{"id":18504,"date":"2020-09-09T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T12:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=18504"},"modified":"2020-09-08T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T16:41:34","slug":"20-different-ways-to-use-the-word-break-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/20-different-ways-to-use-the-word-break-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"20 different ways to use the word BREAK in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qd66CbmcjHo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button large blue rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mini-Course-Lesson-3-Exercises.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download the worksheet<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi students! It&#8217;s day 3 of our mini-course all about words with multiple meanings, and our word today is BREAK. Get ready to learn lots of different ways to use this word in English.<\/p>\n<h4>break = damage and separate into pieces<\/h4>\n<p>The basic and most common definition is to damage something and separate it into pieces. Yesterday I was washing the dishes and I accidentally dropped a glass, and it broke. If you break your arm or break your leg, it means the bone has separated into pieces &#8211; ouch!<\/p>\n<p>You can break something by accident, as in the example of dropping a glass, or you can break it on purpose &#8211; if I have a big chocolate bar I want to give to three kids, I would break the chocolate into three pieces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15011\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/broken-glass-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/broken-glass-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/broken-glass.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">broken glass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>break = something stops working<\/h4>\n<p>We also use break when something stops working, stops being functional, even if it&#8217;s not physically in pieces. If your printer keeps showing an error message, and it won&#8217;t print, you could say the printer is broken.<\/p>\n<h4>break = do something contrary to an agreement\/rule<\/h4>\n<p>If you <strong>break the law, break a promise, break an agreement,<\/strong> or <strong>break the rules,<\/strong> it means you do something that is contrary to, against that law, promise, agreement, or rule, or fails to follow the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>If the speed limit is 35 mph and you are driving at 50 mph, you are <strong>breaking the law.<\/strong> If you promised your friend you&#8217;d help him move to a new apartment, but then you didn&#8217;t, you <strong>broke your promise<\/strong> because you failed to do what you promised. In soccer, touching the ball with your hands is <strong>breaking the rules<\/strong> of the sport (unless you&#8217;re the goalkeeper).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18506\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/limit-2299513_640-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/limit-2299513_640-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/limit-2299513_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you exceed the speed limit, you&#8217;re breaking the law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>break = stop activity for a short time<\/h4>\n<p>We also use <strong>break<\/strong> to mean &#8220;stop for a short time&#8221; &#8211; for example, in the middle of an all-day meeting, the boss might say &#8220;Let&#8217;s break for lunch&#8221; &#8211; let&#8217;s stop the meeting briefly for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably more common to use the noun form, by saying &#8220;Let&#8217;s take a break.&#8221; We sometimes describe what the stop\/pause is for &#8211; you can talk about <strong>a coffee break, a bathroom break, a smoking\/cigarette break, a lunch break.<\/strong> These all describe brief pauses or stops in the middle of an activity, in order to eat, drink, go to the bathroom, or smoke.<\/p>\n<h4>break = interrupt (and sometimes stop permanently)<\/h4>\n<p>Similarly, break can also mean to interrupt something, and sometimes stop it permanently. If you <strong>break a habit,<\/strong> it means you stop doing something you previously did often. If I eat a lot of fast food, I need to break that habit if I want to become healthier.<\/p>\n<p>So remember &#8211; &#8220;take a break&#8221; is a temporary pause, but if you break a habit, hopefully you stop the habit permanently.<\/p>\n<p>Other expressions that use &#8220;break&#8221; in the sense of &#8220;interrupt&#8221; are when it&#8217;s quiet, but then something <strong>breaks the silence.<\/strong> Like if everyone in a meeting is quiet and thinking about how to solve a problem, and then someone says, &#8220;I have an idea,&#8221; that comment would break the silence, interrupt the silence.<\/p>\n<p>Another expression is to <strong>break your train of thought<\/strong> &#8211; this is used when you&#8217;re thinking deeply about a topic and concentrating hard on it, but then something happens to distract you. If I&#8217;m focusing on developing a new lesson, but then my cell phone rings, it would break my train of thought, and if I answer the phone call, I might have a hard time getting back to what I was thinking about.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, if someone is falling, hopefully there is something to <strong>break the fall,<\/strong> interrupt the fall before that person hits the ground. When people are training to be in the circus, and doing dangerous acrobatics high in the air, there is a net underneath to <strong>break the fall,<\/strong> so if they do fall down, their fall would be interrupted before they hit the ground.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18507\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/coffee-156158_640-300x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/coffee-156158_640-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/coffee-156158_640-70x60.png 70w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/coffee-156158_640-140x120.png 140w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/coffee-156158_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m trying to break the habit of drinking 5 cups of coffee per day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>break = weaken, hurt, destroy something not physical<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Break<\/strong> can also mean to weaken, hurt, or destroy something &#8211; usually something that&#8217;s not physical.