verb
1 air/breath
ADVERB
▪ fast , quickly , rapidly
▪ slowly
▪ deeply
▪ shallowly
▪ hard , heavily
▪
They were both breathing hard from the steep climb.
▪ gently , softly
▪ easily , steadily
▪
She was beginning to ~ more easily.
▪ normally , properly
▪
Try to ~ normally.
▪ barely , hardly
▪
I can barely ~ here.
▪ in , out
▪
She ~d slowly in and out.
VERB + BREATHE
▪ can
▪
I can't ~!
▪ can barely , can hardly , can scarcely
▪ not dare
▪
He hardly dared ~ in case they heard him.
PREPOSITION
▪ through
▪
Always ~ through your nose.
2 say quietly
ADVERB
▪ huskily , quietly , softly
▪
‘I love you!’ she ~d softly.
Breathe is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ wine
Breathe is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ air , ↑ fumes , ↑ life , ↑ oxygen , ↑ sigh