If you're faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment.

如果你在宴会上遇到了尴尬的沉默，唯一能让所有人再次说起话的办法就是说句恭维主人的话。

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Only play music if you can listen to it with full attention. Just try silence for one day and see what it's like.

只播放你能全身心倾听的音乐。试试一天安静下来，看看怎么样。

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It is only rarely though that Harry retreats into silence rather than resolving his conflicts with Hermione.

这是很难得的一次哈利相对解决她和赫敏的冲突来说更愿意与她保持冷战。

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There was pin-drop silence as the procession passed by the school with only intermittent sobs breaking the silence.

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The mood was somber as students lit candles in silence, with only muffled sniffles filling the air.

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Katehi, who was clearly beleaguered and confused by the outrage projected against her, exited a press conference Saturday evening only to find herself greeted with the humming silence of protesters.

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