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"text": "Somebody broke into his car and stole his tools and CDs."
},
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"text": "Hackers broke into the bank's computer system and stole customer data."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime."
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"_dis1": "62 1 27 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "einbrechen"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "eindringen"
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"sense": "to enter illegally",
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"sense": "to enter illegally",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vlomítʹsja",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
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"word": "вломи́ться"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to enter illegally",
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"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "forzar la entrada"
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
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"text": "I finally broke into the second package of cookies."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To open or begin to use."
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"text": "He hopes to break into show business."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To successfully enter a profession or business."
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"sense": "to successfully enter a profession or business",
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"text": "The horse broke into a gallop as they neared the barn."
},
{
"text": "I just broke into tears while talking to my mom."
},
{
"text": "She broke into a smile, wrenching herself away from our head physician."
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{
"ref": "2010, Julie Kagawa, The Iron King, Don Mills: Harlequin Teen, page 237",
"text": "That struck me as hilarious, and I broke into hysterical giggles. And once I began, I couldn’t stop. I laughed until I was gasping for breath, tears streaming down my face.",
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"(transitive) To begin suddenly."
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"sense": "to begin suddenly",
"word": "fallen"
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To open or begin to use."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To successfully enter a profession or business."
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},
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"text": "She broke into a smile, wrenching herself away from our head physician."
},
{
"ref": "2010, Julie Kagawa, The Iron King, Don Mills: Harlequin Teen, page 237",
"text": "That struck me as hilarious, and I broke into hysterical giggles. And once I began, I couldn’t stop. I laughed until I was gasping for breath, tears streaming down my face.",
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"(transitive) To begin suddenly."
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "einbrechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "eindringen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "betör"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "maoho"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlomítʹsja",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вломи́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlámyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вла́мываться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "forzar la entrada"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to enter illegally",
"word": "pasukin"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to open, to tear sth. open",
"word": "anbrechen"
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{
"code": "de",
"english": "rip",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to open, to tear sth. open",
"word": "aufreißen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to use",
"word": "anbrechen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to use",
"word": "anfangen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to use",
"word": "anbrauchen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to successfully enter a profession or business",
"word": "einsteigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin suddenly",
"word": "ausbrechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin suddenly",
"word": "fallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin suddenly",
"word": "verfallen"
}
],
"word": "break into"
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