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Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
quieten
qui‧et‧en/ˈkwaɪətn/ British English, quiet American English verb [Word Family: noun: quiet, disquiet, quietness, quietism, quietude; verb: quieten, quiet; adverb: quietly; adjective: quiet] 1. [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE] (also quieten down British English) to become calmer and less noisy or active, or to make someone or something do this: ▪ Javed Miandad appealed for calm, but he failed to quieten the protesters. ▪ Quiet down and get ready for bed! ▪ Things tend to quieten down after Christmas.
2. [TRANSITIVE] to reduce a feeling such as fear or worry: ▪ I managed to quieten her fears.
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB down ▪ I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down. ▪ About 4 am things quietened down, and we went home to get a spot of sleep. ▪ After I'd quietened down they left me alone. ▪ After Mosse died, things seemed to have quietened down. ▪ Of course, it quietens down later. ▪ David has mellowed and quietened down a great deal. ▪ It was strange but, since they'd started talking about getting rid of Donald, the baby had quietened down. ▪ He decided it was better to leave the library until the place had quietened down. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Cardiff quietened Jimmy with a gesture that meant: Let him talk. ▪ Her travelling companions had quietened, as if some one in authority had arrived. ▪ I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down. ▪ In an attempt to quieten things down, executive producer George Harrison arranged for a press conference in London. ▪ Invent some reason to quieten old Nosy Salt. ▪ It didn't knock her unconscious, but at least it quietened her enough to let me get at Jules. ▪ The driver tried to quieten the horses as two screeching cats, fighting over some vermin, scurried out of the shadows. ▪ When one conceals matters, one does not necessarily quieten them.
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