silencio
quiet ; silence ; hush ; quietness ; stillness.
During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.
Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.
The cathedral-like hush contrasted strangely with the clamor and movement outside.
Study space in the library was most used by groups of unsupervised pupils, of different ages, browsing and studying, requiring different levels of quietness.
Today is day one of my twenty one day challenge - spending a minimum of 10 minutes a day in quiet stillness.
botón de silencio
mute button
My wife says I push all of her buttons but, unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find the 'mute button'.
el silencio es dorado
silence is golden
They say silence is golden but some people really just don't get it and they go on and on and on!.
el silencio es sagrado
silence is golden
They say silence is golden but some people really just don't get it and they go on and on and on!.
en el silencio de la noche
in the dead of night
The article is entitled 'Blackbirds singing in the dead of night?: Advancing the craft of teaching qualitative research' = El artículo se titulo "¿Mirlos cantando en mitad de la noche? Promoción del oficio de enseñar la investigación cualitativa".
en hermético silencio
tight-lipped
Police remain tight-lipped over the sudden, unexplained death of a security guard in west Auckland.
en silencio
in silence
silent
silently
hushed
dumbly
Some books provoke vocal responses, a kind of literary effervescent effect, while others seem to turn people in on themselves, when they prefer to say nothing but savor the reading in silence.
He wrote a paper with the title 'Our silent enemy: ashes in our libraries'.
For the rest of the session they can be told to read their own books silently.
No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
Meek looked at her dumbly = Meek la miró sin decir nada.
guardar silencio
keep + silent
keep + silence
As a consequence, the Jewish survivors of the genocide were under pressure to keep silent.
Local policies have to keep silence about one, if not their principal object: regulating the presence of immigrants in the city.
hacer guardar silencio
shush
Another aspect is the behaviour of users which is to be tolerated and even encouraged: `But for God's sake - NO SHUSHING'.
hacer voto de silencio
take + a vow of silence
When someone takes a vow of silence, it is often with the intent of promoting religious contemplation.
huelga de silencio
silent strike
The year saw a library fair in Gothenburg and a 3 minutes silent strike by cultural workers during the general election campaign.
lectura en silencio
silent reading
Undirected reading includes what used to be called 'silent reading,' when children are required to read uninterruptedly to themselves from a book, usually of their own choice.
mantener silencio
keep + silent
keep + silence
As a consequence, the Jewish survivors of the genocide were under pressure to keep silent.
Local policies have to keep silence about one, if not their principal object: regulating the presence of immigrants in the city.
permanecer en silencio
remain + silent
be silent
Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.
When the Jesuit order left China they left behind, as their last legacy, a haunting epitaph: 'Move on, voyager, congratulate the dead, console the living, pray for everyone, wonder, and be silent'.
quedarse en silencio
fall + silent
lapse into + silence
'Do you have any thoughts about what she could do?,' Florence said and then fell silent.
'I don't know what to say,' she owned and lapsed into silence.
romper el silencio
break + the hush
break + silence
crack + the silence
Finally, Marsha James broke the hush.
The article 'Break your silence: a call to Asian Indian children's writers' examines children's literature written in English by Asian Indian writers or their spouses who live, or have lived, in America.
Then after a minute that seemed like 10, Modjeski cracked the silence.
silencio sepulcral
deathly silence
deathly hush
Then, there was only a long, deathly silence - Pompeii lay buried for nearly 1700 years.
A deathly hush fell upon the deserted ravine as the snow lay ever more thickly, completely covering all low growing plants.
toque de silencio
last post, the
In military tradition, the last post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities.
un velo de silencio
a shroud of secrecy
The Allies looked the other way and the killings were covered with a shroud of silence, a deadly shroud of silence.
voto de silencio
vow of silence
Many monasteries and cloisters have vows of silence which discourage speaking except during set times, for example.
