Break a bone 折断骨头 Tom broke his bone while striking his final goal.汤姆在射门时骨折了。 解析：while 引导的时间状语从句，状语从句的主语和主句的主语一致，可省略状语从句的主语和 be 动词。 Break a code 破译密码 Scientists worked day and night to break the code.科学家们夜以继日地破译密码。 Break a habit 改掉一个习惯 Do you know it takes 28 days to break a habit?你知道改掉一个习惯需要28天吗？ Break a law 触犯法律 If you break a law, you go to prison.如果你触犯了法律，你就会进监狱。
Break a promise 食言 I know he wouldn’t break a promise to me, so I try to keep this promise.我知道他不会违背对我的诺言，所以我尽量遵守诺言。 Break a record 打破纪录 “You and me, today we’re going to break a record, ” he said.“你和我，今天我们要打破纪录，”他说。 Break a window 打破窗户 I had to break a window to get into the house.我不得不打破窗户才能进房子。 Break ground 破土动工 They will break ground on the new housing project next week.他们下星期将破土动工兴建新的住宅项目。 Break new ground 开拓新天地 I don’t have to break new ground here.我不需要在这里开辟新天地。
Break the news 发布消息 The police had to break the news to the boy’s parents.警察不得不把这个消息告诉男孩的父母。 Break one’s fall 打断、阻止或缓和某人的摔倒 Luckily, a bush broke his fall.幸运的是，一个灌木状的东西阻止了他的摔倒。 Break someone’s heart 伤透某人的心 It would break her heart when they’d have to leave .当他们不得不离开时，她会伤心的。 Break the rules 违反规则 If you break the rules and get caught, you should be penalized.如果你违反规则被抓，你应该受到惩罚。
Break the silence 打破沉默 I was the first one to break the silence in my family.我是第一个打破家里沉默的人。 Break the spell 解除咒语 We have to make our own rules to break the spell.我们必须制定自己的规则来解除咒语。 解析：spell 作名词时，可以译为“咒语；符咒；魔法”。
