They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces.

他们四下忙乱，人人一言不发，面有忧色。

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We waited in dead silence until the doctor told us the diagnosis.

医生告诉我们诊断结果前，我们一直都在死一般地沉寂中等待着。

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There will be a minute's silence in the theatre at 5.26 pm (EST), the time that Jackson was pronounced dead on Thursday.

在美国东部时间下午5点26分，剧院内将有1分钟的默哀。 这是杰克逊在周四被宣布死亡的时间。

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And now at the dead hour of the night, in the horrible silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

She described a "dead silence" in her home and told how she still felt she was waiting for Jay to come home.

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In a special session, the House of Representatives observed a minute of silence in honor of the dead, the Agency of Public Information reported.

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Shortly I'd be back in the hotel with nothing but dead silence.

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