English Vocabulary in Use - 63 Sounds: listen up!

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silent

without noise or talking; used for people and things that are perhaps unexpectedly or surprisingly quiet

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silent films/movies

films made before sound was introduced

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quiet

without much noise or activity, or not talking much

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noiseless

without noise (usually used as an adverb in formal or literary style)

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soundless

without sound (usually used as an adverb in formal or literal style to indicate an unexpected lack of sound)

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slammed

closed with a loud bang

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squeaking

high, irritating voice

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pounding

dull, beating sounds

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creaked

noise of friction of wood and/or metal

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sizzled

sound made by frying

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11

rang out

typically used for the sound of a gunshot

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crashing

loud, heavy noise, typically used for waves

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hoots/toots

sound made by a car horn

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wailing

making a rising and falling sound

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15

hammered

knocked very loudly and repeatedly

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eerie

rather scary

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deafening

extremely and painfully loud

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grating

unpleasant, irritating

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piercing

high noise that hurts the ears

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high-pitched

higher than most voices, like a whistle

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inaudible

impossible to hear

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22

you could have heard a pin drop

there was a total silence

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I can’t hear myself think

said when people are making too much noise

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peace and quiet

calm and quiet period, after a noisy time

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as quiet as a mouse

very quiet indeed

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