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31silence is golden — Sometimes in the fuller version speech is silver, but silence is golden. 1865 W. WHITE Eastern England II. ix. Silence is golden, says the proverb. We apprehend the full significance..in some lone hamlet situate amid a ‘thousand fields’. 1923 A.… …
32silence — 01. The sound of thunder broke the [silence] of the night. 02. The room was totally [silent] except for the sound of the snoring dog. 03. My sister likes to sit in church, and enjoy the [silence] and the peacefulness. 04. The young couple sat in… …
33golden — see a golden key can open any door silence is golden speech is silver, but silence is golden …
34silence — see silence is a woman’s best garment silence is golden silence means consent speech is silver, but silence is golden …
35ep|i|gram — «EHP uh gram», noun. 1. a short, pointed, or witty saying. Examples: “Speech is silver, but silence is golden.” “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it” (Oscar Wilde). 2. a short poem ending in a witty or clever, and often a… …
36United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
37china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
38China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
39Classical Latin — Latinitas Latin inscription in the Colosseum …
40Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
