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pause

/pɔz/ verbe B1

En français : faire une pause, pauser, interrompre

  1. To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. (intransitive)
  2. To stop (an activity) for a while. (transitive)
  3. To interrupt an activity and wait. (intransitive) · When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.
  4. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. (intransitive)
  5. To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point. (transitive) · to pause a song, a video, or a computer game

He/she/it pauses · Prétérit paused · Participe passé paused · Forme en -ing pausing

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Forme de base
pause
He/she/it
pauses
Prétérit
paused
Participe passé
paused
Forme en -ing
pausing

Dans la bibliothèque

Then, suddenly pausing, he added, “Your pardon, sire, but my devotion to your majesty has made me forget, not the respect I have, for that is too deeply engraved in my heart, but the rules of etiquette.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 104 · C1
Never mind,” he continued, more brightly, after a pause.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 79 · B2
As Edmond paused, the black and bearded head of Caderousse appeared at the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 15 · C1
We will leave Danglars struggling with the demon of hatred, and endeavoring to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner some evil suspicions against his comrade, and follow Dantès, who, after having traversed La Canebière, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allées de Meilhan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half-open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1

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