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1 heave a sigh
(to sigh: She heaved a sigh of relief when she found her purse.) wzdychać -
2 sigh
[saɪ] 1. nwestchnienie nt2. vito breathe a sigh of relief — odetchnąć ( perf) z ulgą
* * *1. verb1) (to take a long, deep-sounding breath showing tiredness, sadness, longing etc: She sighed with exasperation.) wzdychać2) (to say, or express, with sighs: `I've still got several hours' work to do,' he sighed.) wzdychać2. noun(an act of sighing.) westchnienie
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heave a sigh — phrase to let out a deep breath, for example because you are upset or because you are pleased about something Rose heaved a sigh of relief at her luck. Thesaurus: to breathe, or to have difficulty breathingsynonym general regions and organs… … Useful english dictionary
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heave — I. verb (heaved or hove; heaving) Etymology: Middle English heven, from Old English hebban; akin to Old High German hevan to lift, Latin capere to take Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. obsolete elevate … New Collegiate Dictionary
sigh — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great, heavy, huge ▪ little, slight, small, soft … Collocations dictionary
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