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"form": "takes someone's breath away",
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},
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"form": "taking someone's breath away",
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"form": "took someone's breath away",
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"text": "The view from the top, over the sea to the islands, simply takes your breath away.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "When he asked me to marry him, it took my breath away.",
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"To make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way."
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"(idiomatic) To make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "salvata henki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "couper le souffle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jemandem den Atem verschlagen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "togliere il fiato"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapierać dech"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapierać dech w piersiach"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ dux",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "захва́тывать дух"
}
]
}
],
"word": "take someone's breath away"
}
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"form": "taking someone's breath away",
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"form": "took someone's breath away",
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"text": "The view from the top, over the sea to the islands, simply takes your breath away.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "When he asked me to marry him, it took my breath away.",
"type": "example"
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"To make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way."
],
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "salvata henki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "couper le souffle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jemandem den Atem verschlagen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "togliere il fiato"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapierać dech"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapierać dech w piersiach"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ dux",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "захва́тывать дух"
}
],
"word": "take someone's breath away"
}
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