interlude (n.)
- abeyance
- act
- afterpiece
- bit
- bourdon
- break
- breath
- breather
- bridge
- burden
- cadence
- caesura
- cease-fire
- chaser
- chorus
- coda
- curtain
- development
- divertimento
- division
- downtime
- drop
- epilogue
- episode
- exode
- exodus
- exposition
- figure
- finale
- folderol
- gap
- halt
- hesitation
- hiatus
- holiday
- idyll
- interim
- intermezzo
- intermission
- intermittence
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- introduction
- lacuna
- lapse
- layoff
- letup
- lull
- meantime
- meanwhile
- measure
- movement
- number
- ornament
- parenthesis
- part
- passage
- pause
- period
- phrase
- plateau
- prologue
- recess
- refrain
- relief
- remission
- resolution
- respite
- response
- rest
- routine
- scene
- section
- shtick
- sketch
- skit
- spell
- stand-down
- stanza
- statement
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- strain
- striptease
- surcease
- suspension
- tailpiece
- truce
- turn
- vacation
- variation
- verse
- wait
