This makes you pause for a minute and think.

这让你停顿了一下，并引发了你的思考。

youdao

A pause placed just before the punch line or the punch word builds a sense of anticipation, a form of tension, which makes the joke stronger.

在点睛句或点睛词之前稍微停顿一下，制造出一种紧张，就可以使笑话的影响力更大！

youdao

Unidentified Woman: That makes you a little, gives you pause.

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That makes the downturn in the tar sands less a collapse than a pause for breath.

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