Phrase: Just a minute, you have just broken my case.

[Lawyer]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #67 "How to attract someone", question 3

Just a minute, you have just ......... my case.

(a) burst
(b) bundled
(c) braced
(d) broken

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #67 "How to attract someone", answer 3

Just a minute, you have just broken my case.

Correct answer: (d) broken

Your answer was: incorrect
Just a minute, you have just burst my case.
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Couldn't a lawyer say: Just a minute, you have just burst my case?

Lawyer

[Mister Micawber]

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No, I don't think so. What would it mean?
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Kati Svaby]

Hello,

I think this can mean a case made of glass. For exp: I really keep my glasses in a case. And I can say: You have just broken my case.Because it was a glass case.

or: Exhibits in a museums are often displayed in glass cases. I can say: Be careful ! For fear breaking the glass.

Kati Svaby
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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

[Mister Micawber]

Nothing to do with lawyers, though, Kati. Are you following the discussion?
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Kati Svaby]

Thanks Mister Micawber. I didn't follow the discussion. Then is is an idiom?
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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

[Mister Micawber]

Not an idiom, but the poster was asking about a lawyer's case, which your comment was irrelevant to.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Kati Svaby]

Thanks Mister Micawber.
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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

[Mfiliov]

What does 'to broke a case' mean?

[Beeesneees]

Not 'to broke a case' - the imperative form would be 'to break a case'
'broken' is the appropriate tense of the verb 'to break' in this context.

case = luggage case/bag.
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[Mfiliov]

Thanks.