Accent and Break

Accent

Accent verb - To indicate the importance of by centering attention on.

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Break and accent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Break" instead a verb "Accent".

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Accent and break are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accent" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

time	accent time	break time
legs	accent legs	break legs

In the episode "Oh My Meat Pie," Alton's British accent would sometimes break back into his normal speaking, or worse, back into his natural southern accent.

Source: Series / Good Eats
Oh, and Rory manages to break a scale model of the lunar module and can't feign an American accent.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S32 E2 "Day of the Moon"
It becomes so annoying that Helen eventually decides to break up with him because of it, but before she can do so, he dumps her because he cannot stand her Southern accent.

Source: Annoying Laugh

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