romper
break ; break down ; rupture ; rip off ; fracture ; rip.
The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.
It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.
Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.
He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.
He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.
algo que rompe la armonía
a blot on the landscape
The priest is just another body, however, a dark blot on the landscape, a mere spectator who becomes transparent in the eyes of his flock.
al romper el día
at the crack of dawn
at the break of dawn
at the break of day
And at the crack of dawn all that's left now is the occasional sound of sea gulls.
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window, and I'll be gone.
The singing of the birds woke us up at the break of day.
día + romper
day + break
It was our morning watch; when, soon after the day began to break, a man on the forecastle called out, 'Land ho!'.
estar a punto de romper a hervir
be at boiling point
Two hours later and the heat in the room was at boiling point.
la avaricia rompe el saco
grasp all, lose all
But in fact it is a classic case of 'grasp all, lose all' - if Wales had been less greedy, they would have gone for the draw.
la codicia rompe el saco
grasp all, lose all
But in fact it is a classic case of 'grasp all, lose all' - if Wales had been less greedy, they would have gone for the draw.
que no se rompe en mil pedazos
shatterproof
The article is entitled 'The Glass Ceiling in Social Work: Is It Shatterproof?'.
que rompe la armonía [Nombre y adjetivo]
eyesore
He argues for special attention to faculty offices, landscaping, 'green' architecture, preservation of heritage buildings, removal of eyesore buildings, and safety.
romper a carcajadas
break out with + laugh
The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
romper aguas
Posesivo + waters + break
Posesivo + waters + break
If your waters do break before you go into labour, don't panic - put on a sanitary pad for protection.
If your waters do break before you go into labour, don't panic - put on a sanitary pad for protection.
romper a hervir
reach + boiling point
Such a lengthy boiling period is necessary in order to ensure that all the water has reached boiling point.
romper a reír
bubble over in + a laugh
burst out + laughing
explode into + laughter
Rood bubbled over in another laugh = Rood rompió a reír otra vez.
Kitano burst out laughing to cover her obvious blushing embarrassment, and she was soon encircled with laughter.
They both exploded into laughter, thereby releasing the pent-up tension.
romper barreras
break down + boundaries
break down + borders
These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages.
It is becoming increasingly essential to break down borders and co-exist, while maintaining individual business differentiation.
romper completamente
break off
After cooling, the plate and mould were removed from the box and the plaster was broken off and discarded.
romper completamente con
make + a clean break with
This is the time when new standards were adopted for the accreditation of US library schools thus making a clean break with 19th century unwritten standards.
romper con
break out of
break through
step away from
break away from
break up with
Librarians must make an effort to break out of their insularity by imbibing foreign experience.
Is there a glass ceiling for librarians? If so, what's the best way to break through it?.
In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.
After breaking up with Luke several months ago, she is reported having a special romance with an aspiring actor named Leo.
romper con la tradición
make + break with tradition
break with + tradition
It was the same Wilson who made the first deliberate break with the Aldine tradition in the 1750s with a fine double pica greek which was intended for use with no more than a few ligatures and with none of the old contractions.
Don't be afraid to be innovative for fear of breaking long held traditions.
romper con una amenaza
slay + dragon
This article discusses how librarians can slay these dragons by backing their arguments for more resources for youth through carefully collected data.
romper el equilibrio
tip + the scales
If, however, there was a perceived value in providing online access to the index, this would tip the scales in favour of automation.
romper el hervor
reach + boiling point
Such a lengthy boiling period is necessary in order to ensure that all the water has reached boiling point.
romper el hielo
break + the ice
That way, it's totally safe and also totally easy to break the ice and find things to chat about.
romper el molde
break + the mould
Companies that are breaking the mould are moving beyond corporate social responsibility to social innovation.
romper el molde tradicional
break out of + the traditional mould
This paper offers advice to help librarians break out of the traditional mould and plan effective programmes for young adults.
romper el silencio
break + the hush
break + silence
crack + the silence
Finally, Marsha James broke the hush.
