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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What does "breaking fast" mean?

Context:

Inevitably, the film-makers chose to focus on human universals: sleeping, waking, breaking fast, laughing, crying, talking and so on.
  

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I think it means having breakfast . GN

  • I think it means having breakfast .
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I think it means having breakfast.
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A fast can be associated with religious traditions. It means to go without food for a period of time.

For example, some people fast during the Christian season of Lent.
Some people fast during Ramadan.

The fast is broken when the people begin to eat normally again. Breaking the fast is sometimes associated with a celebration.

The word breakfast does c

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