若没有一只苍蝇在扑打着玻璃，便是一片死寂。

There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass.

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这儿又是一片死寂。

Here produced another dead silence.

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夜深人静，一片死寂。

Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere.

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