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Mr. Tom Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Let me steady my breath...

Hi

Could you please tell me a suitable verb (or verbs) for this sentence?

(spoken by a person gasping for breath)

Wait -- let me steady my breath.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Let me catch my breath.

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Let me catch my breath.
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Thanks!

One more question (perhaps funny).

When I tried Google to find the answer to this question, I was offered these three, too? Do any of these work?

Steady my breath, normalize my breath, regulate my breath.

Tom
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Mr. TomDo any of these work?
Steady my breath, normalize my breath, regulate my breath.
As synonyms for catch, no.
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Mr. TomWhen I tried Google to find the answer to this question, I was offered these three, too? Do any of these work?
Steady my breath, normalize my breath, regulate my breath.
Anyone can post on Google. The hits that you get depends on how enter the "key words". Besides "catch my breath", all the others are terribly ph
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Mr. TomSteady my breath, normalize my breath, regulate my breath.
Only the idiom 'catch my breath' works in the original sentences. These have other uses, as in some sort of training or experimentation, for instance.
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