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he broke off, with a hint of threat in his voice, his eyes fixed on her in hostility.

(break off) They broke off business relations with that company as it suffered huge losses in the last fiscal year and went bankrupt.

He took a bar of chocolate and broke off a bit.

He broke off and began to walk up and down a desolate path of fruit rinds and discarded favors and crushed flowers.

The soldiers broke off their game. Scar rose to his feet, brow beetling. "What did you say, dwarf? Who do you think you are? "

In a symbolic gesture, the rebels broke off the head of a statue of Colonel Gaddafi and kicked it along the ground.

The boy broke off a bit of wood and dropped it, with a dry leaf, into the box where the coin was before.

"He was running a harvester and one of the teeth of the chain broke off and went right through the bulletproof glass window of his cab. "

He broke off the rose and pressed it in a book, and so carried it away with him to another part of the world, to his distant Fatherland.

They broke off the business relations with that company as it suffered huge losses in the last financial year and went bankrupt already.

And she climbed up, and with the greatest ease broke off a branch with beautiful silver leaves and golden fruit, and gave it to the knight.

She broke off with him, moved house, changed mobile number and disappeared from his life.

Few years later I left home to pursue my secondary education in Kuching, and that truly broke off my contact with him completely.

He broke off. Arthur had never seen him like this before, and was greatly troubled .

He broke off the relationship with her about eight months before but they maintained a friendship (no kissing or sleeping together).

People didn't know why the back of the Titanic broke off and fell apart as she sank to the bottom.

Even while he looked, a trembling feeling ran all through him, and a great block broke off and fell upon the ground.

wash pot, pour the amount of oil, slightly heated, the next into Cong Jiangsuan, spicy millet, sesame, broke off the fire flavor.

China also broke off military ties early this year over the U. S. sale of arms to Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a breakaway province.

Visually spectacular, but just a little long winded for me. I broke off now and then.

She broke off a bit of bread and dipped it in the soup.

He broke off the connection with all his friends when he studied aboard.

Mary broke off some of the chocolate to give to the children.

For a long time, "million" did not play with "ten million" together, and finally they broke off their friendship.

The decision came out of a four-hour meeting, the first at ambassadorial level since Moscow broke off contacts because of Kosovo.

I chewed a bit too hard, and something broke off, so I casually looked at my pen.

They've always been bound to each other; they remained so even after she broke off or he did.

He broke off another piece of bread and chewed at it.

And then the front end of the plane broke off.

One day, a man came by and broke off a chunk big enough to feed forty people for a month.

The United States broke off diplomatic ties in 1979 following the seizure of the U. S. embassy in Tehran.

They were engaged but they broke off the engagement when she had to move to Africa.

About five pieces of debris broke off the fuel tank during lift-off yesterday, but none during the crucial first two minutes.

But he was put into prison and her family broke off relations with him.

Some unconfirmed reports say one of the ride's carts broke off and fell to the ground, killing its passengers.

Just then part of a large rock broke off. Green jade shone in the sun!

Six Arab countries broke off diplomatic relations with the United States, and Lebanon withdrew its Ambassador.

The chrome trim on the keypad between the letters partially broke off as well.

The guard then broke off action and found protection within the perimeter of an Army artillery battalion.

he gave the crank a spin; it broke off after much twisting.

The swindler broke off in the middle of his talk when he saw a policeman coming.

When 8865221st dropped onto the branch, nothing more than nothing, as you say ---the branch broke off.

Then a big piece of ice broke off, and dogs, sledge and people disappeared; there was only a big hole in the ice.

The icebergs with rough surfaces likely broke off from the coast, far from this area, and spent time bobbing over the open ocean.

Jim was in the middle of a funny story when he broke off to answer the telephone.

Hundreds later broke off from the rally and began hurling rocks and firebombs at police, who retaliated with tear gas to disperse the crows.

The instant her voice broke off, ceasing to compel my attention, my belief, I felt the basic insincerity of what she had said.

The police broke off the fight outside of the nightclub.

