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adj. VERBS be | get How did the jug get broken? ADV. badly One of his legs was badly broken.
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broken
something that is broken has become separated into pieces, for example by being hit or dropped:
• The floor was covered in broken glass. • This suitcase is no good – the handle’s broken. • The birds had gotten into the cabin through a broken window. • In the corner of the room were a broken chair and a rickety old desk.
out of order
[ not before noun ] if a machine, especially one used by the public, is out of order, it is not working for a temporary period:
• Every phone I tried was out of order. • The toilets were all out of order.
down
[ not before noun ] if a computer system is down, it is not working:
• The computer system was down all afternoon, so we went home. • go down (= stop working ): The network went down at 11:00 and we lost the whole morning’s work.
on the blink
( also on the fritz American English ) [ not before noun ] informal if a piece of electrical equipment is on the blink, it sometimes works and sometimes does not:
• My TV’s on the blink again. • go on the blink/fritz: The car’s air conditioning went on the fritz just as we reached Dallas.
there’s something wrong with something
used when saying that a car, machine etc does not work properly and you do not know why:
• There’s something wrong with my car; I think it might be the battery. • There was something wrong with the photocopier, so we called in the service company. • have something wrong with it: If the VCR has something wrong with it, take it back to the store.
something has had it
informal used when saying that a car, machine etc is completely broken and cannot be repaired:
• I’m afraid the bike’s had it.
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