not to breathe a syllable

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• breathe — [c]/brið / (say breedh) verb (breathed /briðd / (say breedhd), breathing) –verb (i) 1. to inhale and exhale air; respire: *in the cooler air we will breathe easier. –b. wongar, 1983. 2. (in speech) to control the outgoing breath in producing… …  

• breathe — /breedh/, v., breathed /breedhd/, breathing. v.i. 1. to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire. 2. (in speech) to control the outgoing breath in producing voice and speech sounds. 3. to pause, as for… …   Universalium

• syllable — /sil euh beuhl/, n., v., syllabled, syllabling. n. 1. an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a center of relatively great sonority with or without one or more accompanying sounds of relatively less sonority: Man, eye, strength, and… …   Universalium

• syllable — /ˈsɪləbəl / (say siluhbuhl) noun 1. Phonetics a segment of speech uttered with a single impulse of air pressure from the lungs, and consisting of one sound of relatively great sonority (see sonant def. 3a), with or without one or more… …  

• syl|la|ble — «SIHL uh buhl», noun, verb, bled, bling. –n. 1. a word or part of a word pronounced as a unit, usually consisting of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonants. A mer i can and Al a bam a are words of four syllables. Do, this, and… …   Useful english dictionary

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• keep dark — Keep one s own counsel, seal the lips, not breathe a syllable about it, keep the matter to one s self, be silent, be secret …   New dictionary of synonyms

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