break in

1. (intransitive)To enter a place by force or illicit means.

   Someone broke in and stole his radio.

   einbrechen, einsteigen

   вла́мыватьсяvlámyvatʹsja

2. (transitive)To smash (something) by forcing it inward.

   break so as to fall inward

3. (ambitransitive, ergative, idiomatic)To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change.

   These shoes will be more comfortable after they have broken in.

   These shoes will be more comfortable after I have broken them in.

   einlaufen, einfahren, eingewöhnen

   разнашиватьraznašivatʹ, обкатыватьobkatyvatʹ

4. (idiomatic, transitive)Starting something brand new or at a new level.

   He broke in with the New York Yankees.

   einsteigen (job / coll.), anfangen

5. (transitive)To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.

   zureiten, (den Willen) brechen

   укроща́тьukroščátʹ, объезжа́тьobʺjezžátʹ, дрессирова́тьdressirovátʹ

   make submissive, obedient, or useful

6. (colloquial, transitive)To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower.

7. (intransitive)To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking.

   ins Wort fallen

8. (slang, transitive)To initiate a new person into prostitution or prison sex acts.

1. Break this glass in case of fire.

   Розбийте це скло у разі пожежи.

   ruРазбейте это стекло в случае пожара.

   deZerschlagen Sie diese Scheibe im Falle eines Brandes.

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2. Are you going to break in?

   deWirst du einbrechen?

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3. Somebody was trying to break in.

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4. Did you have to break in?

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5. My leg was broken in a traffic accident.

   ruЯ сломал ногу в автоаварии.

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irregular · Lesson

• break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
• break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
• break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
• break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
• break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
• break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
• break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
• break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.