breathless
adjective
breathing very fast and hard, for example after exercising
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if someone’s breathing is laboured, they breathe with difficulty, for example because they are ill or extremely tired from physical activity
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adverb
noun
adverb
noun
breathing fast and with difficulty, for example because you have been running
finding it difficult to breathe
almost unable to breathe
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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