السكون المطبق
English translation: Absolute silence
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| 18:34 Jan 29, 2016 |
| Arabic to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Marwa Omar Egypt | ||||
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| 4 +2 | Absolute silence |
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| 4 +1 | deafening silence |
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| 4 +1 | utter silence |
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| 5 | absolute.complete.entire silence |
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| 5 | sheer silence |
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| 4 | infrasound |
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8 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1deafening silence Explanation: . |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1utter silence Explanation: Yes, Utter silence does make sense in this context. |
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15 mins confidence:
absolute.complete.entire silence Explanation: In an attempt to recapture some peace, I decided to go on a mission to find the quietest place on Earth; to discover whether absolute silence exists. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/may/18/experien... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2016-01-29 18:53:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- مُطبَق = كامل.ضاف.سائد -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2016-01-29 18:56:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- عفواً، قصدت: مُطبِق |
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23 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2Absolute silence Explanation: both utter and absolute have the same meaning (total and complete) but utter is rarely used as an adjective http://www.audioenglish.org/dictionary/utter.htm so i think absolute is the right concept here. |
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