Que signifie pause en anglais?

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pause Signification, définition

0 a short time when sth or sb has stopped -- pause [ feminine ]
- a pause in the fighting/conversation une trêve dans les combats / un silence dans la conversation
1 a button that stops a device for a short time -- pause [ feminine ]
- Could you push/press/hit pause? Pourrais-tu appuyer sur pause ?
2 to stop for a short time -- faire une pause
- Let’s pause for lunch. Faisons une pause pour déjeuner.
- He paused briefly, and then continued speaking. Il s’interrompit brièvement, puis continua à parler.
3 to push a button to make a device stop for a short time -- mettre en pause
- Pause the DVD while I make us something to eat. Mets le DVD en pause pendant que je nous fais quelque chose à manger.
4 a short stop, break or interval (while doing something) -- pause
- There was a pause in the conversation.
5 the act of making a musical note or rest slightly longer than normal, or a mark showing that this is to be done. -- point d’orgue, pause
6 to stop talking, working etc for a short time -- faire une pause, s’arrêter
- They paused for a cup of tea.

We do think, though, that there is now the need for a pause.
We are abdicating our duty as legislators to stand back and to pause and reflect.
There is perhaps more need than ever to take a few weeks’ rest, to pause for reflection and to reflect upon how we are to move on.
We are in the middle of a pause for reflection after the referendum defeats.
It goes on to say that the ‘pause for reflection… seems to be marked more by pause than reflection’.
The pause for reflection must be used for that purpose.
What appears to be needed urgently is a period of consolidation, a pause for breath.
Others believe that it is not so bad after all, if there is a slight pause after the first step of liberalisation.