"an angel passes" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1936, Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table, page 17",
          "text": "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!\"",
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        "Used to denote an awkward pause."
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          "word": "pregnant pause"
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          "word": "tumbleweed moment"
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          "word": "crickets"
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          "word": "an angel passes by"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "note": "Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε (Hermês epeiselḗluthe, literally “Hermes has entered”)",
          "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause",
          "word": "ha passat un àngel"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause",
          "word": "der gik en engel gennem stuen"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause",
          "word": "un ange passe"
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          "note": "дура́к роди́лся (durák rodílsja, literally “a fool has been born”)",
          "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "мент роди́лся (ment rodílsja, literally “a cop has been born”)",
          "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause"
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      "word": "an angel passes by"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "note": "Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε (Hermês epeiselḗluthe, literally “Hermes has entered”)",
      "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause",
      "word": "ha passat un àngel"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause",
      "word": "der gik en engel gennem stuen"
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      "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause",
      "word": "un ange passe"
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      "note": "дура́к роди́лся (durák rodílsja, literally “a fool has been born”)",
      "sense": "used to denote an awkward pause"
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