noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heavy breather
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
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She had reduced the voice to something on the same level of annoyance as a heavy breather .
■ VERB
take
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He was not digging at all now but taking a breather , evidently.
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With publishers taking a slight breather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slow season for books.
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Gilts, after four days of rising quotations, softened an eighth as the pound took a breather .
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A party of skylarks were taking a breather from their incessant high-rise singing to indulge in an early-morning splashing.
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Main picture: The female takes a breather .
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When the last Demon's dead, take a breather before the celebrations start.
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Regroup and take a breather at midday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In March, Northampton won a two-month breather from a winding-up order on more than £13,000 owed to a printing firm.
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Members of political action committees might have hoped for a little breather before being hit up again for money.
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She is playing her five starters almost exclusively, putting in B and Sandie just long enough to give some one a breather .
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With publishers taking a slight breather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slow season for books.