an angel passes

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

Used to denote an awkward pause.

Equivalents

Françaisun ange passe

Examples

“There was a momentary silence. Mrs. Oliver said: "Is it twenty-to or twenty past? An angel passing . . . My feet aren't crossed—it must be a black angel!"”

“As Case was picking up his beer, one of those strange instants of silence descended, as though a hundred unrelated conversations had simultaneously arrived at the same pause. […] Ratz grunted. “An angel passed.””

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

an apple a day keeps the doctor away an army marches on its stomach an Englishman's home is his castle an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth an image is worth a thousand words

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