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Hasibul Alam Posted 4 years ago
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What is the meaning of BEAT here?

“Did she know about his past?” A beat passes.

“I don’t know,” Laura says then. “I thought if she didn’t know, I should warn her. But I kept it vague. I told her I knew he’d done something bad and that his last name wasn’t really Kennedy.

  

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Literally, a heartbeat; figuratively, a very short pause.

— Rover_KE

  • Literally, a heartbeat; figuratively, a very short pause.
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Literally, a heartbeat; figuratively, a very short pause.

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