engelska-svenska översättning av sigh

suckenVi kommer att dra en lättnadens suck efter åtta års tillbakagång.We will breathe a sigh of relief after eight years of going backwards. Men även då kommer vi att ha långt kvar till dess att vi kan dra en lättnadens suck.Even then, we will be a long way from being able to breathe a sigh of relief. Att dra en suck av lättnad och återgå till de gamla vanorna skulle emellertid vara ett allvarligt fel.But to breathe a sigh of relief and slip back into bad habits would be a grave error.
suckaNu hör jag redan kollegerna sucka eftersom det här har en ganska lång historia men det står nu i resolutionen.I can already hear honourable Members sighing that this story has dragged on and on, but it is now on the point of resolution. Men det finns inget enklare sätt att få de som följer EU att gäspa eller sucka och säga ”åh nej, inte en gång till” än att diskutera Lissabonmålen.But there is nothing more likely to cause observers of the European Union to yawn or sigh or say, ‘oh, no, not again!’, than talk of the Lisbon Agenda.

To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like
To lament; to grieve
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
To experience an emotion associated with sighing
To make a sound like sighing
To exhale in sighs
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs
A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament
An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts

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