There was no thought, only that silence.

没有思想，只有那寂静。

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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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But that kind of silence would happen only in a movie; in real life, it's so hard not to clutter the significant moments by talking.

但是那样的沉默只会发生在电影里；真实的生活中，意味深长的时刻很难不被谈话所打破。

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And everywhere was silence- the strange silence that comes only to a room where the clock has stopped ticking.

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Our silence only validates that script.

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All week I'd think of the conversation I'd have with my parents the following Sunday after church, collecting imagined victories, social engagements, popularity, good behavior, although I had not told them I was going to Mass every Sunday or how little I missed the long silence of Quaker Meeting, only that noon was the best time for them to call.

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In electric-only mode, the car's silence seemed unnerving at first but that feeling soon faded.

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