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■ break upA v. i. + avv.1 spezzarsi; andare in pezzi; rompersi; sfasciarsi: The boat broke up on the rocks, è andata a infrangersi sugli scogli2 ( di relazione) finire, fallire; ( di una coppia) lasciarsi, rompere: Mary has broken up with her boyfriend, Mary ha rotto col suo ragazzo3 ( di riunione, ecc.) sciogliersi; interrompersi; finire; terminare; ( di assembramento) disperdersi; ( di combattenti) separarsi, staccarsi; ( di famiglia) sfasciarsi, disperdersi; (mil.) sbandarsi: The party broke up, il gruppo si è sciolto; la festa è finita; At night the demonstrators broke up, a sera i dimostranti si dispersero5 (di scuola, ecc., GB) chiudere per le vacanze: When does your school ( o do you) break up?, quando cominciate le vacanze?6 ( di persona) crollare; cedere; andare in pezzi: He's not one to break up under the strain, non è il tipo da crollare sotto lo sforzo7 (fam.) scoppiare a ridere; sbellicarsi (dalle risa)B v. t. + avv.1 rompere in pezzi; fare a pezzi; spezzare; spezzettare: to break up a bar of chocolate, spezzettare una tavoletta di cioccolato; to break up a loaf into chunks, fare a pezzi una pagnotta5 smembrare; disgregare; smantellare; disperdere; sciogliere (una riunione, ecc.); mettere fine a; disperdere; (mil.) sbandare: to break up a home, disgregare una famiglia; distruggere un ambiente familiare (o un focolare); to break up an organization, smantellare un'organizzazione; to break up a company, smembrare una società; to break up a business, liquidare un'azienda; to break up a gathering, sciogliere un assembramento; The police broke up the demonstration, la polizia disperse la folla dei dimostranti; to break up a fight, metter fine a una rissa; Break it up!, (a litiganti, ecc.) separatevi !; smettetela!6 suddividere; frazionare; scomporre ( anche mat.): to break up a job into a series of activities, suddividere un lavoro in una serie di attività; to break up an estate, frazionare una proprietà; to break up a sentence into clauses, scomporre un periodo in frasi7 prostrare; far crollare; distruggere: The news of her death broke him up, la notizia della sua morte lo ha prostrato8 (fam.) far morire dal ridere; far sbellicare (dalle risa)
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