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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Her face broke into...

Hi

Could you please offer me a right phrase for the underlined words? Or would you say that the underlined phrase is natural English?

(--the expression (kind of puckering) just before crying)

The child's face broke into a crying expression.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom The child's face broke into a crying expression. It is not natural.

— Mister Micawber

  • Mr.
  • Tom The child's face broke into a crying expression.
  • It is not natural.
  • Here are two options: The child looked tearful.
  • The child broke into tears.
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Mr. TomThe child's face broke into a crying expression.

It is not natural. Here are two options:

The child looked tearful.

The child broke into tears.

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