take a breath

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take a breath

To inhale and then exhale. I can tell that you're just a bit too upset to talk about this. Why don't you take a breath, calm down a bit, and then we'll discuss it. I've loved my son more than life itself ever since he took his first breath.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mridula	-	Indian, Hindi
Linda	LIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)	English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu
Annabel	AN-ə-bel (English)	English, Dutch
Lavi	-	Hebrew
Celsus	-	Ancient Roman
Ron (2)	-	Hebrew