The biggest concern was that the ice airstrip might break apart,大家最担心的是冰面上的飞机跑道可能也破裂了
break apart:分裂, 自行裂开
The partnership has broken apart.
那合作经营已散伙了。
It just broke apart in my hands.
它在我手上自行裂开了。
masses of water start to flow again,大量的水再次流动
masses of:大多数, 大部分
There were masses of dark clouds in the sky.
天上有朵朵乌云。
After harvest we will have a mass of rice.
秋收后,我们将获得大量稻谷。
everyone was able to evacuate when the weather improved.天气好转的时候所有人都得以疏散。
be able to:会, 能
t took him three months to be able to run a mile.
要能跑一英里需要他三个月。
We hoped that we should be able to do that.
我们希望我们能这样做。