The article 'Break your silence: a call to Asian Indian children's writers' examines children's literature written in English by Asian Indian writers or their spouses who live, or have lived, in America.
Then after a minute that seemed like 10, Modjeski cracked the silence.
romper en pedazos
tear + Nombre + to bits
According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits = Según un mito sobre las fases lunares, el malvado dios Seth le arrancó el ojo a Horus y lo rompió en pedazos.
romper esquemas
break + the mould
Companies that are breaking the mould are moving beyond corporate social responsibility to social innovation.
romper filas
break + ranks
My feeling is that Labor is hitting Boren more as a warning shot to others who might be considering breaking ranks.
romper la barrera del sonido
break + the sound barrier
The article 'Breaking the sound barrier: starting and maintaining an audiobook collection' shows that the percentage of households that uses spoken word audio has grown to 17 percent.
romper la huelga
cross + the picket line
By October about 40 percent of the striking journalists had crossed the picket line.
romper la mala suerte
get + a break
get + a lucky break
She finally got a break playing an actress who must choose between a career and marriage.
His dad finally got a lucky break, and working in a law firm is a pretty big break.
romper la monotonía
relieve + monotony
Her purpose by doing this was to relieve the monotony of rows and rows of books in strict author (fiction) or classified (non-fiction) order.
romper las barreras
breach + boundaries
breach + barriers
The reading shows McKemmish breaching the boundaries of a wilderness for too long neglected by the record keeping professions.
The information society will see the barriers between work, play, home and office breached.
romper las cadenas de la esclavitud
cast off + Posesivo + chains
She actually had an impulse to go and tell the staff to cast off their chains; she did not, however, yield to it.
romper las ilusiones
shatter + Posesivo + hopes
The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
romper los esquemas
think out(side) + (of) the box
Metrosexuals are an emerging breed of men who think outside the box of male stereotypes.
romper los lazos con
sever + Posesivo + links with
sever + Posesivo + ties with
break + ties with
SLIS experiences of the immediate past and present han not persuaded them to sever their links with librarianship.
Those civil servants leave the United Kingdom to work in a Community institution automatically sever their ties with their own government service.
Adolescents do not seek to break ties with parents or adults so much as to revise their relationships in a more adult direction.
romper moldes
break + the mould
Companies that are breaking the mould are moving beyond corporate social responsibility to social innovation.
romper + Posesivo + palabra
break + Posesivo + word
Obama has only broken his word once since he took office.
romperse
snap off
crack up
The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically - at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.
The truth is that Europe is cracking up along four fault lines: its values, the euro, foreign policy and leadership.
romperse el cuello
break + Posesivo + neck
Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 when he was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition.
romperse la cabeza
puzzle + Reflexivo
scratch + Posesivo + head
rack + Posesivo + brains
So we see many wits and ingenuities lying scattered up and down the world, whereof some are now labouring to do what is already done and puzzling themselves to reinvent what is already invented.
In economic reports month after month, the Democrats and rocket scientists scratch their heads and wonder why job creation is too low.
She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.
romper tajantemente con
make + a clean break with
This is the time when new standards were adopted for the accreditation of US library schools thus making a clean break with 19th century unwritten standards.
romper un acuerdo
sever + arrangement
Beilstein have severed their long standing marketing arrangement with Springer-Verlag.
romper una lanza en favor de
stick up for
He states that he has always admired Woody Allen, explaining that when he first saw his films he was happy to see that someone was sticking up for the little guy.
romper una promesa
go back on
break + Posesivo + promise
The Commission has downgraded university librarians in terms of both pay and academic status, thus going back on a right granted as early as 1960.
Their promise to let their daughter pierce her navel in exchange for good grades risk far more by breaking their promise than by allowing the piercing.
romper una relación
break off + relationship
sever + connection
The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
Changes in library and information science education are severing the historical connection with library work and its female workforce.
romper un contrato
break + a contract
Can you landlord break the contract and give us 30 days to move out?.
romper un lazo
sever + connection
Changes in library and information science education are severing the historical connection with library work and its female workforce.
