Today write sentences with "break away"

Question

Hello everyone. I think phrasal verbs are one of the most difficult to many English learners because most of them do not have a literal translation. So I have decided to learn one or two phrasal verbs every day. And I know you can help me with that, but you also need to learn Spanish, so please write the sentence in English using the PV then try it in Spanish. Then I will correct your sentence (the Spanish sentence, of course); we will help each other out. Today write sentences with "break away".

Hi Luis. A little correction...phrasal verbs are some of the most... - katydew, May 28, 2012

Thanks my friend. - luisssito, May 28, 2012

Answer 1

We had most of the play but they had 3 lucky breakaway tries in the first half.

Tuvimos la mayor parte de la obra,pero ellos tenían tres intentos secesionistas afortunados en la primera mitad

Tuvimos la mayor parte de la obra,pero ellos tenían tres intentos secesionistas afortunados en la primera mitad. - luisssito, May 28, 2012

Gracias Luis!:):) - rac1, May 29, 2012

Answer 2

Two of the members of the group broke away to form a band of their own. The group split up in the nineties.

Dos de los miembros se separaron del grupo para formar su propia banda. El grupo se escindió en los años noventa,

Can I say:Two of the members broke away "from" the group toform a band of their own - luisssito, May 29, 2012

I have learnt to use "break away from".Thanks a lot for let me know another form to use it(without from). - luisssito, May 29, 2012

you sure can - both work fine :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 29, 2012

Answer 3

The young man had to break away from his family to heal from the hurts of his abusive parents.

El joven tuvo había que separase de su familia para curarse sanar de las heridas de sus padres abusivos.

El joven tuvo que separarse de su familia para curarse de las heridas de sus abusivos padres(padres abusivos is also ok.). - luisssito, May 28, 2012

Thanks Luis for the comment corrections. - katydew, May 28, 2012

Answer 4

Me encanta la película, Secretariat, porque el caballo se separó del retador, nunca perdió la ventaja, y ganó la carrera de Belmont y The Triple Crown.

I love the movie, Secretariat, because the horse broke away from the challenger, never lost the lead, and won the Belmont race and the Triple Crown.

I loved the movie, too. - katydew, May 28, 2012

well done Bandit . - luisssito, May 28, 2012

Muchas gracias, Katy y Luissito! - bandit51jd, May 28, 2012

Answer 5

I have to break away from the noisy crowd.

Tengo que irme de la gente ruidosa.

Answer 6

After eating pizza and french fries, my face broke out.

Después de comer pizza y papas fritas, my cara estalló en espinillas.

Ohh that`s another use to"break out",thanks a lot .(.....,mi cara...) - luisssito, May 29, 2012

Instead of estalló is a bit better to say......me salió espinillas en la cara. - luisssito, May 29, 2012

Answer 7

Because of the earthquakes and endless rains these days, I want to break away somewhere else.

A causa de los terremotos y lluvias infinitas de éstos días, quiero escapar a algún lugar.

Hi Silvia:) A causa(a causa de =debido a=because of) de los terremotos y lluvias infinitas de éstos días ,quiero escapar a algún lugar. - luisssito, May 29, 2012

¡Muchas gracias, Luis!:) - Silvia_Tcherneva, May 29, 2012

Answer 8

A sheep broke away after hearing a dog barking.

Una oveja se escapó tras escuchar ladrar a un perro.

Might be better to write 'a sheep' - sinsonte, May 28, 2012

Hi Julis. - luisssito, May 28, 2012

Thanks sinsonte! - Juliss, May 28, 2012

Hi Luisito, what's up? :D - Juliss, May 28, 2012

Here for a while .what about you? - luisssito, May 28, 2012

Same here. I was checking some lessons on the net and listening to music, but now I'm hungry, so I'll go to dinner :) - Juliss, May 28, 2012

Generally, sheep are in a group, especially if there is a guard dog. The use of "the sheep" would indicate this. - bandit51jd, May 28, 2012

Also, "when they heard" would indicate "the sheep" is plural. - bandit51jd, May 28, 2012

Thanks bandit. I've just noticed that sheep is singular and also plural. Now I get why my sentence is confusing. So in this case, if I mean one of the sheep broke away I must use "a sheep" or "one sheep"? - Juliss, May 28, 2012

That's right Juliss. A sheep or one sheep makes it clear you are only talking about one sheep, but you'd need to say "...when it heard a.... Since The sheep broke away is in the past, it would sound better to say, "away after hearing..." - katydew, May 28, 2012

Thanks katy =) I get it now and I will correct my sentence now :D. - Juliss, May 29, 2012

I'm not sure about everyone else Juliss but to me the tenses seem a little uneven - try - the sheep broke away when they heard ..... - Kiwi-Girl, May 29, 2012

But if I mean one of the sheep? (in singular) :( - Juliss, May 29, 2012