I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a quiet chat (= one that other people will not interrupt. )
▪
Let’s go and have a quiet chat over lunch.
a quiet corner
▪
He sat on his own in a quiet corner of the library.
a quiet existence
▪
He led a quiet existence, broken only by occasional visits from his family.
a quiet spell (= when not much is happening )
▪
We've had quite a quiet spell at work recently.
a quiet/private talk
▪
She asked if she could have a private talk.
a quiet/small wedding (= with not many guests )
▪
We had a quiet wedding, with just a few close friends and relatives.
dead quiet/calm/still
▪
The room was dead quiet while we waited for Ted to reply.
enjoy a peaceful/quiet etc existence
▪
They enjoy a comfortable existence.
lead a normal/quiet/busy etc life
▪
If the operation succeeds, Carly will be able to lead a normal life.
▪
He has led a charmed life been very fortunate .
live a quiet/active/healthy etc life
▪
She lives a very busy life.
loud/soft/quiet
▪
They were kept awake by loud music from next door.
low/quiet/hushed tones
▪
They sat at the far end of the carriage, talking in hushed tones.
nice and warm/clean/easy/quiet etc
▪
The house seemed nice and tidy.
peace and quiet
▪
We love the peace and quiet here.
quiet satisfaction (= satisfaction that you express in a quiet, not very obvious way )
▪
He announced with quiet satisfaction that they had achieved their target.
quiet (= with little traffic )
▪
At that time of night, the roads were quiet.
quiet (= with very few people )
▪
It was late and the streets were quiet.
quiet
▪
The town is quiet in the summer.
▪
Cannigione is a quiet little town with a scattering of shops, restaurants and cafes.
quiet (= with few people on it )
▪
The beaches on this side of the island are quieter.
quiet/low/soft (= not loud )
▪
When he spoke, his voice was soft and gentle.
quiet/sleepy (= one where there is not a lot of activity )
▪
Downham was a sleepy little village, with a road barely wide enough for one car.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
unusually
▪
Fortunately it was an unusually quiet day at the surgery.
▪
Nevertheless, we had all noticed that for the past week Loi had been unusually quiet .
▪
With stocks racing ahead and the Dow and Nasdaq in record territory day after day, our office phones are unusually quiet .
▪
But today the square was unusually quiet .
▪
It was an unusually quiet feud, and, given Bradman's stature, one that O'Reilly could never win.
▪
The others in the room were unusually quiet .
▪
Mickeen Gavan, the porter, had been unusually quiet , his eyes evasive.
■ NOUN
confidence
▪
Both princes drew strength from their uncle's quiet confidence .
▪
It seemed the kind of thing that would convey old breeding and quiet confidence .
▪
We face the future with quiet confidence and great determination.
▪
Nevertheless, as the team assembled in their headquarters, there was an air of quiet confidence .
▪
The Army had another reason for quiet confidence .
▪
Fernando de la Rua, the country's hapless president, is exuding quiet confidence .
▪
Mary's response to the crisis, and the apparent rudeness of her eldest is one of quiet confidence .
corner
▪
Anthony took him to the Pugin bar where they found a quiet corner protected from the worst of the Pugin wallpaper.
▪
Feels and I lunched together in a quiet corner of the mess.
▪
Here in this quiet corner of Co.
▪
Alvin would go off to a quiet corner with Shook and talk endlessly about art, literature and his current projects.
▪
In a quiet corner there were already a dozen corpses covered by blankets.
▪
I was just looking for a quiet corner .
▪
It had clearly passed by the inhabitants of this quiet corner of Picardy.
▪
I only wish my dentist were located in a quiet corner of a Wells Fargo branch.
desperation
▪
There was a mood of quiet desperation about Mr and Mrs Quigley.
▪
Why do you think Thoreau said lives of quiet desperation ?
▪
Conversing politely over the tea-cups in the huge drawing-rooms, he sensed their quiet desperation .
▪
There is a quiet desperation around the whole area.
▪
The husband belongs to Scarlet, a woman whose life of quiet desperation threatens to overwhelm her.
dignity
▪
In public, the Khmer Rouge leaders have a quiet dignity .
