run. |
| break vi | (dawn) | ييزغ |
| | The dawn is about to break. |
| break vi | (health: fail) | يتدهور |
| | His health broke after years of toil. |
| break vtr | (infringe) | يخرق، ينتهك |
| | The drag racers broke the speed limit. |
| break vtr | (fracture) | يكسر، يتعرض للكسر |
| | Alan broke his arm when he fell. |
| break vtr | (annul) | ينهي، يفسخ |
| | The actor wants to break his contract. |
| | She wants to break all ties with her ex-husband. |
| break vtr | (destroy) | يحطم، يقضي على |
| | The boxer threatened to break his opponent. |
| break vtr | (set: remove a piece) | يزيل |
| | The collector doesn't want to break the set. |
| break vtr | (money: give change) | يصرف |
| | Can you break a dollar? |
| break vtr | (penetrate) | ينفذ، يخترق |
| | The drill broke through the door of the safe. |
| break vtr | (decode) | يفك شيفرة |
| | The army is trying to break the enemy code. |
| break vtr | (enter by force) | يقتحم |
| | Criminals broke into the house. |
| break vtr | (escape) | يفر، يهرب |
| | The convicts broke jail. |
| break vtr | (sports: better a score) | يحطم الرقم القياسي |
| | Our team broke the record for number of games won. |
| break vtr | (bankrupt) | يفلس |
| | The card shark broke the house. |
| break vtr | (baseball: curveball) | يضرب الكرة بانحناء |
| | The pitcher broke a wicked curve that got the corner of the plate. |
| break vtr | (wear down) | ينهك |
| | The interrogation broke the soldier's spirit. |
| break vtr | (rupture) | يمزق |
| | Bubbles broke the surface of the water. |
| break vtr | (solve) | يحل، يجد حلاً |
| | No matter what I try, I can't break this problem. |
| break vtr | (animals: tame) | يروض، يدجن |
| | The cowboy tried to break the new stallion. |
| break vtr | (media: publish) | ينشر |
| | A newspaper broke the story. |
| break vtr | (pool: scatter balls) | يبدد الكرات |
| | When I play pool, I always like to break. |
| break vtr | (tennis) | يبطل دور الإرسال للاعب الخصم في التنس |
| | The challenger broke his opponent's serve. |
| break vtr | (disprove) | يعترض على |
| | The police broke his alibi. |
صيغ مركبة
break | recess |
| bad break n | (misfortune, period of bad luck) | سوء حظ |
| | He really got a bad break -- the truck ran into his house the day after his insurance lapsed. |
| bad break n | (serious fracture of a bone) | كسر خطير في العظام |
| | Jim suffered a bad break in his femur when he fell off the ladder. |
| big break n | (great opportunity) | فرصة عظيمة |
| | The actress got her big break when a famous director cast her in his new film. |
| break a leg interj | (to a performer: good luck) | حظاً أوفر |
| | As he left the dressing room, his fellow actors shouted, "Break a leg!". |
| break apart vtr | (disassemble, pull to pieces) | يقطع، يفصل |
| | This zoning issue will break apart the community. |
| break apart vi | (disintegrate, fall to pieces) | ينهار |
| | The dam broke apart because of the force of flood waters. |
| break away vi | (become separate) | ينفصل |
| | Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own. |
| break away adj | (country: newly independent country) | دولة حديثة الاستقلال |
| | South Ossetia is a break away republic of Georgia. |
| break bread v | figurative (eat a meal) | يأكل |
| | Good friends enjoy breaking bread together. |
| break bread v | figurative (share a meal with sb) | يتشارك في الأكل |
| | At the Last Supper, Jesus broke bread with his friends for the last time before he died. |
| break down, breakdown vi | (burst into tears) | يذرف الدموع |
| ملاحظة: single-word form used when term is a noun |
| break down, breakdown vi | (collapse, become weak) | ينهار، يضعف |
| break down, breakdown vi | (machine: stop working) | يتعطل، يتوقف عن التشغيل |
| break down and cry v | (burst into tears) | ينهال بالبكاء |
| break even v | (make neither profit nor loss) | يرد رأس المال |
| | At the rate we're going, we'll be lucky to break even at year's end. |
| break free v | (escape) | يفر، يهرب |
| | The two convicts were finally able to break free from the chain gang. |
| break ground vi | (be first to do sth) | يكتشف |
| | She's breaking new ground with her innovative approach. |
| break in vi | (enter forcibly) | يقتحم بيتاً أو مبنى |
| break in vtr | (interrupt a conversation) | يقطع الحديث |
| break into vtr | (enter by force) | يقتحم |
| break into vtr | (begin suddenly) | يفاجئ |
| break into vtr | (interrupt) | يقاطع |
| break into vtr | (enter a field of work) | يخوض |
| break it off v | informal (end a relationship) | يقطع العلاقة |
| | Sarah and John were going to get married next month, but she found he was having an affair and broke it off. |
| break it up v | informal (stop a fight, fighting) | يوقف القتال |
| | You can't fight in this bar. Break it up or I'll call the police and they'll break it up for you. |
| break loose vi | figurative (free oneself) | يتحرر |
| | You need to break loose from your parents and make your own decisions. |
| break of day n | (dawn, sunrise, early morning) | الفجر |
| | The hunt assembles and is ready to ride at the break of day. |
| break off vi | (become separate, snap off) | ينفصل |
| break off vtr | (terminate, end) | ينتهي، ينقطع |
| break open vtr | (open by breaking the seal, lock) | يفتح قفلاً |
| break open vtr | figurative (bottle: remove cork, top) | يفتح زجاجة |
