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noun
1 sth you hear
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , deafening , loud , powerful
▪
We need a big powerful ~ from the trumpets in the final passage.
▪ audible
▪ faint , little , soft
▪ high , high-pitched
▪ deep , low
▪ clean , clear , sharp
▪
He produces a good clean ~ on his flute.
▪ piercing
▪ muffled
▪ amazing , beautiful , good , lovely , pleasing , sweet
▪
His film opens with the sweet ~ of birdsong.
▪ awful , horrible , sickening
▪
There was a sickening ~ as his head made contact with the concrete.
▪ familiar
▪ different , strange
▪
We experimented with different ~s.
▪ distinctive
▪ haunting
▪ beeping , booming , buzzing , clanking , clicking , etc.
▪ metallic
▪ electronic
▪ hollow
▪ distorted
▪ distant
▪
the distant ~ of church bells
▪ musical
▪ guitar , piano , etc.
▪
She tried to describe what made a good guitar ~.
▪ speech , vowel
▪ natural
▪
the mixing of recorded and natural ~
▪ ambient
▪
There's a lot of ambient ~ in this film.
VERB + SOUND
▪ hear , listen for , listen to
▪
He listened for ~s of movement.
▪ emit , make , produce , pronounce , transmit , utter
▪
What's making that awful creaking ~?
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Three bones transmit ~s to the inner ear.
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He didn't utter a single ~ throughout the meeting.
▪ use
▪
She uses all the ~s available to a 21st-century composer.
▪ be filled with
▪
The room was filled with the ~ of laughter.
▪ awake to , be woken by , wake to , wake up to
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I awoke to the ~ of rain.
▪ be interrupted by
▪ jump at
▪
He jumped at the ~ of my voice.
SOUND + VERB
▪ carry , travel
▪
Sound carries well over calm water.
▪ come
▪
A strange ~ came from the box.
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My mouth moved but no ~ came out.
▪ echo , fill , ring out
▪
A hollow ~ echoed through the room.
▪ die away , fade , fade away
▪ grow louder
SOUND + NOUN
▪ wave
▪ effect
▪ bite
▪
As a politician he is a master of the 30-second ~ bite.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~ of
▪
He turned around at the ~ of footsteps behind him.
▪ without a ~
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The door opened without a ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of breaking glass
▪ ~ from
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There was a strange ~ from downstairs.
PHRASES
▪ break the ~ barrier
▪ the speed of ~
2 the sound from TV, radio, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ mono , stereo , surround
▪ recorded
▪ great
▪
a game with good graphics and great ~
VERB + SOUND
▪ turn down , turn off , turn up
▪
Can you turn the ~ up?
▪ get
SOUND + NOUN
▪ level , quality
▪ system
▪
a stereo ~ system
▪ recording
▪ engineer
▪ card
3 of musicians
ADJECTIVE
▪ live
▪
The band developed a formidable live ~.
▪ different , new , unique
▪ beautiful , great
▪
Franz Ferdinand have a great ~ that's their own.
▪ signature
▪
the band's signature ~
VERB + SOUND
▪ create , develop
▪
The Moog synthesizer created a whole new ~.
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NOTE: Sounds
▪ give a …
▪
The dog gave a low growl.
▪ let out a …
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He let out a blood-curdling scream.
▪ hear …
▪
We heard the peal of church bells.
▪ with a …
▪
The vase fell to the ground with a great crash.
▪ … of
▪
a roar of laughter
▪
a snort of derision
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the whine of an engine
II.
verb
Sound is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ alarm , ↑ bell , ↑ buzzer , ↑ doorbell , ↑ explosion , ↑ fire alarm , ↑ footstep , ↑ horn , ↑ instrument , ↑ intercom , ↑ music , ↑ name , ↑ recording , ↑ singer , ↑ siren , ↑ song , ↑ thunder , ↑ tone , ↑ trumpet , ↑ warning , ↑ whistle
Sound is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alarm , ↑ alert , ↑ bell , ↑ call , ↑ cool , ↑ fanfare , ↑ fun , ↑ horn , ↑ note , ↑ retreat , ↑ siren , ↑ trumpet , ↑ warning , ↑ whistle
III.
adj.
1 in good condition
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ reasonably
▪
The roof is in reasonably ~ condition.
▪ structurally
▪
Is the building structurally ~?
PHRASES
▪ safe and ~ (= not hurt)
▪
We finally arrived home safe and ~.
2 sensible
VERBS
▪ be , seem
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
That seems like fairly ~ advice.
▪ perfectly
▪
She had a perfectly ~ reason for acting as she did.
▪ basically , fundamentally
▪ ecologically , environmentally , financially , ideologically , scientifically , technically , theoretically
▪
It was a financially ~ investment.
Sound is used with these nouns: ↑ advice , ↑ archive , ↑ argument , ↑ barrier , ↑ base , ↑ basis , ↑ capability , ↑ card , ↑ check , ↑ clip , ↑ common sense , ↑ economy , ↑ effect , ↑ engineer , ↑ file , ↑ finance , ↑ footing , ↑ foundation , ↑ fundamentals , ↑ investment , ↑ judgement , ↑ knowledge , ↑ management , ↑ mix , ↑ pattern , ↑ plan , ↑ practice , ↑ quality , ↑ reason , ↑ reasoning , ↑ recording , ↑ reflection , ↑ reproduction , ↑ science , ↑ sculpture , ↑ signal , ↑ sleep , ↑ start , ↑ strategy , ↑ studio , ↑ system , ↑ tape , ↑ technician , ↑ thrashing , ↑ vibration , ↑ wave
IV.
adv.
Sound is used with these adjectives: ↑ asleep