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  1. etymology - To Break Bread -- the origin of the phrase - English ...

    Feb 5, 2013 · I am looking for the origin of the phrase "break bread" meaning to eat (or, I expect, to share food). I know that it can be sourced to the book of Acts but I have also seen many …

  2. Past Tense of Break Bread - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Apr 22, 2020 · Past Tense of Break Bread Ask Question Asked 5 years, 7 months ago Modified 5 years, 7 months ago

  3. etymology - He took the bread and "brake" it? - English Language ...

    May 11, 2017 · In the King James Version of the Bible, I Corinthians 11:24 says (emphasis mine): And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is …

  4. differences - Break up vs breakup vs break down - English …

    Nov 13, 2014 · break down = break up and breakdown = breakup -- it's just an AmE-BrE difference in usage. Where are you located and where's your reader (target audience) from?

  5. countable nouns - Why is bread uncountable? How do you …

    Jul 29, 2013 · Bread in the sense of a sort of bread in the first sense, is countable, and so you can say the picture shows three breads (a poppy-seed bread, a sesame-seed bread and a plainer …

  6. Break-up vs. Break-down - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Jun 13, 2018 · 'break up' or 'break down' For example: Would you please share 'partwise/item wise cost details' of the invoice you sent us? One of my Language teachers told us that 'break …

  7. etymology - What is the origin of "breaking bad"? - English …

    Feb 24, 2017 · First time "Break Bad" was used in relations to drugs which is what "Breaking Bad" is all about, in in Chicago (Early 70's) by African Americans. They used it to describe how …

  8. Meaning of . . . "fill up on a clean break"

    Oct 23, 2023 · Passage 210 Thence we turned our attention to the table, which stood spread, as if for a meal, with stout ship's crockery and the remains of food—a pot of marmalade, dregs of …

  9. verb agreement - Bread and butter is/are my breakfast? - English ...

    Sep 25, 2014 · Bread and butter (is or are) my breakfast? And what's the difference between the above sentence and saying "My breakfast is bread and butter"? Thanks.

  10. phrases - the meaning of "break character" - English Language

    Apr 5, 2018 · The selection uses three phrases, silent treatment, break character, curtain call. The one you ask about is a verb phrase to break character; the other two are noun phrases. The …