| Zuzu | Date: Friday, 21.10.2011, 10:50 | Message # 1 |
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| quiet [kwai∂t]
1) characterized by an absence or near absence of noise a quiet street
2) characterized by an absence of turbulent motion or disturbance; peaceful, calm, or tranquil a quiet glade the sea is quiet tonight
3) free from activities, distractions, worries, etc.; untroubled a quiet life a quiet day at work
4) marked by an absence of work, orders, etc.; not busy the factory is very quiet at the moment
5) private; not public; secret a quiet word with someone
6) free from anger, impatience, or other extreme emotion a quiet disposition
7) free from pretentiousness or vain display; modest or reserved quiet humour
8) astronomy (of the sun) exhibiting a very low number of sunspots, solar flares, and other surface phenomena; inactive Compare: active 8)
9) the state of being silent, peaceful, or untroubled
10) - on the quiet
quite [kwait]
1) to the greatest extent; completely or absolutely you're quite right quite the opposite
2) (not used with a negative) to a noticeable or partial extent; somewhat she's quite pretty
3) in actuality; truly he thought the bag was heavy, but it was quite light it's quite the thing to do
4) - quite a , quite an
5) - quite something (sentence substitute)
6) Also: quite so an expression used to indicate agreement or assent
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