Meaning of andetag | Babel Free

Definitioner

a breath (inhalation of air into the lungs, and in some expressions similar to English)

neuter

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“Ta/dra ett djupt andetag!”

Take a deep breath!

“slåss till sista andetaget”

fight to the last breath

“nämnas i samma andetag”

be mentioned in the same breath

“ta/dra sitt sista andetag”

draw one's last breath

“Det var evighetssekunder. Tre korta andetag. Hela livet vände. Vem valde? Inte jag. Jag hörde ord från mina läppar som aldrig vilat i min mun. Tankar aldrig tänkta, som nya väggar i ett rum.”

It was seconds of eternity. Three short breaths. My whole life ["the whole life" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting a noun in the definite instead of with a separate possessive pronoun] turned around. Who chose? Not me. I heard words from my lips that had [implied from vilat (“rested”) being supine] never rested in my mouth. Thoughts never thought, like new walls in a room.

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