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  • This is the Rachel’s English 30-Day Challenge!

  • Learn 30 phrasal verbs in 30 days!

  • Jumpstart your vocabulary in 2017.

  • Today is Day 13 and we're studying phrasal verbs withbreak”.

  • This topic is so big I’ve had to break it into two videos.

  • Today is Day 2.

  • I hope this video will help you have a breakthrough with phrasal verbs.

  • Let’s get started.

  • Break off means to separate:

  • break off a piece of chocolate.

  • Part of my tooth broke off in a skiing accident.

  • To break off can also mean to end a relationship:

  • My mom thinks I should break it off with Doug.

  • Break out can mean to start suddenly:

  • a fire broke out in the kitchen.

  • The war broke out right after he graduated.

  • She broke out in song at the party.

  • And, if youll remember, break in means to enter illegally.

  • Break out means to exit illegally, like jail.

  • I don’t know how they did it, but two men broke out of jail.

  • It can also mean to serve something:

  • It’s almost midnight, let’s break out the champagne!

  • We also use this phrase with skin irritations and acne.

  • Of course I broke out right before my wedding.

  • Or, we can use it with in: break out in.

  • I broke out in a cold sweat before my speech.

  • I was really nervous about it.

  • We use break through for having a success,

  • and we use it a lot as a noun,

  • one word with no space,

  • breakthrough.

  • He believes he’s close to a big breakthrough with his research.

  • We also use break through with barriers:

  • when playing Red Rover, you have to break through the other team’s line.

  • Break up: now this one is sad.

  • This is when a relationship ends.

  • Joe and I broke up last week.

  • Or, I think I’m going to break up with Sam.

  • We also use this with cell phones all the time: if the connection isn’t good,

  • if you keep not hearing parts of what the other person is saying, you might say, “

  • What? Youre breaking up.”

  • It can also mean to separate in general:

  • Let’s break up into small groups to discuss the play.

  • You have to break up the bread for this recipe.

  • If you break with something, that means you reject something, like a tradition.

  • Were going to break with tradition this year and stay home for the holidays.

  • Break away,

  • break down,

  • break in,

  • break off,

  • break out,

  • break through,

  • break up,

  • and break with.

  • That’s a lot of phrasal verbs.

  • Breakbegins with the BR consonant cluster.

  • Your tongue can be in position for the R,

  • Rr

  • as you start the B.

  • The position for the R is:

  • front of tongue pulled back and up.

  • Rr,

  • lips flare.

  • Rr, Rr, Rr

  • Some language groups mix this up with the L,

  • bl, bl

  • where the tongue tip is here at the roof of the mouth,

  • ll,

  • Rr,

  • we want the tip pulled back and up

  • Br-.

  • Break.

  • Then we have the AY as in SAY diphthong.

  • Ay

  • For this, the jaw drops more for the beginning of the sound,

  • and less for the end of the sound.

  • Ayy.

  • Brea.

  • At the end, keep your tongue tip down,

  • but arch the front part of the tongue towards the front of the roof of the mouth.

  • Ayy,

  • Brea-k.

  • And to end, a K sound.

  • Back of the tongue lifts up and touches the soft palate, then pulls away.

  • Kk

  • Break.

  • Break.

  • The word sounds just like this word, brake.

  • They're homophones.

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