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to break
  1. 1 to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
  2. 2 to be injured
  3. 3 to wear out, to be worn out
  4. 4 to break, to burst, to collapse
  5. 5 to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
  6. 6 to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
  7. 7 to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
  8. 8 to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
  9. 9 to cut well, to be sharp
  10. 10 to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
  11. 11 to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
  12. 12 to dry off
  13. 13 to curve, to veer
  14. 14 to shuffle (cards)
  15. 15 to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip
  16. 16 to be able to do completely — after the -masu stem of a verb
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • We've run out of tea.

    sense 5 · to wear off

  • My knife has lost its edge.

    sense 1 · to break

  • We're running out of gas.

    sense 7 · to run out (of stock, etc.)

  • Will they break the ten-second mark in the hundred-metre race?

    sense 11 · to be short of

  • Finally, he lost his temper.

    sense 15 · to get angry

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