▪
Her quiet dignity and solicitousness, despite her illness, impressed us.
▪
We painted women washing clothes in the waters of Lake Bratan - a timeless ritual conducted with quiet dignity .
▪
Dunblane grieved for its children, with quiet dignity .
▪
I won't feel so stupid next time; the whole thing had a quiet dignity about it and I felt good.
▪
She is glad to share reminiscences of Mansfield, the quiet dignity of which now appears valuable to her.
life
▪
A friend was stopped, and shelled out her $ 20 for a quiet life .
▪
His quiet life made the police suspicious, especially since everyone knew about his father and General Yi.
▪
A quiet life isn't Tony's style.
▪
Courageous governments have preferred better patient care to a quiet life .
▪
He lived a quiet life , with country pursuits his main recreation, and he never lived away from Falkirk.
▪
Sleep all night, can't see a thing all day ... Those eskimos must have a quiet life .
▪
Marasli wanted nothing but a quiet life , and turned a blind eye to MiloÜ's encroachments.
▪
People are not always satisfied with a quiet life , and women as well as men need action.
man
▪
Henry had an image of a quiet man in a suit.
▪
The new emperor seems a shy, quiet man , an intellectual.
▪
I remember him from his hearing tests - a quiet man .
▪
He was a large, quiet man with the most amazing muscular development I have ever seen.
▪
He is a small, quiet man , with a friendly smile and a firm handshake.
▪
His father, Michael, was a short, wiry, quiet man , a sheet-metal worker.
▪
I found Basil a shy and rather quiet man who had a deep sense of fun under his quiet exterior.
▪
His father was a quiet man , but he was surprisingly well informed on current issues.
place
▪
He thought it would be a quiet place .
▪
A quiet place , yet our nine days there were crowded, and whizzed by in a blur.
▪
But the world outside had lost its interest, and the quiet place was now the centre of all feeling.
▪
But by the 1960s it was a quieter place and the residents were fighting to keep it alive.
▪
He was taken out, in some quiet place , out of doors, and questioned.
▪
And bird watchers find quiet places to spot a heron or woodpecker.
▪
There was nothing out of order or especially remarkable in that quiet place .
▪
Worcester was a good quiet place to begin, he said, to familiarize myself with the feel of the stage.
satisfaction
▪
He watched them go with quiet satisfaction .
▪
Mr Scott resumed his place, a look of quiet satisfaction on his face.
▪
Outside the venue, the Inspirals climb into their cramped tour van and head back to the hotel exuding quiet satisfaction .
▪
This she did to her quiet satisfaction , thanks to a careless slip by Janice.
street
▪
It was a quiet street , a block or two long.
▪
The once bustling riverside is now a quiet street , with many of the old buildings well preserved.
▪
He saw himself go inside, a fellow on a quiet street doing ordinary things, unafraid of being watched.
▪
It was a quiet street , narrow and short.
▪
She walked slowly through the quiet streets , wondering if Dana and Roman would be cosily together in her flat.
▪
Explosions were continuing in the paddy field, but they began a conversation as though on a quiet street .
voice
▪
The animals flinched as they felt it, but Isay held them firmly, talking to them in a quiet voice .
▪
When the quiet voice suddenly spoke, it was as though Mike had materialized in the dark.
▪
Nevertheless, she had a quiet voice , and Millie could put up with her.
▪
All this in a tight, quiet voice .
▪
So once again, in the same quiet voice .
▪
Tia Carmen says in a quiet voice that does not brook contradiction.
▪
Everybody's so busy trying to talk louder than everybody else that a quiet voice is lost.
▪
Felt a hand on his back and a quiet voice telling Isay he'd be all right.
word
▪
On the way out I had a quiet word with young Anna from the other golf magazine.
▪
A quiet word in the lobby.
▪
If I were you I'd drop a quiet word in her ear before it's too late.
▪
Clare suddenly noticed that Elinor's hands were gripping the bedclothes, betraying the emotion hidden by her quiet words .
▪
When all they needed to do was lift up the phone and have a quiet word .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
keep quiet
▪
Keep quiet! I'm trying to hear what your brother has to say.
▪
I think they should have kept quiet over that.
▪
I wish I'd kept quiet about the money.
