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intransitive verb1) (decrease) zurückgehen2) (fade into silence) verstummen* * *1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) abflauen2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) abflauen* * *◆ tail offvi abnehmen, nachlassen; sound, voice schwächer werden; interest abflauen, schwinden, zurückgehen; race participant zurückfallen* * *vi1) (= diminish) abnehmen, schrumpfen; (interest) abflauen, abnehmen, schwinden; (sounds) sich verlieren, schwächer werden; (sentence) mittendrin abbrechenhis voice tailed off into silence — seine Stimme wurde immer schwächer, bis sie schließlich verstummte
2) (= deteriorate) sich verschlechtern, nachlassenthe article tailed off into a jumble of figures — der Artikel war zum Schluss nur noch ein Gewirr von Zahlen
* * *intransitive verb1) (decrease) zurückgehen2) (fade into silence) verstummen -
63 quiet
quiet [ˈkwaɪət]1. adjectiveb. ( = not noisy, not busy) [street, room, village, neighbour] calme• isn't it quiet! quel calme !c. ( = silent) to be quiet [person] être silencieux• be quiet! silence !d. ( = placid) [person] calme• "yes" he said with a quiet smile « oui » dit-il avec un petit sourire• to keep quiet about sth ( = not tell) ne pas ébruiter qchf. ( = untroubled) [night] paisible ; [life] tranquille2. nouna. ( = silence) silence mb. ( = peace) calme m* * *['kwaɪət] 1.1) ( silence) silence mquiet please! — silence, s'il vous plaît!
2) ( peace) tranquillité f3) (colloq) ( secret)2.1) ( silent) [church, person, room] silencieux/-ieuseto go quiet — [person, assembly] se taire
to keep somebody quiet — faire taire [dog, child]
be quiet — ( stop talking) tais-toi; ( make no noise) ne fais pas de bruit
2) ( not noisy) [voice] bas/basse; [engine] silencieux/-ieuse; [music] doux/douce; [cough, laugh] discret/-èteto keep the children quiet — [activity] tenir les enfants tranquilles
3) ( discreet) [diplomacy] discret/-ète; [deal] en privé; [confidence] serein; [despair] voilé; [colour] sobre4) ( calm) [village, holiday, night, life] tranquille5) ( for few people) [meal] intime; [wedding] célébré dans l'intimité6) ( docile) [pony] paisible7) ( secret)3.to keep [something] quiet — ne pas divulguer [plans]; garder [quelque chose] secret/-ète [engagement]
transitive verb US = quieten -
64 soften
soften [ˈsɒfn][+ butter, clay, ground] ramollir ; [+ leather] assouplir ; [+ skin, outline] adoucir ; [+ lighting] tamiser ; [+ sb's anger, effect] atténuer ; [+ resistance] réduire= softena. = softenb. [+ person] attendrir* * *['sɒfn], US ['sɔːfn] 1.transitive verb1) lit ( make less firm or rough) amollir [ground, metal]; adoucir [skin, hard water]; ramollir [butter]; assouplir [fabric]2) fig atténuer [blow, impact, shock, pain, resistance]; adoucir [refusal]; assouplir [attitude, position, rule]; minimiser [fact]3) ( make quieter) adoucir [sound, voice]4) ( make less sharp) adoucir [form, outline, light]2.1) lit [light, outline, music, colour] s'adoucir; [skin] devenir plus doux; [substance, ground] se ramollir2) fig [person, approach] s'assouplir ( towards somebody vis-à-vis de quelqu'un)3) Economics fléchir•Phrasal Verbs: -
65 subside
[səb'saɪd]vi* * *1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) osiadać2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) opadać3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) uspokajać się, słabnąć• -
66 tail off
vi* * *1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) słabnąć, zanikać2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) zamierać -
67 subside
1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) sēsties; kristies; iegrimt2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) atplūst; kristies3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) norimt•* * *kristies; norimt; nosēsties; iegrimt; apsēsties -
68 tail off
1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) sarukt; apsīkt2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) norimt; pieklust; apklust; izgaist -
69 subside
1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) grimzti, smegti, nusėsti2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) slūgti3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) nuščiūti• -
70 tail off
1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) slūgti2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) nuščiūti -
71 subside
v. sjunka; gå ned; lugna sig* * *1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) sjunka, sätta sig2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) sjunka []3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) avta, lugna sig• -
72 tail off
1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) avta2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) försvagas, dö bort -
73 below
1) ( lower) unten, darunter;I listened to the voices \below ich horchte auf die Stimmen, die von unten heraufklangen;down \below naut unter Deck;2) ( on page) unten;see \below siehe unten;the information \below is strictly confidential die nachstehenden Hinweise sind streng vertraulich3) ( lower in rank)an officer \below ein rangniederer Offizier4) ( in temperature) unter null;they saw the valley far \below them sie sahen das Tal weit unter sichthe sun had sunk \below the horizon die Sonne war hinter dem Horizont versunkenWashington D.C. is \below New York Washington D.C. liegt unterhalb von New Yorkit's 10° \below zero today heute ist es 10° unter nullthey spoke \below a whisper sie flüsterten leise7) ( inferior to)to be \below sb unter jdm stehen8) ( lower standard than)to marry \below oneself unterhalb seines Standes heiraten;to sink \below oneself unter seine Würde sinken;to be \below sb unter jds Würde sein -
74 beneath
to peek out \beneath sth unter etw dat hervorsehento give way \beneath sb unter jdm nachgebenthe sun had sunk \beneath the horizon die Sonne war hinter dem Horizont versunkenthey spoke \beneath a whisper sie flüsterten leise5) ( inferior to)to be \beneath sb unter jdm stehen;( lower standard than) unter jds Würde sein;to be \beneath contempt verachtenswert sein advinv unten, darunter -
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76 subside
1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) sesedat se2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) opadnout3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) utišit se•* * *• ustat• odeznít• opadat -
77 subside
1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) sadnúť, klesnúť2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) opadnúť3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) utíšiť sa•* * *• ustúpit• utíchat• utíchnut• zosunút sa• zosadat• sadat si• upokojit sa• doznievat• klesnút• klesat• klesat ku dnu• poklesnút• koncit• opadat• opadnút -
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1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) a se scufunda2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) a scădea3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) a se calma• -
79 tail off
1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) a slăbi2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) a se stinge treptat -
80 subside
1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) παθαίνω καθίζηση,βουλιάζω2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) υποχωρώ3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) κοπάζω,καταλαγιάζω•
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