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Meanings of
breathing space
in English
Portuguese
respiradouro
Catalan
respir
Spanish
respiro
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A short respite.
breath
breather
breathing place
breathing spell
breathing time
Portuguese
respiradouro
Spanish
espacio
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Sufficient room for easy breathing or movement.
breathing room
Spanish
espacio
Written work.
breathing space. living and working at a comfortable pace in a speed-up society
Related terms
written work
No examples available for any of the synonyms
Usage of
breathing space
in English
1
Good, that ought to give us a couple of minutes
breathing
space
.
2
Neither side really wants peace-justsome
breathing
space
to muster their forces.
3
The measure will provide
breathing
space
to thousands of troubled mortgage holders.
4
The outer boulevard is their
breathing
space
;
the suburbs belong to them.
5
Cotillard agrees that the country's strict privacy laws allow them
breathing
space
.
6
That gave CIC a
breathing
space
to respond in their own time.
7
The ceasefire allows some
breathing
space
for a solution to be found.
8
It was a case for delay; Mr. Harley must have
breathing
space
.
9
The agony was the
breathing
space
we had while they crept nearer.
10
It gave her a little
breathing
space
to follow her natural inclinations.
11
For a brief
breathing
space
the country was cleared of foreign mercenaries.
12
But it would give you a
breathing
space
to land another job.'
13
The leading couples stood for a moment's
breathing
space
near the summit.
14
With scarcely a
breathing
space
Almo was pitted against a fifth adversary.
15
But Carl's suicide bought the rest of them a little
breathing
space
.
16
Cornered, I sipped my coffee to give me a little
breathing
space
.
Other examples for "breathing space"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
breathing
space
breathing
breathe
Verb
Noun
Translations for
breathing space
Portuguese
respiradouro
Catalan
respir
Spanish
respiro
espacio
Breathing space
through the time
Breathing space
across language varieties
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