he was breathless with excitement

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• excitement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extreme, great, high, intense, tremendous ▪ breathless, feverish, giddy (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

• breathless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ leave sb, make sb ▪ The unaccustomed exercise left him brea …   Collocations dictionary

• breathless — breath|less [ breθləs ] adjective 1. ) breathing very fast and hard, for example after exercising: She was breathless after running up the stairs. 2. ) hot and without fresh air: STUFFY: a crowded breathless room 3. ) experiencing a very strong… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• breathless — UK [ˈbreθləs] / US adjective 1) breathing very fast and hard, for example after exercising She was breathless after running up the stairs. 2) experiencing a very strong emotion, especially excitement breathless with: breathless with… …   English dictionary

• breathless — [[t]bre̱θləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited. I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy …   English dictionary

• breath — 01. He took a deep [breath], and then jumped into the lake. 02. She had the smell of alcohol and cigarettes on her [breath], and I didn t really feel like kissing her. 03. The air is so polluted that it s almost difficult to [breathe] there. 04.… …   Grammatical examples in English

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