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breƟ1) (the air drawn into, and then sent out from, the lungs: My dog's breath smells terrible.) pust, ånde2) (an act of breathing: Take a deep breath.) pusting, åndedrag•- breathlessly
- breathlessness
- hold one's breath
- out of breath
- under one's breathpustsubst. \/breθ\/1) pust, ånde, åndedrag, åndedrett2) vindpust, pust3) pusterom4) sukk, hvisking5) ( overført) antydning, anelse, spor6) ( språkvitenskap) ubetont lydcatch one's breath snappe etter pusten, gispe, holde pustendraw breath trekke pusten, puste innfirst draw breath ( poetisk) se dagens lys, fødeshold one's breath holde pustenkeep one's breath to cool one's porridge eller save one's breath to cool one's porridge holde inne med det man har å silong breath dypt åndedragout of breath andpusten, heseblesende, stakkåndetrun oneself out of breath løpe pusten av segsave one's breath ikke si noe, holde munnbe short of breath være andpusten\/stakkåndettake breath eller recover one's breath (again) eller get one's breath (again) trekke pusten, puste uttake someone's breath away få noen til å miste pusten, ta pusten fra noenunder\/below one's breath hviskende, lavmælt, med dempet røstwaste one's breath snakke forgjeves, tale for døve ørerwaste one's breath on kaste bort ord på
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