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Meaning of short of breath | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Short-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch japsen kurzatmig
한국어 밭다
Svenska flåsig

Examples

They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.”
The sun is the same in a relative way / But you're older / Shorter of breath / And one day closer to death

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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