Make-break operation

make [mek]

vt. 做，制造;生产，制定;使成为;使产生; vi. 开始;尝试;行进;增大; n. 制造;生产量;性格;形状，样式;

break [breik]

vt. （使）破;打破（纪录）;（常指好天气）突变;开始; vi. （嗓音）突变;突破;破晓;（价格）突然下跌; n. 破裂;中间休息;间断;短假;

operation [,ɑpə'reʃən]

n. 操作，经营;手术;[数]运算;作用;

oper 工作 + ation 表示行为、状态、过程 → n.操作；手术；运算

How much do stamps cost?

邮票多少钱？

I'm really sorry, but I seem to have misplaced your scarf.

真对不起，我忘记把你的围巾对丢在什么地方了。

The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in Leningrad. Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous other creatures that are found at Rancho la Brea,which is now just a suburb of Los

这头长毛象已被修复，现存于圣彼得堡古生物学博物馆。有的动物掉进天然沥清坑里被保存下来，如在兰桥。拉。布里 -- 现在是洛杉矶的郊区发现的大象、剑齿虎和许多其他动物。