BREATHE

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Traducere în limba română

breathe verb A. intranzitiv

1. a răsufla, a respira;

to breathe again / freely a respira uşurat / liber;

to breathe heavily a) a respira zgomotos; b) a respira greu.

2. (fig.) a trăi, a exista, a-şi duce zilele;

a better fellow does not breathe nu se află / n-am pomenit om mai bun ca el.

3. a mirosi (frumos, plăcut).

4. (despre vânt) a adia.

5. a şopti, a vorbi în surdină.

6. to breathe upon a păta renumele, a strica reputaţia (cuiva).

breathe verb B. tranzitiv

1. a sufla;

to breathe in the air a inspira aerul, a trage în piept aerul;

to breathe one's last a-şi da ultima suflare, a muri;

to breathe a sign a scoate, a lăsa să-i scape un oftat.

2. a sufla, a şopti;

not to breathe a word / syllable a nu sufla un cuvânt.

3. (muz.) a sufla în, a cânta din.

4. to breathe into a insufla;

to breathe courage into smb. a insufla curaj cuiva;

to breathe (a) new life into a insufla o viaţă nouă în;

to breathe new life into a conversation a însufleţi o conversaţie.

◊ to breathe a vein a lăsa sânge.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

There was a long silence, broken only by his heavy breathing and by the measured tapping of Sherlock Holmes’ finger-tips upon the edge of the table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Possibly an accident, possibly—I only breathe it among ourselves—a suicide.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He must be that if he were ever to be worthy of breathing the same air with her.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I brought up violently against what I took to be the rail, breathed, and breathed the sweet air again.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Although the rats’ breathing rate increased when oxygen levels were lower or carbon dioxide levels higher, it was still lower than normal.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)

They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Behind me the thick, gasping breathing of the creature sounded louder and louder.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sound of dreadful, swine-like breathing fell upon our ears.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He came to speak to his father on a subject,—to announce an attachment—She stopped to breathe.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

He sprang out beyond sword sweep, and the pair stood breathing heavily, while the crowd of young squires buzzed their applause.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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