Communication
under your breath
very quietly
If you say something under your breath, you say it so quietly that other people can hardly hear you.
Hear it in real life
Did Anna just complain about me?
I think she said something under her breath, but I couldn't hear it.
He muttered under his breath when the bus drove past without stopping.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She said under her breath something about the noise.
Say: She said something under her breath about the noise.
With "say," put the thing being said before "under your breath."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
say something under your breath; mutter under your breath
Your turn: say it out loud
He muttered under his breath when the bus drove past without stopping.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
under your breath
very quietly
“He muttered under his breath when the bus drove past without stopping.”
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