2014年3月10日 · Dear all, The child goes quiet in front of adults. The child grew quiet when scolded by her mother. I made them up.

2024年3月15日 · Does “quiet people have the loudest minds” carry an obvious and unambiguous meaning？ ① Silence doesn't mean no thoughts. ② Silent people think more. ③ Silent people think more deeply. ④ Silent people think better. ⑤ ？

2011年7月20日 · Another idiom (the link is to a google search for "has a quiet reserve") where the a should be there. Compare: She has a quiet character. From the dictionary here

2010年12月6日 · Quiet as kept could be said a few different ways; quiet as it's kept, quiet is kept. The meaning is secrecy, to keep quiet, not volunteering or distributing information on certain relations. It's often an expression used in afairs where sensitive knowledge must be kept secret in order to avoid repraisals from other groups within the same ...

2009年7月22日 · Meaning a drink and a chat, not a noisy party or a heavy drinking session.

2021年4月22日 · My question: Am I likely to hear ''be quiet'' meaning ''stop talking, making noise and being mischevious at a particular moment'' in casual conversation with children in the examples that I made up below in American English? a. Be quiet, John. I need to concentrate here. And you might break this vase! [Stop talking, stop being mischevous] b.

2010年1月3日 · "Nice and" is a kind of set phrase meaning "very" in relation to a good following adjective. "The dog looked nice and healthy", "my holiday was nice and relaxing". "Nice and quiet" is a very common example of that - and "a nice and quiet place" is fine English for me.

2021年8月20日 · I tend to avoid the recent(?) trend in the use of literally wherein it functions as a mere emphatic adverb or similar. Because of this, I've become hesitant to use literally by itself, for fear of it being interpreted in the aforementioned way. Instead, I tend to say quite literally. Am I...

2009年1月3日 · I would consider a phrase like 'shut up' to be far more rude. 'Keep quiet' can have the meanings you describe, but it can just as easily mean someone should remain quiet for some other reason. Finally, both 'keep quiet' and 'be quiet' can be used as complete sentences, as the subject (you) is implied in the imperative form. I wasn't sure if you ...

2016年9月16日 · In this sentence the verb "stay" means "continue to be <something>". That needs a word after it, and "quiet" makes sense. The sentence means: "Continue to be quiet!" "Quietly" is an adverb, so it would modify the verb "stay". But the adverb "quietly" cannot be used with the verb "stay". It wouldn't make sense with this meaning of "stay".