▪
Parotti had threatened to expose the illegal arrangements unless he was paid $50,000 to keep quiet.
▪
She'd been brutally murdered to keep her quiet.
▪
Some people disagree with what the government is doing, but they keep quiet for fear of reprisals.
▪
The minister denied that the case had been kept quiet or hidden.
▪
We'd better keep quiet about this for now.
▪
We can give you a 10% raise, but not the others -- so keep it quiet, won't you?
▪
We used to keep quiet about some of the things that went on in the prison.
▪
And if you wanted it kept quiet, again it would be entirely up to you.
▪
But the story is too big to be kept quiet.
▪
He heard his wife cursing Biddy inside the house, shouting for the animal to keep quiet.
▪
It was like they were trying to pay me off for keeping quiet, to bribe me to look the other way.
▪
Listening to them, I was taught to keep quiet.
▪
The disciples kept quiet telling nothing of what they had seen at that time to anyone.
▪
The people may disagree; but they keep quiet.
▪
Turning worried eyes on him, tempted to keep quiet, she sighed.
keep sth quiet/keep quiet (about sth)
unusually high/large/quiet etc
▪
And that was a peculiar job from that point of view, because it included an unusually large number of fifty-dollar bills.
▪
Chang felt that the surface, which offered an unusually high bounce for an indoor court, suited a baseliner like himself.
▪
Fortunately it was an unusually quiet day at the surgery.
▪
Nevertheless, we had all noticed that for the past week Loi had been unusually quiet.
▪
Nor can local suspicions that the incidence of cancer is unusually high be calmed or confirmed.
▪
These energetic measures produced unusually large sums.
▪
Video-Tape, no voice over SWINDON/Wiltshire A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a quiet place in the mountains
▪
David and I found a quiet corner where we could talk.
▪
Even on a quiet weekend there are plenty of people on the beach.
▪
He's nice, but kind of quiet .
▪
He spoke in a quiet yet confident voice.
▪
I'm just going to have a quiet evening at home.
▪
I usually work in the dining room because it's the quietest room in the house.
▪
I want you all to be very quiet and listen carefully.
▪
Inside the church it was quiet and peaceful.
▪
It's been a very quiet morning so far. Only two people came in, and neither of them bought anything.
▪
Let's have a nice quiet evening in, for a change.
▪
Madison Plains, Ohio, is a quiet community of 1200 inhabitants.
▪
Missy's very quiet - is she sick?
▪
Our new washing machine is much quieter than the old one.
▪
People sat drinking coffee and having quiet conversations.
▪
Retailers are worried, as business has been quiet for much of December.
▪
She said it was beautiful, very quiet , with deserted beaches and clear water.
▪
Since the last big outbreak of fighting six days ago, the city has been strangely quiet .
▪
Steven's a very quiet boy who loves reading.
▪
The baby's sleeping, so we need to be quiet .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Alvin was becoming known at school as a quiet , confident boy with a facility for languages.
▪
I tried to imagine why he lived such a quiet and lonely life in this far-off place.
▪
If he will be quiet I shall tell him what the Labour party proposes to do.
▪
She saw a quiet serious face, large dark eyes, well-marked brows, sober clothes.
▪
The new emperor seems a shy, quiet man, an intellectual.
▪
They shared a quiet laugh, then the cornerboy went off to get Spider, who was making the rounds.
▪
We made it through, paddling to a quiet spot and awaited the others.
▪
What I like about the Cerro Colorados is their quiet magnificence.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
keep
▪
Environmentalists have a habit of trumpeting their disasters and keeping the good news quiet .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
Can I have quiet , please!
▪
the quiet of the forest
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
A little further on the quiet was broken by the rumble of a truck.
▪
At sunset the last orders had been issued, every commander knew his duty, and unusual quiet prevailed in the fleet.
▪
But despite the general quiet of the anchorage, one felt the excitement permeating the entire fleet.
▪
Each day I write in the quiet of the upstate New York mornings.
▪
Environmentalists have a habit of trumpeting their disasters and keeping the good news quiet .
▪
In the quiet of that moment Tam and Famie knew a reason.
▪
No one moved and the easy quiet dropped another level to a bad silence.