| break out vi | (escape) | يفر، يهرب |
| | The prisoner broke out of jail by digging a tunnel. |
| break out vi | (begin suddenly) | يبدأ فجأة |
| | The restaurant was calm until a thrown bottle caused a fight to break out. |
| | Suddenly they break out in song. |
| break room n | (staff room) | غرفة استراحة الموظفين |
| | At 5:00, all staff are invited to the break room for cake and coffee. |
| break the bank v | (gambling: win all a casino's money) | يكسب كثيراً في المقامرة |
| | | يسطو عل البنك |
| | He was on such a winning streak in Las Vegas, he broke the bank in two casinos! |
| break the bank v | figurative (be very expensive) | يبذر كثيراً |
| | We can afford to buy new flowerpots; they really won't break the bank. |
| break the habit v | (stop doing sth habitually) | يقطع العادة |
| | He hasn't smoked for six months. Maybe he's finally broken the habit! |
| break the ice v | figurative (start a conversation) | يستهل الحديث، يقطع حاجز الصمت |
| | Party games are an effective way to break the ice at a gathering. |
| break the law v | (do sth illegal, commit a crime) | ينتهك القانون، يقترف جريمة |
| | Every time you buy a pirated DVD, you are breaking the law. |
| break the news v | (announce sth, notify sb of sth) | يذيع أو يعلن الأخبار |
| break the record v | (do better than anyone has ever done) | يحطم الرقم القياسي |
| | We broke a record today ; it's the first March ever with absolutely no snow here. |
| break the seal v | (open the seal on a document) | ينزع الختم عن الوثيقة |
| | If you break the seal on a software package, you can no longer return it to the store. |
| break the seal v | US, slang (give in to the need to urinate) | يتبول |
| break the sound barrier v | (go faster than speed of sound) | يخترق حاجز الصوت |
| | When a plane breaks the sound barrier it produces a sonic boom that sounds like an explosion. |
| break the spell v | figurative (end the illusion or mood) | ينهي الوهم |
| | Don't say anything...I don't want to break the spell. |
| break the spell v | literal (witchcraft: disable a charm, curse) | يفك السحر |
| | The frog said that if I kissed him it would break the spell and he would turn into a handsome prince. |
| break through, breakthrough vi | figurative (make a sudden advance ) | يحدث تقدماً مفاجئاً |
| ملاحظة: single-word form used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| break through, breakthrough vtr | literal (demolish) | يدمّر، يحطّم |
| break time n | (recreational period) | فترة استراحة |
| | Part-time workers get half the break time of full-time workers. |
| break up, break-up vtr | (separate, split) | يتبدّد |
| ملاحظة: hyphen used when term is a noun |
| break up, break-up vi | (disintegrate) | يتفكك |
| break up, break-up v | (cease acting as a unit, romantic or other) | ينتهي، ينقضي |
| break up, break-up v | (break into laughter) | ينفجر ضاحكاً |
| break up with vtr | (separate from) | ينفصل عن |
| | I think you need to break up with your boyfriend. |
| break with the past v | (abandon a tradition) | يتخلى عن القديم |
| | My cousin broke with the past and didn't cook a turkey for Thanksgiving. |
| break with the past n | (abandonment of a tradition) | الابتعاد عن القديم |
| | In a break with the past, young women's fathers no longer give them away during the wedding ceremony. |
| break your heart v | (cause you great sorrow) | يجلب الحزن والأسى |
| | That boy will only break your heart. |
| | It breaks my heart to hear you are quitting. |
| break your neck v | literal (fracture a bone in the neck) | يكسر الرقبة |
| | It's called breakneck speed because you will break your neck if you go that fast and fall off the motorcycle. |
| break your neck v | figurative (try very hard, make extreme effort) | يجهد، يبذل جهدا كبيراً |
| | We broke our necks to be sure he got elected. |
| break-up n | (separation, split) | انفصال، تفرّق، تبدّد |
| | The celebrity couple's break-up was all over the tabloids. |
| cigarette break n | (pause from activity to smoke a cigarette) | استراحة للتدخين |
| | Since they introduced the law which bans smoking in public places, we have to take all our cigarette breaks outside ... in public. |
| coffee break n | (pause from activity to drink a cup of coffee) | استراحة لشرب القهوة |
| | Whenever I try to ask for her help, she's on a coffee break. |
| commercial break n | (tv, radio: pause for advertisements) | فاصل إعلاني |
| | I usually go to the restroom during commercial breaks so that I don't miss any of the program. |
| lunch break n | (pause from work to eat midday meal) | استراحة غداء |
| | During my lunch break I often go to the tearoom next door for a sandwich. |
| | At my job, I get a half-hour unpaid lunch break. |
| make a break for vtr | informal (run towards, try to reach) | يهرع نحو، يحاول اللحاق بـ |
| make or break v | (determine success or failure) | ينجح او يفشل |
| spring break, Spring Break n | US (academic holiday in spring) | عطلة الربيع |
| | I'm looking forward to spring break. |
| take a break v | (have a rest) | يستريح، يأخذ استراحة |
| | Take a break - we'll finish painting the door frames later. |
| tax break n | (exemption from taxes) | إعفاء ضريبي |
| without a break adv | (incessantly, non stop) | دون توقف أو أنقطاع، باستمرار |
| | I worked straight through from noon till 9 p.m. without a break. |
