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diapason , diapason •Masson •flaxen, Jackson, klaxon, Sachsen, Saxon, waxen •Samson •Branson, Jansen, Manson, Nansen •arson, Carson, fasten, parson, sarsen •Bre… doorstop , doorstop •atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, scre… Glottal Stop , GLOTTAL STOP. In PHONETICS, a stop sound made by bringing the VOCAL CORDS tightly together, blocking off the airstream and sealing the GLOTTIS, then… Music: Theory, Forms, and Instruments , rest1 / rest/ • v. [intr.] 1. cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength: he needed to rest after the feverish ac… Halt , halt1 / hôlt/ • v. bring or come to an abrupt stop: [tr.] there is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed | [intr.] she halted in mid-sentence. ∎ [in… pause , pause / pôz/ • n. a temporary stop in action or speech: she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain| the admiral chattered away without p…
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