Communication
take a minute
pause briefly
To stop what you are doing for a short time so you can calm down or think.
Hear it in real life
Shall we decide now?
Give me a second - I need to take a minute.
I was too upset to answer, so I took a minute before replying.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: take one minute for calm down
Say: take a minute to calm down
Use "to" plus the base verb to explain the purpose.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
take a minute; took a minute before continuing
Your turn: say it out loud
I was too upset to answer, so I took a minute before replying.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
take a minute
pause briefly
“I was too upset to answer, so I took a minute before replying.”
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