3
time(break, pause, relief, interval, intermission)
3
time off(noun, expression, stop, break, close)
3
truce(break, relief, interval, cessation)
3
truncation(noun, stop, end, cease, inaction)
2
Prosody caesura
2
abatement
2
adjournment(noun, break, halt, delay, stay)
2
block(noun, difficulty, hindrance, problem, impediment)
2
breakage
2
breakdown(noun, collapse, failure, pause, mistake)
2
breaking
2
breakout
2
burden(noun, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, impediment)
2
catch(noun, difficulty, restraint, hindrance, problem)
2
chasm(noun, break, cut, crack, rest)
2
choke(noun, hindrance)
2
cleft(noun, break, cut, crack, split)
2
coffee break(expression, break, halt, delay, relief)
2
commotion(noun, trouble, trick, confusion, disturbance)
2
complication(noun, difficulty, confusion, disturbance, hindrance)
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