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Silence

/sˈaɪləns/
A2
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(noun) The absence of any sound.

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
I take it from your silence that you are not satisfied with my answer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The library was filled with absolute ____, broken only by the sound of turning pages.

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