Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Australia, UK)A short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk.

    Teepause

    переры́в на чайpererýv na čaj

    a short break from work

  2. (Australia)A short rest break which an employee is entitled to take, shorter in duration than a lunchbreak

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Let's take a tea break.

    ruДавайте сделаем перерыв на чай. — shanghainese

    deMachen wir eine Teepause! — Manfredo

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  2. We took a tea break.

    Ми зробили міні-перерву. — deniko

    ruМы сделали перерыв на чай. — Wezel

    deWir legten eine Teepause ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Let's have a tea break somewhere around there.

    deLasst uns dort irgendwo eine Teepause machen. — samueldora

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  4. I like to leave work after my eight-hour tea-break.

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  5. Tom took a tea break.

    deTom legte eine Teepause ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk:

Forms

plural: tea breaks
Singulartea break
Pluraltea breaks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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