In Mr Bergman's films, characters would often be silent, or scenes would unroll with no sound but the whimper of wind, the drip of water or, especially, the tick and chime of watches and clocks.

伯电影中的角色经常沉默不语，情节也是在无声中展开，听见的只是风哨声、水滴声、尤其是钟表的嘀嗒声。

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Cheerful noisy scenes have gone like the wind, surrounded by silent silence, space-time like a general solidification.

欢乐嘈杂的场面好像随风飘去，周围是鸦雀无声的沉寂，时空好像凝固一般。

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The next day, while conservative House Republicans maneuvered behind the scenes to block the bailout bill, Sen. McCain sat largely silent at a crisis summit at the White House.

第二天，在保守的众议院共和党人设法在幕后阻止救助法案通过时，麦凯恩在危机达到顶点之际基本上待在白宫一言未发。

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With such disruptive devices as intercutting color and black-and-white footage, parodying silent-film antics, and inserting scenes of youths dancing the twist, Pasolini both affirms the classical grandeur of cinematic modernism and conveys his sense of a time out of joint.

NEWYORKER: La Ricotta

The BBC has responded to hundreds of viewers who complained about violent scenes in BBC One's Silent Witness.

BBC: Silent Witness prompts almost 500 complaints to the

Jewish groups and foreign governments, including America's, remained silent about the affair, as negotiators worked behind the scenes to secure their release.

ECONOMIST: Iran