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  • 1breathe — [ brið ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth and let it out again: He held her so tightly she could hardly breathe. We can no longer depend on the quality of the air we breathe. breathe… …

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  • 2breathe */*/ — UK [briːð] / US [brɪð] verb Word forms breathe : present tense I/you/we/they breathe he/she/it breathes present participle breathing past tense breathed past participle breathed 1) [intransitive/transitive] to take air into your lungs through… …

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  • 3hardly, scarcely, barely — These three adverbs imply the doing or accomplishing of something by the narrowest of margins: The injured man was hardly (scarcely, barely) able to move his lips. What slight difference exists among them is that hardly suggests difficulty, the… …

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  • 4hardly — 01. They [hardly] ever go out; maybe once a month at most. 02. I [hardly] recognized you with your new haircut. 03. My daughter can [hardly] remember Quebec City because she was very little when we lived there. 04. Your father [hardly] slept at… …

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  • 5hardly — hard|ly [ hardli ] adverb *** Hardly is a negative word and is often used with words like any and ever, but it should not be used with other negative words: We hardly ever do anything interesting. Hardly comes before the main verb of a sentence,… …

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  • 6hardly */*/*/ — UK [ˈhɑː(r)dlɪ] / US [ˈhɑrdlɪ] adverb Summary: Hardly is a negative word and is often used with words like any and ever , but it should not be used with other negative words: We hardly ever do anything interesting. Hardly comes before the main… …

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  • 7breathe — /breedh/, v., breathed /breedhd/, breathing. v.i. 1. to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire. 2. (in speech) to control the outgoing breath in producing voice and speech sounds. 3. to pause, as for… …

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  • 9B.J. Penn — MMAstatsbox|name=B.J. Penn nick=The Prodigy [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=1307] height=height|ft=5|in=9 weight=convert|155.5|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on nationality=American birthdate=birth date and… …

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  • 10Lou Nova — Infobox Boxer name=Lou Nova realname=Jay L. Nova nickname=The Cosmic Puncher weight=Heavyweight nationality=Flagicon|USA American birth date=March 16 1913 birth place=Los Angeles, California death date=September 29 1991 death place=Sacramento,… …

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