ADJ
- short
- coffee, lunch, tea
- Christmas, Easter
- Are you going away for the Easter break?
VERB + BREAK
- have, take
- We'll take a break now and resume in half an hour
- need
PREP
- at ~
- I'll see you at break
- during (a/the) ~
- I had a word with John during the break
- without a ~
- We worked all day without a break
- ~ for
- a break for lunch
- ~ from
- a break from looking after the children
ADJ
- clean, complete
- career
- commercial
VERB + BREAK
- make
- His new work makes a break with the past. I wanted to leave but was nervous about making the break
PREP
- ~ from
- a break from tradition
- ~ in
- a break in the weather
- ~ with
VERB + BREAK
- get
- I always knew I would get my lucky break one day
- give sb
- He's the director who gave her her first big break
ADV
- completely, irretrievably
- They were divorced on the grounds that their marriage had broken down irretrievably
PHRASES
- break down and cry/weep, break down in tears
- She broke down in tears as she spoke to reporters
- break off
ADV
- abruptly
- He broke off abruptly when Jo walked in
PREP
- from
- She broke off from the conversation to answer the telephone