"Give pause" nghĩa là gì?

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"Give (one) pause (for thought)" = Khiến ai ngừng lại một lúc để cân nhắc và suy nghĩ về việc gì.

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"Some of the things that I think give her pause are that she's never done this before, she's never done the bus before," Vallencourt said.

We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, but Chloe being taken off the market might just be the push Elly needs to realise what she truly wants. Though she hasn’t wanted to admit to herself just how much she cares for Chloe, the thought of losing her for good will give her pause for thought.

As the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives guides the debate (tranh luận) over articles of impeachment (luận tội), they must be haunted by the litigator’s truism (sự thật hiển nhiên): when you move to a less favorable forum you greatly increase the difficulties of making your case. The question is whether this realization—and the others outlined below—will be sufficient to give the leadership pause.

Bin Kuan

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