transcription, транскрипция: [ pɔ:z ]
( pauses, pausing, paused)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you pause while you are doing something, you stop for a short period and then continue.
‘It’s rather embarrassing,’ he began, and paused...
On leaving, she paused for a moment at the door...
He talked for two hours without pausing for breath.
VERB : V , V , V for n
2.
A pause is a short period when you stop doing something before continuing.
After a pause Alex said sharply: ‘I’m sorry if I’ve upset you’...
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