- pause
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ brief, momentary, short, slight, small▪ lengthy, long▪ frequent▪
He made frequent pauses to catch his breath.
▪ awkward, uncomfortable▪ pregnant▪ dramatic▪ thoughtful▪ silentVERB + PAUSE▪ take▪Shall we take a pause here?
PAUSE + VERB▪ follow▪In the pause that followed, I noticed that he was shaking.
PAUSE + NOUN▪ button (on a video camera, etc.)PREPOSITION▪ after a/the pause▪‘I don't know,’ he said after a long pause.
▪ in a/the pause▪Everyone nodded in agreement in the pauses between his sentences.
▪ with a/ the pause▪He read very slowly and with frequent pauses.
▪ without a/the pause▪She read the whole text without a pause.
▪ pause before▪There was a long pause before he spoke again.
▪ pause between▪in the pauses between his jokes
▪ pause for▪a pause for breath
▪ pause in▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}during a pause in the conversation
verbADVERB▪ briefly, (for) a moment, momentarily, (for) a second▪She paused a moment and then walked away.
▪ mid-sentence, mid-stride▪She paused mid-stride when the doorbell rang.
▪ occasionally▪She paused occasionally to smell the flowers.
▪ barely, hardly▪He spoke for two hours and barely paused for breath.
▪ deliberately▪She paused deliberately, her eyes holding his.
▪ dramatically, meaningfully▪ expectantly▪ reflectively, thoughtfully▪ uncertainly▪ awkwardly, uncomfortablyPHRASES▪ pause for breath, pause for thought▪ pause only long enough to do sth, pause only to do sth▪Pausing only to put out her cigarette, she left the room.
▪ pause to consider, look, reflect, etc.▪Just pause to think before giving me your answer.
▪ without pausing▪Without pausing to knock, she opened the door.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.