He paused before answering.

他在回答前停了下来。

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He paused, drawing a deep breath.

他停下，深吸了一口气。

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She paused significantly before she answered.

她在回答之前意味深长地停顿了一下。

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The gray-haired woman paused and opened her lips as if she would speak.

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Here I paused in my fiction to shield my eyes and stanch the arrow-straight tracks clawed down my cheek.

飞箭在我脸上笔直地犁出了一条伤口，我停止了幻想,遮住眼睛，赶忙去止血。

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He paused,then spoke carefully, "I's--here."

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After thanking all the predictables, he paused and directed a heart-to-heart to his daughter, Roxy.

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