A: Um, do you know who Mai Sakurajima is?
B: huh?
A: You know, the child actor Mai Sakurajima, who 'got her break' in that morning drama.
B: Was there someone by that name?
Does that mean 'got her opportunity'?
Yes, but more: that morning drama, her first significant role on tv (no one had ever heard of her before that), propelled her into stardom. But the exchange is contradictory. If A uses the phrase "got her break," this would mean that Sakurajima is famous now, but B has never heard of her.
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Yes, but more: that morning drama, her first significant role on tv (no one had ever heard of her before that), propelled her into stardom. But the exchange is contradictory. If A uses the phrase "got her break," this would mean that Sakurajima is famous now, but B has never heard of her.