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line
Noun
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A mark that is long, straight and very thin.
She drew a line down the middle of the page to divide the page into two parts.
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A row.
Put the buttons in a straight line on the front of the shirt.
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A row of people who are waiting for something in order; a queue.
You got here last, so you have to stand at the back of the line.
line
Verb
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Someone lines things up when they put them in a straight line or row.
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Someone lines something up when they put it just in the right place or at the edge of something.
Line up the end of the piece of wood with the edge of the table.
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Someone lines up when they start waiting in a line (queue) with other people.
Everyone line up here, please, and I'll help you one at a time.
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Someone lines something when they mark it with one or more lines.
Please line the pitch before the match.
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Someone lines something when they add an inside layer of material (liner) to it.
break
Verb
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If you break something, you make it come apart in a way that cannot easily be put back together, usually by force.
He injured his leg and broke his arm during the crash.
When my brother died, my family broke apart.
The airplane broke apart in the sky over Hawai'i.
When the ice broke underneath me, I said to myself, I'm in trouble.
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If something such as a machine breaks, it stops working because something is wrong.
My car breaks down about once a week.
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If you break a law, rule, promise, etc. you do something that you should not do.
The police can't do anything if no laws are broken.
These are the rules. Don't break the rules and I won't send you home.
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If you break a surface, limit, record, etc., you go beyond it.
In 1954 he set a new record of 3:59.4, breaking the old record by more than five minutes.
Wilson broke barriers for women in journalism at a time when newsrooms were mostly male.
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If you break free or out of something, you could not leave but now you leave.
The police are looking for some prisoners who broke out of the jail.
One of the dogs broke loose and ran at her.
When she closed the door, everyone broke into laughter.
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If you break, you stop for a short time to rest.
We break for coffee at 10:00 every morning.
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If day or morning breaks, it begins.
The day was breaking as they packed up the tent.
Dawn was just breaking when Helga Schneider climbed out of bed.
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If you break something, you stop it suddenly.
The sound of the door closing broke the silence.
I didn't know my father, but with my son, I want to break that cycle of fathers leaving their sons.
The show had been so magical that people didn't want to leave the theater, didn't want to break the spell.
Smoking is such a hard habit to break.
Mike had to leave to break up a fight between Ronni and Bridget.
The rain finally broke on Monday evening.
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If news breaks, it becomes known.
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If your voice breaks, it changes because you are almost crying.
"I wanted to say goodbye before he died", she said, her voice breaking.
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If you break some money, you change a note into coins.
I don't want to break a twenty just to buy matches.
break
Noun
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A break is a time when something stops before starting again.
We get a 15-minute break in the middle of the morning.
I'll phone you during my lunch break.
We're going to take a one-minute commercial break and we'll be right back.
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A break (up) is an end of a relationship.
We didn't see each other for years after the break up.
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A break is a space between something continuous.
The sun shone through a break in the clouds.
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A break is a situation in which things are not as difficult.
That job opening up just when she finished school was a lucky break for her.
Give me a break.
The new law would give middle-income families a $2,000 tax break.
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A break is a place where something is broken.
The break in his leg could be seen clearly on the x-ray.
style
Noun
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A style is a specific look, design, or way of dressing or acting.
I don't understand why the styles in fashion magazines are always changing.
We have a new manager, but her style is much more friendly than the old guy.
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A style is a traditional or legal term referring to a person who holds a title or post.
He styled himself the Count of Monte Cristo.