She wanted to make a clean break with the past.

她想与过去完全断绝。

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He needed to make a complete break with the past.

他得与过去彻底告别。

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Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture.

为了与过去断得一干二净,这对夫妻丢弃了他们所有的旧家具。

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He said that taking over the Philippines would be a dangerous break with America's past.

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And archaeology supports this picture of merging of peoples, a picture of the merging of peoples, rather than conquest or even large-scale immigration, because the new settlements in this period show such continuity with the past, not a complete break, not the initiation of something radically new.

考古学肯定了民族的融合，多个民族相融合的图景，而不是征服或者是大规模的移民，因为这一时期新的定居表明,与过去的连续继承，而不是完全的断裂，不是完全的新的开始。

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In fact, even stable employment in this sector would be a big break with the past.

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Tory peers' leader Lord Strathclyde said they would be "a clear break with the past".

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Obviously, here in America, the election of an African-American represents a stunning break with the past.

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