No. 4,079 in Swedish
pausen
"The pause" or "the break."
In a sentence
Jag tog en kopp kaffe under pausen.
I had a cup of coffee during the pause.
Here, 'pausen' refers to a break or intermission in an activity, commonly used to describe a planned or natural interruption in a series of actions.
Pausen mellan akterna var kort.
The pause between acts was short.
In this sentence, 'pausen' is used to denote the intermission in a performance, showing it as a specific interval between scheduled parts of an event.
Boken blev så spännande att jag knappt kunde ha en paus.
The book became so exciting that I could hardly take a pause.
Here, 'paus' refers to a break taken willingly, showing how it can denote a moment of rest or stopping while engaging in an activity.
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