By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again.

傍晚，暴风雨已经过去，四周开始沉寂下来。

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The relative social peace of 2009 may have been only the quiet before the storm.

2009年相对平稳的社会状态可能仅仅是暴风雨前的宁静而已。

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In spoken English, a calm before the storm is the period of quiet before something dramatic happens.

在英语口语中，暴风雨之前的宁静是指某戏剧性事物发生之前一段宁静的时期。

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The advent of tablet computers, along with behavioral and targeted advertising, will provide a good opportunity for content producers and advertisers to synergize from the creative destruction caused by the internet. (See Quiet before the Storm: Intel and AMD Dominate the Chip Industry Ahead of Tablet Showdown).

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The fight for mobile supremacy is a multi-front war, with increasing competition in everything from smartphones to tablets like the iPad and RIM's forthcoming PlayBook. (Read " Quiet Before the Storm: Intel and AMD Dominate Chip Industry Ahead of Tablet Showdown").

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Watson and his Quiet Storm Foundation also honored the winners during a luncheon Saturday in New York.

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