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Catches Ones Breath

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noun

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

verb

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

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noun

• a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

verb

• breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

30%8 What a fish might do when it catches a breath underwater
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New York Times12 Apr 2005 Across 69
New York Times15 Apr 2002 Down 53
New York Times09 Sep 1977 Down 49
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