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
Gyuri	DYOO-ree	Hungarian
Sukarno	soo-KAHR-no	Indonesian, Javanese
May	MAY	English
Alexandre	a-lek-SAWNDR (French), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Portuguese), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Brazilian Portuguese), a-le-SHAN-dre (Galician)	French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Sead	-	Bosnian
Adelheid	AH-del-hiet (German), AH-dəl-hiet (Dutch)	German, Dutch