How native speakers pronounce “break”

in the darkest of skies, there will come a break in the clouds. I don't think that it's naive at all to look for joy in the everyday.

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(Laughter) "Give me a break." (Laughter)

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of zinc plates, which I planned to engrave over the break. Have you ever traveled with a bag of

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possible, so that when a child makes a break for it, you have the maximum opportunity to catch her.

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Likewise, at 21 or 25 or even 29, one good conversation, one good break, one good TED Talk, can have an enormous effect

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Taliban to Taliban. So why does peace break down when we do everything we think we're supposed to do?

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so you can maintain personal space and be sane for each other. It's OK if you want to break tradition and create a new last name. It's OK if you want to share your love on social media,

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And we are at an inflection point. We either break this cycle or condemn both our people to a perpetual state of loss,

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Major transitions fail when the parts break before they can adapt. And for us to make it to a merger with AI,

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You’re just one Roman Empire history final away from a relaxing spring break. But you still have so much to study!

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you don't need another achievement. You need a break. OK?

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(Applause) You need a break long enough to look around, take stock and feel gratitude for what you've already built.

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what can't he do? Checks and balances don't just bend, they break. I was hired to kill it.

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increases your risk of experiencing the other two. Fortunately, there are ways to break the cycle of sleeplessness. Managing the stress that leads to hyperarousal

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upward feedback with your boss to doctor patient-interactions, those moments where you need to break in and say, "Yeah, for the last 20 minutes,

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but you smile and say thank you and then, you know, go on your way. It takes a lot to break that interpersonal cycle. And to do that,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

which is often what it actually means? We have to break it down into the specifics, and that could include things like,

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even in dyadic interpersonal relationships. And so to break that cycle, you have to start small, you need to start neutral.

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It's kind of like exercising a muscle. You have to break down the muscle mass before it rebuilds its strength. You're sore, and then you're strong.

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people who care about your well-being as much as you care about theirs, who will turn toward you and say, "You need a break. I'm going to help you with this. I'm going to step in in that way,"

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and set better boundaries inevitably break down. It's like we're shielding ourselves from the sun with a cocktail umbrella.

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So, it has to break and then it rebuilds stronger.

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The amount of agency this results in is very different. Even more, characters can break the fourth wall for every individual viewer.

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

that tried really hard to convince a “New York Times” reporter to break up with his wife. Well, that's a completely different love triangle

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and the reason why I became a lifelong advocate for peace. He came home from winter break. He went to a party with some of his friends

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for Laborers it also limited their lunch break to one hour and no longer in 1391 the city started imposing curfews

Timekeeping

from electronic distractions the first person to break the spell by reaching for their device pays the bill

Connect

To say nothing of the fact that if you're a remotely piloted system, all you have to do is break the remote part and everything falls apart.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

(Laughs) So what was meant to break me did not break me, it built me up. I believed that man, I believed what he said.

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to do something that is so trivial and so frivolous. And again, this is the narrative that we have to break down. We have to understand that art is activism,

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sort of unpredictable and he's going to break a lot of China including some literally uh isn't that you know the top

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that we're only going to figure out you know where things break when they break uh and we are heading in that direction

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Now linguistically, we can break this down into two parts: into receiving humor

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Julie: If you get flooded, here's what's crucial. You stop immediately and call for a break, then say when you'll come back to continue the conversation.

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That's really important. And during the break, do not think about the fight. Instead, simply self-soothe and then come back at the designated time.

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Like, that is the history of Silicon Valley. CA: Move fast and break things. CC: You know what, though?

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Is this a form of relationship imposter syndrome? And how do couples break out of that mold? SRYA: Ooh, that's a good question.

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handle brakes and she goes like this to to break because she's at the bottom and the handlebars came off the bike.

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about your best friends, or, "They want us to break up. They're totally against us" about your family.

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they shut you down and accuse you of overreacting. "Why are you so sensitive? What's your problem. Give me a break." You are silenced by these words.

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

It seems pretty obvious, but your partner should have your back. Their words should build you up, not break you down. They should keep your secrets and be loyal.

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

the more unhealthy and maybe dangerous your relationship could be. And if your instinct is to break up and leave, which is advice so many of us give our friends

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that her body is more than battlefield. More than bone break and bleeding bigotry. More than bridge over your troubled conscience.

"Wild Women" | Sunni Patterson

the following day, I had an older gentleman walk up and try to break Tova's arm right off of its body. Exactly.

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What did you do for women in the year it was time? This path you made for me, which bones had to break? Did you do enough, and are you OK, momma?

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Well, this separation is starting to change. AI is about to break free from the 2D computer screen interactions and enter a vibrant, physical 3D world.

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you couldn't use that construction unless you are a lunatic and you went out looking to break your arm -- (Laughter)

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we are actually peering into its biology. So with that short introduction, let me break down the science for you. As you may know, every cell in our body shares the same genetic code

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or if I'm measuring how conducting different types of materials are, or even if I'm just using my hands to see how hard it is to break different thicknesses of materials.

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So at first, none of them wanted to touch it. They'd been told for so long not to break things that they're accustomed to just passive using.

How to spark your curiosity, scientifically | Nadya Mason

Can you make a hypothesis and test it? But they still didn't want to break it open. They wanted to take it home with them, really.

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and circulating stress hormones that wear away our happiness and break down different body systems. Well, what kinds of relationships seem essential to well-being?

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How much to accommodate society by constraining ourselves, and how much to break the limits of what constitutes a valid life?

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This is also when I learned the value of a well-placed happy hour or coffee break. So I realized it was really important for me to establish a human connection

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but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.

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Because from what I’ve seen, it just might be. If our civilization is going to bend rather than break as we face the turbulence of the coming decades,

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