<\/p>\n<p>If someone <strong>breaks your heart,<\/strong> it means they hurt you very badly emotionally. Maybe a boyfriend or girlfriend who you really loved, decided to end the relationship unexpectedly &#8211; that would break your heart.<\/p>\n<p>If something <strong>breaks your spirit,<\/strong> that&#8217;s different &#8211; it means it destroys your confidence and self-esteem. Let&#8217;s say some parents are always telling their child negative things like &#8220;You&#8217;re so stupid,&#8221; it would break the child&#8217;s spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Another example is to <strong>break power<\/strong> &#8211; sometimes governments make laws to <strong>break the power<\/strong> of large corporations, meaning to weaken or destroy the power of those companies.<\/p>\n<p>If something <strong>breaks your resolve,<\/strong> it means it weakens\/destroys your decision or determination to do something. Let&#8217;s say I really want to be a doctor, but then I read an article about how doctors are always really stressed, that might break my resolve (destroy my determination) to become a doctor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7683\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/heart_broken_256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/heart_broken_256.png 256w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/heart_broken_256-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My ex-boyfriend broke my heart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>break = reveal news, make something known<\/h4>\n<p>When talking about the context of news, <strong>break<\/strong> can mean to reveal something to the public. Saying <strong>&#8220;the scandal broke&#8221;<\/strong> means that the scandal was made known publicly.<\/p>\n<p>We also have the expression <strong>breaking news,<\/strong> which means the most recent news that is being published very soon after it happened.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar way of <strong>break<\/strong> meaning &#8220;to make something known,&#8221; we have a specific expression <strong>break the news to somebody,<\/strong> which means to inform them of bad news. Let&#8217;s say I see my neighbor&#8217;s dog escape from their house and get hit by a car &#8211; I will then have to go <strong>break the news<\/strong> to my neighbor that unfortunately their dog is injured or dead.<\/p>\n<h4>break = run or escape<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Break<\/strong> can also be used to mean running or escaping. To <strong>break free from<\/strong> something is to escape it, to manage to get free from it. For example, after many years of counseling, my uncle finally <strong>broke free from<\/strong> his addiction to gambling.<\/p>\n<p>We can also talk about <strong>a prison break,<\/strong> meaning when prisoners escape from the prison.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s an expression <strong>make a break for it,<\/strong> which means to suddenly run very quickly. If I find a big spider in my bathroom, I&#8217;ll <strong>make a break for<\/strong> the door! Or if I let go of my daughter&#8217;s hand in the supermarket, she&#8217;ll <strong>make a break for<\/strong> the candy aisle &#8211; meaning she&#8217;ll run there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18508\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/chain-297842_640-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/chain-297842_640-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/chain-297842_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My dog broke free and ran away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>break = beginning<\/h4>\n<p>When talking about nature, we have a few different expressions with the word <strong>break.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we say <strong>the break of day, the break of dawn,<\/strong> or <strong>daybreak,<\/strong> we are talking about the very beginning of the day, when the sun first comes up.<\/p>\n<p>If we say <strong>a storm broke,<\/strong> it means the storm begins.<\/p>\n<p>We can also say an ocean <strong>wave breaks<\/strong> when it reaches its highest point and then starts to collapse down.<\/p>\n<h4>break = separation in relationships<\/h4>\n<p>When it comes to relationships, <strong>break<\/strong> often means a separation. The phrasal verb <strong>break up<\/strong> is used when a romantic relationship ends and the two partners separate. John and his girlfriend broke up last week.<\/p>\n<p>We also have the expression <strong>make a clean break,<\/strong> which emphasizes that the separation is complete so that you can start fresh. Maybe you had some bad experiences in your city, and you move to a new place so you can <strong>make a clean break<\/strong> with your past &#8211; completely separate from it, without continuing to be be involved in anything from your past.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18509\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/breakup-3502866_640-300x235.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/breakup-3502866_640-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/breakup-3502866_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John broke up with his girlfriend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>voice breaks = voice changes tone<\/h4>\n<p>A few quick and specific expressions to finish up this part of the lesson:<\/p>\n<p>If someone&#8217;s <strong>voice breaks,<\/strong> it means that it changes tone because of strong emotion. If your friend is talking about a recent tragedy that affected them personally, their voice might break &#8211; their speaking would be interrupted or would sound a little different, because of their strong sadness.<\/p>\n<p>We also use this expression in another way &#8211; when a boy is around 13 or 14 years old, his <strong>voice breaks<\/strong> &#8211; it changes to have a deeper tone, so he sounds less like a child and more like a man.<\/p>\n<h4>break a large bill = exchange it for smaller bills<\/h4>\n<p>If your friend asks &#8220;Hey, can you <strong>break a 20?