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English Idioms :: silence gives consent
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sil.html - If you say nothing or do not say no to something, it means that you agree. - A proverb. * /Don't be afraid to say, if you don't like something. Silence gives consent./ |
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English Idioms :: silent majority
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sil.html - {n.}, {informal} The large majority of people who, unlike the militants, do not make their political and social views known by marching and demonstrating and who, presumably, can swing an election one way or the other. * /Sidney Miltner is a member of the silent majority./ |
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English Idioms :: silver
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sil.html - See: BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH, EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING, HAND SOMETHING TO ONE ON A SILVER PLATTER. |
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Traditional English :: silage
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sil.html - n. & v. --n. 1 storage in a silo.
2 green fodder that has been stored in a silo. --v.tr. put into a silo. [alt. of ENSILAGE after silo] |
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Traditional English :: sild
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sil.html - n.
a small immature herring, esp. one caught in N. European seas. [Da. & Norw.] |
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Traditional English :: silence
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sil.html - n. & v. --n. 1 absence of sound.
2 abstinence from speech or noise.
3 the avoidance of mentioning a thing, betraying a secret, etc.
4 oblivion; the state of not being mentioned. --v.tr. make silent, esp. by coercion or superior argument. in silence without speech or other sound. reduce (or put) to silence refute in argument. [ME f. OF f. L silentium (as SILENT)] |
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