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catch your breath

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Inglés		Español
catch your breath v expr	(pause to breathe) (literal)	recobrar el aliento loc verb
	I had to take 20 flights of stairs. It took me several minutes to catch my breath.
	Tuve que subir veinte pisos por las escaleras y me tomó varios minutos recobrar el aliento.
catch your breath v expr	figurative (take a break)	tomarse un respiro loc verb
	Now that we're done with most of the rush jobs, we can catch our breath.
	Ahora que terminaron los trabajos más bravos, podemos tomarnos un respiro.

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