Read the sentence from the passage.
"The fact is, that there was
considerable difficulty in inducing
Oliver to take upon himself the
office of respiration,-a troublesome
practice, but one which custom has
rendered necessary to our easy
existence; and for some time he lay
gasping on a little flock mattress,
rather unequally poised between
this world and the next: the balance
being decidedly in favour of the
latter."
The word respiration means which of
the following?
A breathing
B sweating
C suffocating
D sleeping