pause
/pɔz/ interjection C2- Used immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.
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Holmes,” he answered after a pause.
Until then we may each do what we like; for I can assure you that this inquiry has come to a definite pause.”
There was a brief pause, during which Louis XVIII.
On opening the door, Villefort found himself facing him, and the young magistrate’s first impulse was to pause.
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