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noun

Rupture, cassure

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

Examples :

"The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily."

Le fémur présente une fracture nette et devrait donc guérir facilement.

noun

Rupture, cassure, trouée

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

Examples :

"He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway."

Il a attendu des minutes une trouée dans la circulation pour traverser l'autoroute.

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Pause, interruption

A rest or pause, usually from work.

Examples :

"Let’s take a five-minute break."

Faisons une pause de cinq minutes.

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Récréation, pause

A time for students to talk or play.

Examples :

"During the morning break, the students chatted excitedly about their weekend plans. "

Pendant la récréation du matin, les élèves ont discuté avec enthousiasme de leurs projets de week-end.

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Pause, vacances

A short holiday.

Examples :

"a weekend break on the Isle of Wight"

Une pause d'un week-end sur l'île de Wight.

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Rupture, séparation

A temporary split with a romantic partner.

Examples :

"I think we need a break."

Je pense que nous avons besoin d'une rupture.

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Entracte, pause

An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

Examples :

"The play had a 15-minute break between acts. "

La pièce avait un entracte de 15 minutes entre les actes.

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Changement, rupture

A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.

Examples :

"big break"

Grand changement

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L'aube, le lever du jour

The beginning (of the morning).

Examples :

"at the break of day"

à l'aube

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Évasion, fuite

An act of escaping.

Examples :

"It was a clean break."

C'était une évasion nette.

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Séparation, saut de ligne

The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.

Examples :

"The poem had wide breaks between stanzas, allowing the reader to pause and reflect. "

Le poème présentait de larges sauts de ligne entre les strophes, ce qui permettait au lecteur de faire une pause et de réfléchir.

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noun

Interruption, rupture

A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.

Examples :

"The break key on the computer caused the presentation program to stop. "

La touche d'interruption sur l'ordinateur a provoqué l'arrêt du programme de présentation.

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Point d'arrêt

A point or condition in a program at which operation may be suspended during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated. A breakpoint.

Examples :

"The programmer set a breakpoint in the code to check for errors in the program. "

Le programmeur a défini un point d'arrêt dans le code pour rechercher les erreurs dans le programme.

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noun

Rupture, changement

A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.

Examples :

"The long period of rainy weather finally broke, and the sun came out. "

La longue période de pluie a finalement pris fin et le soleil est apparu.

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Examples :

"The break between classes allowed students to get a drink of water. "

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Break

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

Examples :

"The wealthy family owned a beautiful break, which they used for outings to the park. "

La famille aisée possédait un beau break, qu'elle utilisait pour des sorties au parc.

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noun

Briderie

(equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Examples :

"The horse trainer used a special break to encourage the young horse to respond better to the reins. "

L'entraîneur de chevaux a utilisé une briderie spéciale pour encourager le jeune cheval à mieux répondre aux rênes.

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noun

Pause, interruption

A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

Examples :

"The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note."

L'intermède au violon était incroyable ; il était dommage que le chanteur soit revenu sur la mauvaise note.

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noun

Le passage, le registre

The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.

Examples :

"Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master."

Franchir le passage en douceur est l'une des premières leçons que le jeune clarinettiste doit maîtriser.

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Falaises, berges abruptes

Usu. plural An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).

Examples :

"The hikers explored the rugged river breaks, carefully navigating the steep slopes. "

Les randonneurs ont exploré les falaises accidentées de la rivière, naviguant prudemment sur les pentes abruptes.

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verb

Casser, rompre

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Examples :

"If the vase falls to the floor, it might break."

Si le vase tombe par terre, il pourrait se casser.

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verb

Diviser, fractionner

To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Examples :

"Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?"

Pouvez-vous me diviser un billet de cent dollars ?

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Décourager, abattre

To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

Examples :

"The constant criticism from her classmates broke her spirit, making her lose interest in school. "

Les critiques constantes de ses camarades de classe ont brisé son moral, lui faisant perdre tout intérêt pour l'école.

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verb

S'effondrer, être accablé

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Examples :

"My heart is breaking."

Mon cœur se brise.

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Interrompre, briser, rompre

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

Examples :

"The loud noise from the construction site broke the peaceful morning. "

Le bruit fort du chantier a interrompu la paisible matinée.

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verb

Ruiner, faire faillite

To ruin financially.

Examples :

"The recession broke some small businesses."

La récession a ruiné certaines petites entreprises.

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Violer, enfreindre

To violate, to not adhere to.

Examples :

"He broke his vows by cheating on his wife."

Il a violé ses vœux en trompant sa femme.

