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Stanley broke off the tip of his best knife trying to open a bottle of beer with it.

He broke off talking because of the sudden noise.

She broke off her engagement to Ted after she realized he had a drinking problem.

She broke off her engagement in a fit of anger.

In December of 1977, the government of Egypt broke off relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen, all opponents of its peace initiatives with Israel.

He broke off in the middle of his speech.

She broke off her engagement to Ted after she realized he had a drinking problem.

He was making a speech, but he broke off when he heard a se noise.

We broke off our conversation.

To their astonishment a short, broad-shouldered man who had remained near them, and who had attracted the attention of all, by his commanding figure and fine, manly face, sprang to the parapet with the agility of a cat, broke off some of the blossoms, and returning, presented a spray to each of the ladies with the utmost grace.

I took a stick of sealing-wax, broke off a piece and put it on a small mirror, which was lying on the mantelpiece.

The wall began to crumble and shake down in wet clods and crumblings, and at the burst of one shell close out in front, a large piece broke off the front edge and fell in, followed by a miniature landslide of falling earth.

He broke off and lathered again lightly his farther cheek.

He broke off in alarm, feeling his side under his flapping shirt.

She broke off suddenly.

" As he said this he crept from under his bush, and broke off a bough covered with thick leaves to hide his nakedness.

Moreover, in the event of divorce, or even of an attempt to obtain a divorce, it was obvious that the wife broke off all relations with the husband and threw in her lot with the lover.

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