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  • 11sigh — c.1300 (n. and v.), probably a back formation from sighte, past tense of O.E. sican to sigh, perhaps echoic of the sound of sighing …

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  • 12sigh — [v1] breathe out heavily blow, complain, cry, exhale, gasp, grieve, groan, howl, lament, moan, murmur, pant, respire, roar, sob, sorrow, sough, suspire, wheeze, whine, whisper, whistle; concept 163 sigh [v2] long for ache, crave, dream, hanker,… …

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  • 13sigh — ► VERB 1) let out a long, deep, audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, etc. 2) (sigh for) literary yearn for. ► NOUN ▪ an act of sighing, or a sound resembling this. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 14Sigh — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Black Metal, Avantgarde Gründung 1990 Website …

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  • 15sigh — index plaint Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16sigh — I UK [saɪ] / US verb Word forms sigh : present tense I/you/we/they sigh he/she/it sighs present participle sighing past tense sighed past participle sighed ** 1) a) [intransitive] to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because …

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  • 17sigh — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great, heavy, huge ▪ little, slight, small, soft …

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  • 18sigh — sigh1 [ saı ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because you are disappointed, tired, annoyed, or relaxed: sigh heavily/wearily/deeply: Jan sighed heavily and shook her head. sigh… …

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  • 19sigh — [[t]sa͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦♦ sighs, sighing, sighed 1) VERB When you sigh, you let out a deep breath, as a way of expressing feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure. [V prep/adv] Michael sighed wearily... [V prep/adv] Roberta sighed with… …

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  • 20sigh — sigh1 [saı] v [: Old English; Origin: sican] 1.) to breathe in and out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired etc ▪ Well, there s nothing we can do about it now, she sighed. sigh heavily/deeply ▪ Frankie stared …

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