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Céder, diminuer

(of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.

Examples :

"My daughter's fever broke last night, so she felt much better this morning. "

La fièvre de ma fille a cédé la nuit dernière, elle se sentait donc beaucoup mieux ce matin.

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verb

Cesser, prendre fin

(of a spell of settled weather) To end.

Examples :

"The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek."

Les prévisions annoncent que la chaleur prendra fin d'ici le milieu de la semaine.

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verb

Commencer, éclater

(of a storm) To begin; to end.

Examples :

"Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny."

Vers midi, la tempête a éclaté et l'après-midi a été calme et ensoleillé.

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Se lever, poindre

(of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.

Examples :

"Morning has broken."

Le matin s'est levé.

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Rendre (un jeu) facile de manière déloyale en modifiant ses règles ou en exploitant ses failles

To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

Examples :

"Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess."

Changer les règles pour permettre aux blancs d'avoir trois reines supplémentaires rendrait les échecs trop faciles.

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verb

Casser, tomber en panne, cesser de fonctionner

To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

Examples :

"Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?"

Avez-vous cassé le chariot en faisant la course avec lui ?

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Briser, casser

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

Examples :

"break a seal"

Briser un sceau.

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Casser, rompre, briser

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

Examples :

"The cavalry were not able to break the British squares."

La cavalerie n'a pas pu briser les carrés britanniques.

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Déferler, briser

(of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

Examples :

"The waves broke with a roar as they hit the shallows. "

Les vagues se sont brisées avec un rugissement en atteignant les eaux peu profondes.

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Éclater, percer

To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

Examples :

"The sun broke through the clouds, lighting up the schoolyard. "

Le soleil a percé les nuages, illuminant la cour de l'école.

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verb

Interrompre, faire une pause

To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

Examples :

"The students were asked to break from their math lesson to eat lunch. "

On a demandé aux élèves de faire une pause dans leur cours de maths pour déjeuner.

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Intercepter, amortir

To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

Examples :

"He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall."

Il a survécu au saut par la fenêtre parce que les buissons en dessous ont amorti sa chute.

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Révéler, annoncer

To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

Examples :

"The teacher broke the news that the school picnic was canceled. "

Le professeur a annoncé la nouvelle que le pique-nique scolaire était annulé.

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Retentir, éclater

(of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

Examples :

"The quiet classroom suddenly broke into a loud cheer when the teacher announced the surprise party. "

La classe silencieuse a soudain éclaté en une joyeuse clameur lorsque le professeur a annoncé la fête surprise.

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verb

Casser, rompre

To change a steady state abruptly.

Examples :

"His coughing broke the silence."

Sa toux a rompu le silence.

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Surgir, éclater

To suddenly become.

Examples :

"The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly."

L'arrestation était standard, quand soudain le suspect a surgi de façon désagréable.

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verb

Muer

Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

Examples :

"My brother's voice broke during puberty. "

La voix de mon frère a mué pendant la puberté.

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Casser, faillir

Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

Examples :

"His voice breaks when he gets emotional."

Sa voix se casse quand il est ému.

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verb

Battre, dépasser

To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

Examples :

"The runner broke the school record in the 100-meter dash. "

Le coureur a battu le record de l'école au 100 mètres.

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Examples :

"The teacher will break the lesson into smaller parts to make it easier to understand. "

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Rétrograder, dégrader

(most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

Examples :

"The soldier was broken in rank for disobeying orders. "

Le soldat a été rétrogradé pour avoir désobéi aux ordres.

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Rompre, interrompre

To end (a connection), to disconnect.

Examples :

"My sister and I broke our friendship after a big argument. "

Ma sœur et moi avons rompu notre amitié après une grosse dispute.

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Se décomposer

(of an emulsion) To demulsify.

Examples :

"The oil and water mixture in the science experiment broke, separating into distinct layers. "

Le mélange d'huile et d'eau dans l'expérience scientifique s'est décomposé, se séparant en couches distinctes.

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verb

Contre-attaquer

To counter-attack

Examples :

"The soccer team decided to break the opponent's attack by quickly passing the ball to their star player. "

L'équipe de football a décidé de contre-attaquer l'attaque adverse en passant rapidement le ballon à son joueur vedette.

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Révéler, divulguer, dévoiler

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Examples :

"The teacher broke the news that the class would have a surprise party for the retiring principal. "

Le professeur a révélé la nouvelle que la classe organiserait une fête surprise pour le directeur partant à la retraite.