Today, my headphone jack broke off inside my phone. Now, I can only take calls on loudspeaker.

Now they can say that it was the other side that broke off negotiations, and claim the moral high ground.

Although the demonstration was mostly peaceful, one group of protesters broke off from the main rally, smashed windows and set fires.

His head broke off and a big hole was left there.

An ice island four times the size of Manhattan broke off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers, scientists have revealed.

Cornucopia: (Greek Mythology) The horn of the goat that suckled Zeus, which broke off and became filled with fruit.

He didn't have a hammer, so with a hard slam of his fist he broke off a piece of fresh lava.

Now she broke off and began to cry.

A piece of rock broke off and fell into the pool at the foot of the cliff.

Besides, I don't think anyone is going to miss one foul smelling fossil, do you? Anyway, I only broke off a small fraction of the fossil.

In the Evening Songs, without thinking of it, I somehow broke off this habit.

that suckled Zeus, which broke off and became filled with fruit. In folklore, it became full of whatever its owner desired.

He broke off the conversation to order some evening food from a company called 'Rotisserie Africaine'.

Now and then he broke off from the book and the symbolic square, and in his imagination shaped his new plan of life.

In addition to the reason of personal disposition, Luxun broke off the direct association with Lin Yu-tang in his later years.

Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Iran over the threat to kill a British citizen.

A branch broke off in the wind.

He broke off from it long enough to write a paragraph in his note-book.

Frank broke off the engagement. We aren't getting married anymore!

He broke off a branch and gave it to me. Tom broke off telling the story to answer the telephone.

Abruptly, Claire broke off with Salinger and married a young blue-suit from the Harvard Business School.

I hate to think what this woman was scratching when this broke off.

What was this woman scratching when this broke off?

When Bob's fiancee broke off their engagement, his whole world came falling about his ears.

Parents will be breaking down corn into the wooden shelf one car, since I hurriedly broke off on the dry corn stalks.

It broke off from Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) to contest the election. The NLD boycotted the polls.

Several huge icebergs broke off from Antarctica's Ross ice shelf and the Ronne ice shelf in 2000 and are now drifting away from Antarctica.

The Cicada had seen foxes before. Instead of hopping down , she broke off a small leaf and sent it fluttering to the ground .

Several South American states broke off diplomatic relations with Nazi Germany.

And, finally, scientists say an island of ice broke off from a glacier in Greenland earlier this month.

He asked as he broke off another piece and ate it.

The sink broke off from the wall. This caused a flood in the apartment.

North Korea, which broke off the aid-for-denuclearization talks last year, now appears eager to see them resume.

In 2002, a piece of insulating material broke off during launch and damaged a rocket on the Atlantis.

I broke off the conversation and answered the phone.

But they broke off Wednesday with no word on progress from either side. Nor did they say when or whether they will meet again.

The deal came after negotiations broke off with Universal Pictures just days earlier.

She broke off with her old classmates when she went away to college.

After war began , the two countries broke off diplomatic relations.

He broke off all relations with her.

Autoworkers walked off the job at Chrysler plants. Talks broke off between the carmaker and the union.

The ham broke off the plate with a jerk, and rolled under the table.

It just broke off, and I'm looking for another one.

She broke off with her best friend.

he broke off , looked up at auris . she was smirking.

Our teacher broke off in the middle of a sentence.

And, finally, scientists say an island of ice broke off from a glacier in Greenland earlier thismontymonth.

Once the wheel broke off but they replaced it free of charge, even though I haven't got the receipt.

"Yes. And I won't overuse them. But I want my half of -- " She broke off, biting her lip.

He broke off his engagement and married a wealthy woman for money .

The conference delegates intermingled with each other over coffee when it broke off.

Broke off an egg first, put in the bowl, join again salt, old wine etc. to adjust to anticipate.

When I did this, the charm on his necklace broke off and I swallowed it.

example: He broke off a branch and gave it to me.

He broke off in the middle of his story.

Talks broke off between the carmaker and the union.

