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"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "სუნთქვის შეკავება"
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"text": "He might pay back the money he borrowed without you reminding him, but I wouldn't hold my breath.",
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"ref": "2008, Linda Robinson, Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq, page 271",
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"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
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"word": "compter sur quelque chose"
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"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "sich große Hoffnungen machen"
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"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "περιμένω πώς και πώς"
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"word": "restare col fiato sospeso"
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"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "სუნთქვის შეკავება"
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"roman": "kratáo tin anása mou",
"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "κρατάω την ανάσα μου"
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"roman": "apnī sā̃s roknā",
"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "अपनी साँस रोकना"
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"word": "halda niðri í sér andanum"
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"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "trattenere il fiato"
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"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "息を殺す"
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"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "息を詰める"
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"roman": "ʼɑtdɑɑnghaəm",
"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "អត់ដង្ហើម"
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"roman": "ʼat chai",
"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "ອັດໃຈ"
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"roman": "go drži zdivot",
"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "го држи здивот"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "hålla andan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling",
"word": "magpigil ng hininga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "pidättää hengitystään"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "se faire des illusions"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "se faire des idées"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "compter sur quelque chose"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "sich große Hoffnungen machen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "periméno pós kai pós",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "περιμένω πώς και πώς"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "restare col fiato sospeso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to wait expectantly for something to happen soon",
"word": "hålla andan"
}
],
"word": "hold one's breath"
}
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