Dear all,
this is from the novel The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland.
This evening I was visited by a market woman, a poissarde. The scent of attar of roses gave me pause.
It's clear that the market woman brought with her an odor of fish and attar of roses was quite to the point. But could you please comment on the expression to give smb a pause?
this is from the novel The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland.
This evening I was visited by a market woman, a poissarde. The scent of attar of roses gave me pause.
It's clear that the market woman brought with her an odor of fish and attar of roses was quite to the point. But could you please comment on the expression to give smb a pause?
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