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Break Sth Broke Stop Broken Suddenly Past Transitive

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Kind verb
Front break 
IPA  /breɪk   / verb (past tense broke /brəʊk   /; past participle broken /ˈbrəʊkən   /)
Back kırmak; kırılmak
karşı gelmek, uymamak, bozmak
Back 2

break (verb)

 /breɪk   / verb (past tense broke /brəʊk   /; past participle broken /ˈbrəʊkən   /)
 
IN PIECES
1 [intransitive, transitive]
to separate, or make sth separate, into two or more pieces
kırmak; kırılmak
 She dropped the vase onto the floor and it broke.
 I've broken one of your dinner plates.
 He broke his leg in a car accident.
STOP WORKING
2 [intransitive, transitive]
(used about a machine, etc.) to stop working; to stop a machine, etc. working
 (makine vb.) bozulmak; bozmak
 The photocopier has broken.
 Be careful with my camera – I don't want you to break it.
LAW/PROMISE
3 [transitive]
to do sth that is against the law, or against what has been agreed or promised
 (kanuna, kurallara vb.) karşı gelmek, uymamak;
bozmak
 to break the law/rules/speed limit
 to break a contract
 Don't worry – I never break my promises.
STOP
4 [intransitive, transitive]
to stop doing sth for a short time
mola vermek; ara vermek
 Let's break for coffee now.
 We decided to break the journey and stop for lunch.
END STH
5 [transitive]
to make sth end
kırmak, vazgeçmek; çözmek, vazgeçirmek
 Once you start smoking it's very difficult to break the habit.
 Two days of talks failed to break the deadlock between the two countries.
 Suddenly, the silence was broken by the sound of a bird singing (sessizlik bozuldu).
BEGIN
6 [intransitive]
to begin
 (şafak) sökmek; (fırtına) patlak vermek
 Day was breaking as I left the house.
 We ran indoors when the storm broke.
OF NEWS
7 [intransitive]
if a piece of news breaks, it becomes known
 (haber) patlak vermek
 When the story broke in the newspapers, nobody could believe it.
A RECORD
8 [transitive]
to do sth better or faster than anyone has ever done before
rekor kırmak
 She broke the world record for the 100 metres.
OF A WAVE
9 [intransitive]
to reach its highest point and begin to fall
 (dalga) kırılmak
 I watched the waves breaking on the rocks.
OF THE VOICE
10 [intransitive]
to change suddenly
 (ses) çatlamak
 Most boys' voices break when they are 13 or 14 years old.
 His voice was breaking with emotion as he told us the awful news.
Break ile oluşan başka deyimler için deyimin diğer parçasını oluşturan isim, sıfat vb.nin madde başlıklarına bakınız. Örneğin, break even için bakınız even.
PHRASAL VERBS
break away (from sb/sth)
1 to escape suddenly from sb who is holding you
elinden kurtulmak
 2 to leave a political party, state, etc. in order to form a new one
ayrılmak
break down
1 (used about a vehicle or machine) to stop working
bozulmak
 Akram's car broke down on the way to work this morning.
 note at CAR
 2 (used about a system, discussion, etc.) to fail
sonuçsuz kalmak, kesilmek
 Talks between the two countries have completely broken down.
 3 to lose control of your feelings and start crying
yıkılmak
 He broke down in tears when he heard the news.
break sth down
1 to destroy sth by using force
kırmak, yıkmak
 The police had to break down the door to get into the house.
 2 to make a substance separate into parts or change into a different form in a chemical process
parçalamak, ayrıştırmak
 Food is broken down in our bodies by the digestive system.
break in
to enter a building by force, usually in order to steal sth
zorla girmek
break in (on sth)
to interrupt when sb else is speaking
sözünü kesmek
 She longed to break in on their conversation but didn't want to appear rude.
break into sth
1 to enter a place that is closed
zorla girmek; (kapı, pencere vb.) kırarak girmek
 Thieves broke into his car and stole the radio.
 (figurative) The company is trying to break into the Japanese market (Japon pazarına girmek).
 2 to start doing sth suddenly
birdenbire -e başlamak
 to break into song/a run
break off
to suddenly stop doing or saying sth
aniden durmak
 He started speaking and then broke off in the middle of a sentence.
break (sth) off
to remove a part of sth by force; to be removed in this way
koparmak; kopmak
 Could you break off another bit of chocolate for me?
 Oh no, part of my tooth has broken off!
break sth off
to end a relationship suddenly
 (ilişki) sona erdirmek, kesmek
 After a bad argument, they decided to break off their engagement.
 to break off relations with another country
break out
(used about fighting, wars, fires, etc.) to start suddenly
patlak vermek
break out in sth
to suddenly have a skin problem
 (sivilce, uçuk vb.) çıkarmak, dökmek
 to break out in spots/a rash
break out (of sth)
to escape from a prison, etc.
 (hapis vb.) -den kaçmak
break through (sth)
to manage to get past sth that is stopping you
yarıp geçmek
 The protesters were trying to break through the line of police.
break up
1 to separate into smaller pieces
parçalanmak
 The ship broke up on the rocks.
 2 (used about events that involve a group of people) to end or finish
sona ermek, dağılmak
 The meeting broke up just before lunch.
 My marriage broke up when I was 35.
 3 (British)
to start school holidays
 (okul) tatile girmek, dersleri kesmek
 When do you break up for the summer holidays?
 4 when a person who is talking on a mobile phone breaks up, you can no longer hear them clearly because the signal has been interrupted
 (telefon) kesilmek
break sth up
1 to make sth separate into smaller pieces
parçalara ayırmak
 2 to make people leave sth or stop doing sth, especially by using force
ayırmak
 The police arrived and broke up the fight.
break up (with sb)
to end a relationship with sb
 (ilişkiyi, ilişki) sona erdirmek, bozuşmak
 She's broken up with her boyfriend.
break with sth
to end a relationship or connection with sb/sth
ilişkisini kesmek, bağlarını koparmak
 to break with tradition/the past
 

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