&#8221; &#8211;<\/strong> he is talking about money, and asking if you have smaller bills (like $5 or $10) to exchange for his $20 bill. Maybe he wants to buy a $2 item from a vending machine, and he doesn&#8217;t want to put a whole $20 bill in there, so he asks if you have smaller bills to break his $20 bill.<\/p>\n<h4>a big break = a sudden opportunity for success<\/h4>\n<p>When you hear someone talking about <strong>a big break,<\/strong> this is an informal way to talk about a sudden opportunity or quick success, especially when it comes to a career.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say there&#8217;s an actress who has only had minor parts for many years, but she gets <strong>a big break<\/strong> when she&#8217;s given the leading role in a major movie. This is a sudden great opportunity, and it implies that she will have continued success after it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18510\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actress-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actress-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actress.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The actress finally got her big break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Phrasal verbs with BREAK<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s turn our focus to phrasal verbs with the word break. I already mentioned <strong>break up<\/strong> meaning to end a romantic relationship, and now we&#8217;ll learn some more.<\/p>\n<p>If a machine <strong>breaks down,<\/strong> it means it stops functioning. We often use this for cars &#8211; my car broke down on the highway and I had to get it towed.<\/p>\n<p>We can also say a person <strong>breaks down<\/strong> or <strong>has a breakdown<\/strong> &#8211; this means they have a sudden failure of their health &#8211; sometimes physically, but more often mentally\/emotionally; they suddenly get very upset or very depressed. A new mom of triplets (that&#8217;s 3 babies) might get so stressed by all the responsibility that she has a breakdown &#8211; so maybe she stops eating and she gets very anxious.<\/p>\n<p>To <strong>break through<\/strong> means to make a quick advance, especially through an obstacle. You&#8217;ll often hear this in the noun form when talking about a <strong>breakthrough.<\/strong> If scientists are trying to develop some new technology and they make a breakthrough, it means they have suddenly gotten past the challenges, and made great new progress.<\/p>\n<p>We use the phrasal verb <strong>break out<\/strong> when a bad skin problem suddenly appears &#8211; your face might break out in a rash (red, irritated skin) or pimples (small bumps from clogged pores). It&#8217;s also common to talk about fights or violence breaking out when they suddenly appear.<\/p>\n<p>When a robber forcefully enters a house or business, usually in order to steal something this is called <strong>breaking in.<\/strong> Or you could say he&#8217;s <strong>breaking into<\/strong> the building.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16747\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burglar-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He broke into the office and stole some equipment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Idioms with BREAK<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s finish up with a few idioms! The first one is <strong>break the bank<\/strong> &#8211; this means to be very expensive, almost like it will use up all your money. If you&#8217;re shopping for a new refrigerator, you could tell the salesperson, &#8220;I&#8217;m looking for a fridge that&#8217;s reliable, but won&#8217;t break the bank&#8221; &#8211; meaning it won&#8217;t cost a ton of money.<\/p>\n<p>To <strong>break rank\/ranks<\/strong> means to do something differently than other members of a group. If all the teachers in a school use textbooks to teach, and one teacher decides to use games instead, that teacher is <strong>breaking rank<\/strong> because they are acting differently from the group. If everyone in my family is an engineer and I decide to become a painter instead, I&#8217;m <strong>breaking rank.<\/strong> Breaking rank can be a good thing, a bad thing, or a neutral thing.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a very common expression is to <strong>give someone a break.<\/strong> This actually has a few different meanings. One is to be more flexible\/understanding and less strict\/demanding, or to give someone another chance. If a student failed to turn in an assignment because they had computer problems, the teacher might <strong>give him a break<\/strong> and allow him to turn it in late. The teacher is being flexible with the rules and allowing an exception or another chance.<\/p>\n<p>When someone says <strong>Gimme a break!<\/strong> as an exclamation, this usually means either &#8220;stop annoying me!&#8221; or &#8220;that&#8217;s ridiculous!&#8221; or &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe it!&#8221; Let me give you some examples.<\/p>\n<p>If my friend is texting me hundreds of times a day, and expects me to reply instantly all the time, I might tell her, &#8220;Gimme a break!&#8221; to mean &#8220;Stop bothering me with all these texts!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18511\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/texts-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/texts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/texts.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You&#8217;re constantly texting me. Gimme a break!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say in my job I normally work with 10 clients per month, and now my boss wants me to take 20 clients per month. I might complain to my husband, &#8220;He&#8217;s doubling my workload. Gimme a break!&#8221; to mean &#8220;that&#8217;s ridiculous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine my teenage son always sleeps in until noon on the weekends. He then tells me he&#8217;s planning on waking up at 6am to exercise. I might say, &#8220;You&#8217;ll wake up that early? Gimme a break!&#8221; to mean &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whew &#8211; those were a lot of definitions and expressions, and it&#8217;s time for me to take a break. I suggest you take a break, too &#8211; get some water, get some coffee &#8211; and then come back and try the practice exercise so that you can review what you learned today. 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