Phrasal Verbs - Break

Front 1

break down

Back 1

1) to stop working (machinery)
2) to lose control of feelings (person)

3) to separate under headings or sections

Front 2

break in

Back 2

1) to interrupt
2) to train (a horse) to obey

Front 3

break into

Back 3

1) to enter by force
2) to interrupt

Front 4

break off

Back 4

1) to stop (temporarily)
2) to end (relationship, agreement)

Front 5

break out

Back 5

1) to begin suddenly (war)
2) to escape from a place

Front 6

break through

Back 6

1) to advance in spite of opposition
2) to make advances towards discovery or any other aim
3) to break a way through (sth solid)

Front 7

break to

Back 7

to tell (usually bad news) to somebody in a kind way

Front 8

break up

Back 8

1) to stop for holidays (school)
2) to separate / split up

Front 9

break into tears / laughter

Back 9

a izbucni în plâns / râs