The parents _____________ when they heard the bad news.

• broke out

• broke in

• broke up

• broke down

Answer explanation

break out:

bùng nổ (war)/bùng phát (dịch bệnh);

escape from;

nổi ngứa

break in:

enter legally;

interrupt sb

break up:

end a relationship;

stop being heard (phone)

break down:

hỏng (máy móc);

đổ vỡ/không thành công (sự đàm phán,..)

buồn bã+bắt đầu khóc

 Someone is _________! I heard a window smashing. Call the police!

• breaking down

• breaking off

• breaking in

• breaking away

Patrick had to use a fork to break _______ the soil.

• up

• in

• away

• into

An operator suddenly broke ________ on our telephone conversation.

• down

• up

• off

• in

 It was decided to break ________ diplomatic relations with that country.

• out

• up

• off

• through

 He broke __________ from the organization and set up his own agency.

• away

• down

• through

• with

The lorry broke ___________ the barrier.

• up

• through

• with

• forward

Our car broke _________ after 20 minutes on the road.

• off

• down

• in

• out

He broke ______ the summit meeting before it had got properly started.

• off

• out

• on

Water can break many substances ________ and dissolve them, but that doesn’t happen to oil.

• into

• up

• out

• down