| A | B |
| break bread (v.) | eat a meal |
| "break a leg" (expr.) | wish someone "good luck" in the theater |
| break into (v.) | enter a locked building or storage |
| break off (v.) | stop in the middle |
| break wind (v.) | nice way to say "fart" |
| break out (v.) | develop acne, pimples, or a rash |
| break up (v.) | stop an activity or separate a group |
| break away (v.) | leave a group or activity |
| break with tradition (v.) | drop tradition and do something new |
| break down (v.) | take apart in pieces |