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burst English

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burst

If something bursts, it breaks open because of pressure from the inside. I was driving west on the highway, when my front left tire burst. When the bell rang, the school door burst open and the children came out running.

burst

An explosion or blast. There was a burst of laughter from the audience when the clown slipped on the banana peel. A burst of brilliant music greeted the newlyweds when they walked into the ball room.

burst

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure The bubble burst (= explode) burst outward, usually with noise The champagne bottle exploded (= break, erupt) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up break into tears erupt in anger (= explosion) the act of exploding or bursting the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft move suddenly, energetically, or violently He burst out of the house into the cool night emerge suddenly The sun burst into view (= abound, bristle) be in a state of movement or action The room abounded with screaming children The garden bristled with toddlers (= fusillade) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise (= fit) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) a burst of applause a fit of housecleaning break open or apart suddenly and forcefully The dam burst (= outburst) a sudden intense happening an outburst of heavy rain a burst of lightning cause to burst The ice broke the pipe

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Simple sentences

Mary burst into the kitchen.
They burst into tears.
They all burst out laughing.
The dam burst and water flooded the valley.
As soon as we saw what Tom was wearing, we all burst out laughing.
The burglar burst into his house.
I burst into tears.
Shouts of joy burst forth.
The pupils burst out laughing.
All at once the bride burst into laughter.
Everybody burst into laughter.
Marcy burst into tears on hearing the news, but soon pulled herself together.
When they heard the story, they burst into laughter.
The girl burst into tears.
The young man burst into laughter.
The little girl, deeply moved by the old man's pitiful story, burst into tears.
The little girl burst into tears.
The young girl burst into tears.
The instant the girl saw her mother, she burst out crying.
The vase burst into fragments.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Don't burst into the room without knocking.
When Nicole heard that her favorite singer had died, she burst into tears.
The door burst open.
The child burst out crying.
On hearing the bad news, she burst into tears.
John burst into laughter when he was watching TV.

Movie subtitles

If you open it. I'm going to burst!
It's as if she came from nowhere and has been invisible until the coffin burst open.
The lake has burst its banks.
Appendix had not burst.
I'll burst with it if I don't.
When you go back to your father you can burst open the.
They burst on us from ambush.
Then today, they make me a speech, they give me a cake and I burst out of tears.
I could burst into tears any minute.
Frankly, my dear Senators, when Mr Kenneth Allen burst into my office and proved that Jeff Smith had a deed to that site, I was dumbfounded.
One night, he burst into our house.
In fact, they had burst.
That accidental death that called me from your dinner last night. was another burst heart.
The very name of Frankenstein burst his heart.
What makes you think you have the right to burst in here?
I'll burst with it if I don't. It's weird and fantastic and unbelievable but so beautiful.
If I tell you now what I dreamed, you'll go ballistic and burst from jealousy.
I shouldn't have written you as I did, Mr. Holmes and then burst in, in this melodramatic way but I had to see you.
Darling, I'll burst until I get the details, but I've got to see that filthy doctor.
Look, what did you expect me to do? Burst into tears and beg you to forgive me?
Sit down before you burst a blood vessel.
Why, I love everybody so much I' fit to burst sometimes.
Yes. My father'd burst a blood vessel if he heard you say that.
As for Gudule, thinking of her wretched condition, she burst into tears.
Why, I love everybody so much I'm fit to burst sometimes.
I burst with pride when I recall Johnathan's contribution to Pyncheon tradition.
My father'd burst a blood vessel if he heard you say that.
He would have burst out laughing!
Turn off the lights the minute we burst into the room.
Stop it Lenoir, or you'll have me burst into tears!
She's so proud she could burst.
He walked around with a burst appendix for three days, because he promised his wife he'd take her to a square dance.
His eyes seemed ready to burst and spurt blood.
You'll burst bragging, Timofey.
My insides burst.

News and current affairs

And, while the cloud over the eurozone may be the largest to burst, it is not the only one threatening the global economy.
After the burst of growth that arrived with hyperinflation's end, growth slowed, partly because firms in the country couldn't get adequate finance.
That bubble has burst.
Those bubbles may keep expanding, or may burst, leaving many homeowners mired in debt.
The bubble has now burst, and these economies are heading into a steep recession.
The Cold War had lasted so long that change seemed unimaginable until freedom burst forth.
But another housing bubble is not imminent in countries where one just burst.
Second, predicting the exact timing of a break point (when bubbles burst, markets lock up, and credit freezes) is, and will likely remain, beyond our ability.
Exaggerated importance is one kind of bubble that central bankers should always be eager to burst.
So, with emerging market economies from Russia to Brazil mired in recession, will the bubble burst?
Perhaps Asian real currency values will rise sharply as a result of a burst of inflation in Asia.
When Hu also cancelled the traditional closed-door summer caucus of old Party elders that takes place each year at the beach resort of Beidaihe, hopes were raised that political reform might actually burst forth.
They made the bubble burst.
Japanese were told to socialize the losses their banking system incurred when Japan's bubble burst, then re-privatize those parts of it that could still succeed as going concerns and liquidate the rest.
We do not want to inflate another asset-price bubble on the scale of the one that burst in 2007-2008.
Both bubbles have long since burst, and US households are now dealing with post-bubble financial devastation - namely, underwater assets, record-high debt, and profound shortages of savings.
When those bubbles burst, consumers were left with a massive overhang of excess debt and subpar saving.
Now that the bubble has burst, America's current economic downturn is likely to be far worse than previous ones, because US enterprises will have to be rebuilt, slowly and carefully.
The predictability bubble is perhaps the trickiest to navigate, though my instinct is that less would be more. Exaggerated importance is one kind of bubble that central bankers should always be eager to burst.
His inference was that, unless Party leaders were careful, this capitalist bird would literally burst out of its socialist cage, spelling an end to China's Marxist-Leninist revolution.
The excessive boom of the US stock market led to over-investment in the United States and a subsequent US recession when the bubble finally burst.

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