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62 entries under pause topic. ×
| be loath(verb, adverb, reject, scorn, stick) | |
| hesitate(verb, stick, object, protest) | |
| be unwilling(verb, adverb, stop, stick, question) | |
| falter(verb, stick, shy, hesitate) | |
| hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop) | |
| scruple(verb, stop, have, stick, object) | |
| vacillate(verb, stick, object, shy) | |
| alternate(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| balance(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| balk(verb, stick, object, protest) | |
| be irresolute(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| blow hot and cold(verb, expression, idiom, falter) | |
| boggle(verb, stick, question, shy) | |
| dally(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| debate(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| defer(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| delay(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| demur(verb, stick, object, shy) | |
| dillydally(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| dither(verb, hesitate, falter, balk) |
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