I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , momentary , short , slight , small
▪ lengthy , long
▪ frequent
▪
He made frequent ~s to catch his breath.
▪ awkward , uncomfortable
▪ pregnant
▪ dramatic
▪ thoughtful
▪ silent
VERB + PAUSE
▪ take
▪
Shall we take a ~ here?
PAUSE + VERB
▪ follow
▪
In the ~ that followed, I noticed that he was shaking.
PAUSE + NOUN
▪ button (on a video camera, etc.)
PREPOSITION
▪ after a/the ~
▪
‘I don't know,’ he said after a long ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Everyone nodded in agreement in the ~s between his sentences.
▪ with a/ the ~
▪
He read very slowly and with frequent ~s.
▪ without a/the ~
▪
She read the whole text without a ~.
▪ ~ before
▪
There was a long ~ before he spoke again.
▪ ~ between
▪
in the ~s between his jokes
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for breath
▪ ~ in
▪
during a ~ in the conversation
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ briefly , (for) a moment , momentarily , (for) a second
▪
She ~d a moment and then walked away.
▪ mid-sentence , mid-stride
▪
She ~d mid-stride when the doorbell rang.
▪ occasionally
▪
She ~d occasionally to smell the flowers.
▪ barely , hardly
▪
He spoke for two hours and barely ~d for breath.
▪ deliberately
▪
She ~d deliberately, her eyes holding his.
▪ dramatically , meaningfully
▪ expectantly
▪ reflectively , thoughtfully
▪ uncertainly
▪ awkwardly , uncomfortably
PHRASES
▪ ~ for breath , ~ for thought
▪ ~ only long enough to do sth , ~ only to do sth
▪
Pausing only to put out her cigarette, she left the room.
▪ ~ to consider, look, reflect, etc.
▪
Just ~ to think before giving me your answer.
▪ without pausing
▪
Without pausing to knock, she opened the door.
Pause is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cassette , ↑ movie , ↑ tape