When you study hard, you'll need sth. to break the routine.

当你进行艰苦的学习时，需要其他活动调剂一下。

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Break the routine.

打破常规。

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Break the routine by looking for simple wonders here and there.

试着四处需找一些简单的风景来打破工作的死寂。

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At intervals, new generations had tried to break the routine of the contemporary concert, with its faculty-lounge chatter and its torturously long pauses as mallet instruments were transported around the stage.

NEWYORKER: The Long Haul

Some of us discussed the matter to break up the routine, but most of us used the information to explain why she was quiet at lunch.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Then We Came to the End'

"I imagine if this comes in a lot of them will vote for the first time because it's a novelty - anything that's new or a break from the routine they'll try, " he says.

BBC: Would prisoners use their right to vote?