She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces.

她把盘子掉在地上打碎了。

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The bowl with rice dropped and broke into pieces.

盛着米饭的碗掉了下来，摔成了碎片。

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Suddenly the bottle fell down onto the floor and broke into pieces.

突然，瓶子掉在地上摔成了碎片。

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Volcanic activity broke the large island into pieces that came to the surface of the sea over time.

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So to just preface what we're going to do next time, what would happen if I wanted to do sort, and rather than in sorting the entire list at once, I broke it into pieces, and sorted the pieces, and then just figured out a very efficient way to bring those two pieces and merge them back together again?

所以为了引导下一次,我们要讲的内容,如果我想做排序,而且不是一次吧整个列表排完,会发生什么，我把它拆成小的列表,然后把各个小列表排序,接着用高效的方法再把小的列表？

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The test broke the satellite apart into at least two thousand eight hundred identifiable pieces.

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The car broke into pieces, including tires and a fiery engine.

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It broke into pieces -- including tires and a fiery engine.

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Police, soldiers and villagers had a hard time reaching the wreckage of the bus which broke into several pieces.

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