peace and quiet
11peace — /pi:s/ noun 1 NO WAR a) (U) a situation in which there is no war between countries or in a country: world peace: a dangerous situation that threatens world peace | peace agreement/treaty etc: the Geneva peace talks | be at peace with: Germany has …
12peace */*/*/ — UK [piːs] / US [pɪs] noun 1) [uncountable] a situation in which there is no war between countries or groups peace in: For many years the agreement maintained peace in Europe. peace between: The Camp David agreement brought peace between Israel… …
13quiet — qui|et1 [ kwaıət ] adjective *** 1. ) making very little or no noise: Electric cars are quiet and pollution free. some quiet soothing music a ) used about people who are not talking or who do not usually talk much: a quiet sensitive boy go quiet …
14quiet — 1 adjective 1 NO NOISE not making much noise: We ll have to be quiet so as not to wake the baby. | The engine is 20% quieter than its nearest rival s. | (as) quiet as a mouse (=very quiet) 2 quiet!/be quiet! spoken used to tell someone, rather… …
15quiet — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ relative ▪ a period of comparative quiet ▪ sudden ▪ awful, eerie VERB + QUIET …
16quiet — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Buddha like composure, Oriental calm, abate, aesthetic, allay, appease, arrange, arrangement, array, artistic, asleep, at peace, at rest, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, back door, backstairs, backward, becalm …
17peace — n. 1) to achieve, bring about peace 2) to make peace with 3) to negotiate (a) peace with 4) to impose a peace on 5) to keep the peace 6) to break, disturb, shatter the peace 7) a durable, lasting, permanent; fragile peace 8) peace reigns 9) at… …
18quiet — qui|et1 W2S2 [ˈkwaıət] adj comparative quieter superlative quietest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(no noise)¦ 2¦(not speaking)¦ 3 (be) quiet! 4 keep something quiet/keep quiet about something 5¦(no activity/people)¦ 6¦(business)¦ 7 keep somebody quiet …
19quiet — [[t]kwa͟ɪ͟ət[/t]] ♦♦ quieter, quietest, quiets, quieting, quieted 1) ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise. Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented... A quiet murmur passed through the… …
20peace*/*/*/ — [piːs] noun [U] 1) a situation in which there is no war between countries or groups For many years the agreement maintained peace in Europe.[/ex] peace talks/negotiations[/ex] The UN Secretary General urged the two sides to make peace.[/ex] The… …
