After promising to keep the book for me, he broke his word and sold it to someone else.

他答应把书留给我之后，却食言而把它卖给了别人。

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The two were on vacation in Rome this past March when word of Bear Stearns's own cash crisis broke.

三月，当贝尔·斯登自己的现金危机爆发之时这两个人正在罗马渡假。

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The BBC "ain't broke", they say, by which they mean it is not broken (as distinct from the word "broke", meaning having no money), so why bother to change it?

他们说英国广播公司“没有破产”，他们的意思是说它没有垮掉(broken和单词broke是有区别的，broke的意思是没有钱)，那为什么还要自找麻烦去改变它呢？

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Romney should unequivocally say that Obama broke his word and dramatically increased deportation rates, causing family separation.

CNN: How Romney can win over Latino voters

It first broke its word as early as last December when it blew up a van at Madrid airport, killing two Ecuadoreans.

ECONOMIST: Spain and ETA

He not only misled Americans about the nature of the mandate but also broke his word about raising taxes on the middle class.

FORBES: Roberts Calls Mandate What Obama Swore It Was Not -- A Tax