physical break | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A short break in a meeting or in a classroom setting, intended to improve attention by giving people a chance to move around.1973, Frank B. May,To Help Children Read: Mastery Performance Modules for Teachers in Training, page73:Hopefully you decided to use the dancing, rhythms, or dramatic play as an opportunity for plenty of movement — a chance for aphysical breakbetween two intellectual activities.2005, Jane L. Sigford,Who Said School Administration Would be Fun?, page91:Adults need aphysical breakevery hour so they can get up and move around.2006, James P. Trotzer,The Counselor and the Group: Integrating Theory, Training, and Practice, page83:These activities are most useful as icebreakers at the start of group sessions or energizers when group members indicate a need for aphysical break2008, Michael Gurian with Kathy Stevens and Kelley King,Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls -- Elementary Level, page19:She followed the lead of other teachers who utilizedphysical breaktimes in lesson plans.

Examples:

EN: It's a mental and physical break, a disassociation with your bodily functions, something like a coma.
ES: Es una ruptura física y mental, una disociación de sus funciones corporales, algo parecido al coma.
EN: The physical break-up of the Mughal Empire had begun.
HI: " मुगल साम्राज्य का भौतिक विभाजन शुरू हो गया था।
EN: The physical break-up of the Mughal empire had begun.
HI: " मुगल साम्राज्य का भौतिक विभाजन शुरू हो गया था।
EN: physical break-up of the Mughal Empire had begun.
HI: " मुगल साम्राज्य का भौतिक विभाजन शुरू हो गया था।
EN: They're taking a mental and physical break.
ID: Mengistirahatkan mental dan fisik.

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