They were in the middle of an argument but broke off when someonecame into the room.

The two countries broke off their relations last month.

She broke off in the middle of a sentence.

Well, the last chunk of ice that broke off.

Finally it's wing broke off and the butterfly fell to the ground and just quivered.

Qian agreed to repair the broke off molds or remake new ones with free of charge.

He broke off his holiday to attend a business meeting.

He broke off in the middle of a sentence.

The two countries after the military conflict in 2008 broke off diplomatic relations.

eg. The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact.

They broke off diplomatic relations and closed the embassies in each other's country.

The teacher broke off in the middle of her story.

The talks broke off without any solution being reached.

example: He broke off speaking to answer the telephone.

His intrusion broke off our conversation.

She always broke off the branches of the flowers which was grown by her grandfather.

The wing of the plane broke off in midair and the plane crashed.

They broke off a friendship of twenty years' standing.

The huge chunk of ice, which is 600ft thick, broke off the Petermann Glacier, located about 620 miles south of the North Pole, on Thursday.

We presented papers. And then broke off into focus groups and critiqued each other.

The wing of the plane broke off in mid-air and the plane crashed.

They broke off the alliance because of different interests.

he broke off (speaking) to answer the telephone.

"Granny, " he started, but then broke off again.

On the teeing ground, a player broke off a branch of a tree which was interfering with his swing.

They broke off their marriage contract.

In Greenland two huge chunks of ice broke off in July and August.

They last broke off in 2008, when China was sulking about American arms sales to Taiwan.

They broke off their conversation.

The wing of the plane broke off and the plane crashed.

The whole cast broke off for coffee in the middle of rehearsal.

When she heard the commotion, Bloody Mary broke off her spell and fled back into the woods.

They broke off for twenty minutes when the machine broke down.

Contract negotiations between Ukraine and Russia broke off December 31 and have yet to resume.

The fight broke off shortly after sunset.

Tom broke off telling the story to answer the telephone .

In my case, it was a tiny accident; when I tried to open the door to go to work, the key broke off in the lock.

He suddenly broke off, only to resume almost at once.

The girl broke off her engagement last week.

I broke off with my girlfriend.

He broke off speaking to answer the phone.

He broke off his work to answer the telephone.

She and her boy friend broke off yesterday.

When she came in, Bob broke off his talk with Jane.

II. The talks broke off yesterday.

He broke off to answer the telephone.

He broke off a tusk and used it as a pen so that the transcription could proceed without interruption, permitting him to keep his word.

Leyla: Did you tell your parents why you broke off your wedding?

When they left they broke off some trees in the yard.

He broke off, and, looking up, saw the glitter of tears.

Li Tongzhong broke off a piece and savoured it carefully.

A 30-tonne (33-ton) chunk of ice broke off from the Tasman Glacier, and slid into Tasman Lake.

A finger broke off and toppled in.

Ancient cultures broke off pieces of obsidian to make knives and weapons such as arrows.

He broke off the chain and forced into the room.

she broke off, stifling a sob.

Mmm, Iraq purple, broke off a relationship, I also had to go to sleep, has been right, you also remembered to me?

he broke off a branch of the tree.

It broke off in mid-flight.

The airline broke off negotiations with Airbus and Boeing in 2009 because it said it was unhappy with their pricing.

And I broke off a twig with a certain number of leaves upon it, and twined around it a little moss

A great branch broke off a big tree.

The speech broke off because of power failure.

He broke off relations with his family.

He broke off a piece.

He broke off all contact with his family.

He was so angry that he broke off.

"I wonder, " Winsett broke off, "how a Countess happens to live in our slum? "

In February last year a 164- square-mile chunk broke off. Then in May another slab of ice, this time measuring 62 square miles, fell away.

Frank broke off the engagement. We aren't getting married anymore! Frank

These two countries broke off the diplomatic tie

And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed

Also resolutely for broke off his long ear

Beijing broke off military ties early this year

The two men forced open the door of Room 411, broke off the chain and,