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break
noun [C] (OPPORTUNITY) /breɪk/Definition
› an opportunity for improving a situation, esp. one that happens unexpectedly: Getting that first job was a lucky break.
(Definition of break noun (OPPORTUNITY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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break into something phrasal verb (BEGIN TO DO)
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break into something phrasal verb (USE FORCE)
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break noun (DAMAGED PLACE)
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break noun (EARLY MORNING)
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break noun (INTERRUPTION)
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break off something phrasal verb
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break out (something) phrasal verb (BEGIN)
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break out phrasal verb (ESCAPE)
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break out phrasal verb (SKIN CONDITION)
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break someone up phrasal verb (MAKE LAUGH)
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