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S'affaiblir, faiblir

To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Examples :

"After a long illness, Sarah broke and needed several weeks to recover. "

Après une longue maladie, Sarah s'est affaiblie et a eu besoin de plusieurs semaines pour se rétablir.

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Faire faillite, être en faillite

To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

Examples :

"The small bakery had to break because it couldn't afford the rising costs of ingredients. "

La petite boulangerie a dû faire faillite car elle ne pouvait pas se permettre les coûts croissants des ingrédients.

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Casser, briser

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Examples :

"to break flax"

Casser le lin.

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Destituer, renvoyer

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Examples :

"The school principal broke the student's suspension status. "

Le directeur de l'école a destitué l'élève de son statut de suspension.

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Casser, rompre

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

Examples :

"to break into a run or gallop"

se mettre à courir ou à galoper

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Rompre, se brouiller

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Examples :

"My best friend and I broke up after a big argument. "

Mon meilleur ami et moi nous sommes brouillés après une grosse dispute.

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Interrompre, casser

To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

Examples :

"The computer program crashed and broke mid-calculation. "

Le programme informatique a planté et s'est interrompu en cours de calcul.

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Interrompre, suspendre

To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

Examples :

"The programmer broke the program to examine why the calculation was wrong. "

Le programmeur a interrompu le programme pour examiner pourquoi le calcul était erroné.

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noun

Break, pause

A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

Examples :

"The DJ dropped a powerful break during the school dance, getting everyone on the floor. "

Le DJ a lâché un break puissant pendant la danse de l'école, faisant descendre tout le monde sur la piste.

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Meanings

Rupture, cassure

Examples :

"The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily."

Le fémur présente une fracture nette et devrait donc guérir facilement.

Rupture, cassure, trouée

Examples :

"He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway."

Il a attendu des minutes une trouée dans la circulation pour traverser l'autoroute.

Pause, interruption

Examples :

"Let’s take a five-minute break."

Faisons une pause de cinq minutes.

Récréation, pause

Examples :

"During the morning break, the students chatted excitedly about their weekend plans. "

Pendant la récréation du matin, les élèves ont discuté avec enthousiasme de leurs projets de week-end.

Pause, vacances

Examples :

"a weekend break on the Isle of Wight"

Une pause d'un week-end sur l'île de Wight.

Rupture, séparation

Examples :

"I think we need a break."

Je pense que nous avons besoin d'une rupture.

Entracte, pause

Examples :

"The play had a 15-minute break between acts. "

La pièce avait un entracte de 15 minutes entre les actes.

Changement, rupture

Examples :

"big break"

Grand changement

L'aube, le lever du jour

Examples :

"at the break of day"

à l'aube

Évasion, fuite

Examples :

"It was a clean break."

C'était une évasion nette.

Séparation, saut de ligne

Examples :

"The poem had wide breaks between stanzas, allowing the reader to pause and reflect. "

Le poème présentait de larges sauts de ligne entre les strophes, ce qui permettait au lecteur de faire une pause et de réfléchir.

Interruption, rupture

Examples :

"The break key on the computer caused the presentation program to stop. "

La touche d'interruption sur l'ordinateur a provoqué l'arrêt du programme de présentation.

Point d'arrêt

Examples :

"The programmer set a breakpoint in the code to check for errors in the program. "

Le programmeur a défini un point d'arrêt dans le code pour rechercher les erreurs dans le programme.

Rupture, changement

Examples :

"The long period of rainy weather finally broke, and the sun came out. "

La longue période de pluie a finalement pris fin et le soleil est apparu.

Examples :

"The break between classes allowed students to get a drink of water. "

Break

Examples :

"The wealthy family owned a beautiful break, which they used for outings to the park. "

La famille aisée possédait un beau break, qu'elle utilisait pour des sorties au parc.

Briderie

Examples :

"The horse trainer used a special break to encourage the young horse to respond better to the reins. "

L'entraîneur de chevaux a utilisé une briderie spéciale pour encourager le jeune cheval à mieux répondre aux rênes.

Pause, interruption

Examples :

"The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note."

L'intermède au violon était incroyable ; il était dommage que le chanteur soit revenu sur la mauvaise note.

Le passage, le registre

Examples :

"Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master."

Franchir le passage en douceur est l'une des premières leçons que le jeune clarinettiste doit maîtriser.

Falaises, berges abruptes

Examples :

"The hikers explored the rugged river breaks, carefully navigating the steep slopes. "

Les randonneurs ont exploré les falaises accidentées de la rivière, naviguant prudemment sur les pentes abruptes.

Casser, rompre