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| bad break | n | (misfortune, period of bad luck) | nenoroc s.n. |
| 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) | fractură s.f. |
| Jim suffered a bad break in his femur when he fell off the ladder. |
| big break | n | (great opportunity) | mare şansă s.f. |
| Judy got her big break when a famous director cast her in his new film. |
| break a leg | interj | (to a performer: good luck) | noroc interj. |
| As he left the dressing room his fellow actors shouted "Break a leg!" |
| break apart | vtr | (disassemble, pull to pieces) | a demonta, a dezasambla vb.tranz. |
| This zoning issue will break apart the community. |
| break apart | vi | (disintegrate, fall to pieces) | a se dezintegra vb.reflex. |
| The dam broke apart because of the force of flood waters. |
| break away | vi | (become separate) | a se separa, a se despărţi vb.reflex. |
| Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own. |
| break away | adj | (country: newly independent country) ţări | separat adj. |
| South Ossetia is a break away republic of Georgia. |
| break bread | v | figurative (eat a meal) | traducere nedisponibilă |
| Good friends enjoy breaking bread together. |
| break bread | v | figurative (share a meal with sb) | a împărţi pâinea cu cineva vb.tranz. |
| At the Last Supper, Jesus broke bread with his friends for the last time before he died. |
| break down | | | a se strica vb.reflex. |
| | | a-şi pierde controlul |
| break down and cry | | | a-şi pierde controlul şi a începe să plângă |
| break even | v | (make neither profit nor loss) | a se încadra în buget vb.tranz. |
| At the rate we're going, we'll be lucky to break even at year's end. |
| break free | v | (escape) | a scăpa vb.intranz. |
| The two convicts were finally able to break free from the chain gang. |
| break ground | vi | (be first to do sth) | a fi deschizător de drumuri loc.vb. |
| She's breaking new ground with her innovative approach. |
| break in | | | a da buzna loc.vb. |
| | | a intra cu forţa |
| break into | | | a întrerupe |
| | | a pătrunde (într-un domeniu) |
| break it off | v | informal (end a relationship) unei relaţii | a pune capăt loc.vb. |
| 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) unei lupte | a pune capăt loc.vb. |
| 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) | a scăpa vb.intranz. |
| I thought I'd fastened the dog's chain securely but he must have broken loose. |
| break of day | n | (dawn, sunrise, early morning) | zori s.m.pl. |
| The hunt assembles and is ready to ride at the break of day. |
| break off | | | a se rupe vb.reflex. |
| break open | | | a se desface vb.reflex. |
| break out | vi | (escape) | a scăpa vb.intranz. |
| The prisoner broke out of jail by digging a tunnel. |
| break out | vi | (begin suddenly) | a începe pe neaşteptate expr. |
| 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) pentru personal | sală de recreere s.f. |
| All staff are invited to the break room for cake and coffee at 5 o'clock. |
| break the bank | v | (gambling: win all a casino's money) | traducere nedisponibilă |
| 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) | traducere nedisponibilă |
| We can afford to buy new flowerpots; they really won't break the bank. |
| break the habit | v | (stop doing sth habitually) fumat, băut, etc. | a se lăsa de loc.vb. |
| He hasn't smoked for six months. Maybe he's finally broken the habit! |
| break the ice | | | a sparge gheaţa |
| break the law | v | (do sth illegal, commit a crime) | a încălca legea expr. |
| Every time you buy a pirated DVD, you are breaking the law. |
| break the news | | | a da vestea |
| break the record | v | (do better than anyone has ever done) | a depăşi recordul loc.vb. |
| 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) | a rupe sigiliul loc.vb. |
| 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) | a face pe el loc.vb. |
| break the sound barrier | v | (go faster than speed of sound) | a fi mai rapid decât sunetul |
| 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) | a rupe vraja loc.vb. |
| Don't say anything...I don't want to break the spell. |
| break the spell | v | literal (witchcraft: disable a charm, curse) | a rupe vraja loc.vb. |
| The frog said that if I kissed him it would break the spell and he would turn into a handsome prince. |
| break through | | | a străpunge vb.tranz. |
| break time | n | (recreational period) | pauză, recreaţie s.f. |
| Part-time workers get half the break time of full-time workers. |
| break up | | | a se despărţi vb.reflex. |
| break up with | vtr | (separate from) | a se despărţi de vb.reflex. |
| I think you need to break up with your boyfriend. |
| break with the past | v | (abandon a tradition) | a o rupe cu trecutul |
| My cousin broke with the past and didn't cook a turkey for Thanksgiving. |
| break with the past | n | (abandonment of a tradition) | traducere nedisponibilă |
| 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) | a rupe inima loc.vb. |
| 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) | a rupe gâtul loc.vb. |
| 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) | a se speti vb.reflex. |
| We broke our necks to be sure he got elected. |
| break-up | | | despărţire s.f. |
| cigarette break | n | (pause from activity to smoke a cigarette) | pauză de fumat s.f. |
| 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) | pauză de cafea s.f. |
| Whenever I try to ask for her help, she's on a coffee break. |
| commercial break | n | (tv, radio: pause for advertisements) | pauză de publicitate s.f. |
| 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) | pauză de masă s.f. |
| 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 | | | a face o pauză pentru loc.vb. |
| make or break | | | ori la bal ori la spital |
| spring break, Spring Break | n | US (academic holiday in spring) | vacanţă de primăvară s.f. |
| I'm looking forward to spring break. |
| take a break | | | a face o pauză loc.vb. |
| tax break | n | (exemption from taxes) | scutire de impozit s.f. |
| without a break | | | fără întrerupere |
| | | fără pauză |
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