What does take breath mean?

take breath

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

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"It is this help that the present book attempts to give, and the moment of its appearance, during a partial lull of excavation, is an opportune one. There is a chance to take breath and gather up the threads, with the possibility that the next month's spade-work will not put us out of date."

takes breath (present, singular) taking breath (participle, present) took breath (past) taken breath (participle, past)

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