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• short of breath — phrase finding it difficult to breathe I was short of breath after climbing the stairs to her flat. Thesaurus: describing or relating to breathinghyponym Main entry: short * * * panting; short winded …   Useful english dictionary

• short of breath — {adj.} Panting and wheezing. * /He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• short of breath — {adj.} Panting and wheezing. * /He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• short\ of\ breath — adj Panting and wheezing. He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes …   Словарь американских идиом

• short of breath — finding it difficult to breathe I was short of breath after climbing the stairs to her flat …   English dictionary

• short — short1 [ ʃɔrt ] adjective *** ▸ 1 small in height/distance ▸ 2 time: not long ▸ 3 expressed in few words ▸ 4 with fewer words/letters ▸ 5 not having enough ▸ 6 about memory ▸ 7 rude and unfriendly ▸ 8 about vowel/syllable ▸ 9 full of butter/fat ▸ …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• breath — [ breθ ] noun count or uncount *** the air that goes in and out of your body through your nose or mouth: He could feel her warm breath on his face. His breath smelled strongly of alcohol. a. the act of getting air into your lungs by breathing:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Breath (play) — Breath is a notably short stage work by Samuel Beckett. An altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan s revue Oh! Calcutta! , at the Eden Theatre in New York City on June 16, 1969. The UK premiere was at the Close Theatre Club in Glasgow …   Wikipedia

• breath — W2S3 [breθ] n [: Old English; Origin: brAth] 1.) a) [U] the air that you send out of your lungs when you breathe ▪ Leo could smell the wine on her breath. ▪ Let your breath out slowly. ▪ He s got bad breath (=breath that smells unpleasant) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• breath — [[t]bre̱θ[/t]] ♦♦♦ breaths 1) N VAR: oft poss N Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant. I could smell the whisky on his breath... Smoking causes bad… …   English dictionary

• breath — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, heavy, long, slow ▪ quick, shallow, sharp, short ▪ …   Collocations dictionary