Break and Shot

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Break noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

Usage example: in classic fashion, her big break came when, as an understudy, she took over for an ailing star

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Shot is a synonym for break in luck topic. In some cases you can use "Shot" instead a noun "Break", when it comes to topics like lucky happening.

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

Shot noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

Usage example: we have a real shot at getting into the championship if we win this next match

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Break is a synonym for shot in try topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Shot", if it concerns topics such as luck.

good	good break	good shot
full	full break	full shot
nice	nice break	nice shot
clean	clean break	clean shot
Other adjectives: best, long, brief, standard, initial, single, actual, real, big, quick, famous, new, dramatic, final, next, last, occasional, lucky, extended.

It depicted the life and adventures of a family Garage Band that suddenly got their big break and shot to top 40 success after adding their thirty-something mother to the lineup.

Source: Series / The Partridge Family
Oh, and the targets break when shot too much, so if you break a target and let even a single bullet through afterwards, you fail.

Source: That One Sidequest
Firefly's characters routinely break all of the basic rules constantly, yet no one gets accidentally shot — except for Kaylee during the pilot, when she startles Dobson.

Source: I Just Shot Marvin in the Face

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