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Terms for subject Historical containing breaking | all forms | exact matches only
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break down the barriers between the emperor and his subjectsразрушить барьеры между императором и его подданными (CNN, 2019 Alex_Odeychuk)
break on the wheelколесовать
breaking the buck"опустить ниггера"
breaking the buck"сломать ниггера" (Sagging of trousers has a very long history that runs back to the days of slavery. "breaking the buck" was a process in which slave masters punished slaves who were thought of as renegades. The slave would be beaten in front of a slave congregation, forced to stand on top of a tree stump with his britches completely removed to expose him to the entire gathering. He'd then be sodomized by the master and his guests. After that, the slave would be forced to wear his trousers sagging as a testimony that he was "broken")