hold one's breath

Verb

 * 1)  To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling.
 * 2)  To wait expectantly for something to happen soon.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏬᏍᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 屏住呼吸
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: pidättää hengitystään
 * French:
 * Georgian: სუნთქვის შეკავება
 * German: den Atem anhalten
 * Greek: κρατάω την ανάσα μου
 * Hindi: अपनी साँस रोकना
 * Icelandic: halda niðri í sér andanum
 * Italian: trattenere il fiato
 * Japanese: 息を殺す, 息を詰める
 * Khmer: អត់ដង្ហើម
 * Lao: ອັດໃຈ
 * Macedonian: го држи здивот
 * Maori: pape, pepa, kuku, kumu
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish: wstrzymywać oddech, wstrzymać oddech
 * Portuguese: prender a respiração
 * Russian: затаи́ть дыха́ние
 * Spanish: aguantar la respiración, contener el aliento
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: magpigil ng hininga
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: nín thở


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , compter sur quelque chose
 * German: sich große Hoffnungen machen
 * Greek: περιμένω πώς και πώς
 * Italian: restare col fiato sospeso
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: nín thở