Breath meaning in English
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Definition
breath: the air coming in or out of one's mouth
Examples
- "MacCheeter : 'Cause my breath smelled like coffee, and I needed some cash!"
- "Horatio : What does your breath smell like?"
- "A rare Siberian tiger named "Shoshana" escaped from her pen at the San Francisco zoo yesterday night and attacked a crowd of seven teenagers who had been insulting her, seriously injuring all seven of them. An eighth person, a six year old boy named Timothy Aldridge, was licked by the tiger, and later said the tiger's tongue felt "like sandpaper" and that her breath smelled like "muffins"."
- "Smell it on the breath"
- "Edward : She said your breath smells of cheese."
- "Police : Sir, is that alcohol I smell on your breath?"
- "Jean : My breath?"
Exercise 1
Complete the sentences with words from the dialogue. Use the hints to help you!
We by putting our lips into a circle and forcing air through them. (Hint: the wind does this!)
You need a lot of to play the trombone. (Hint: this is the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration!)
We by putting our lips into a circle and forcing air through them. (Hint: the wind does this!)
You need a lot of to play the trombone. (Hint: this is the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration!)
Complete the sentences with words from the dialogue. Use the hints to help you!
We blow 1 by putting our lips into a circle and forcing air through them. (Hint: the wind does this!)
You need a lot of breath 2 to play the trombone. (Hint: this is the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration!)
We blow 1 by putting our lips into a circle and forcing air through them. (Hint: the wind does this!)
You need a lot of breath 2 to play the trombone. (Hint: this is the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration!)
1 blow: "To blow" is to produce a current of air using the mouth. Example: We blow on hot chocolate to make it cool enough to drink. In the dialogue, Hannah thinks Horatio is pretending to blow a wind instrument when in fact he is pretending to be "out of breath". We blow instruments like horns and trumpets to make them produce sound.
2 breath: A "breath" is air entering and then exiting the lungs during respiration. Example: Jim has bad BREATH because he never brushes his teeth! In the dialogue, Horatio says he becomes "out of breath" when he plays his triangle. To be "out of breath" is to be exhausted or have difficulty breathing.
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