Here in London, the chimes of Big Ben are going to fall silent next year because the famous parliamentary clock tower - the Elizabeth tower - needs essential repairs.

位于伦敦的大本钟明年将“静音沉默”，这是因为著名的议会塔楼，也被称为伊利莎白塔，需要大规模的必要维修。

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The construction crews have paused to get lunch and the school grounds fall silent.

施工队已经停下来吃午饭了，学校变得很安静。

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The right thing for America is to call for an immediate stop to the fighting, postponing its plans for the reordering of Lebanon until the period after the guns fall silent.

美国正确做的事是呼吁立即停火，推迟重新安排黎巴嫩的计划直到枪声沉寂。

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Their yell at the top of the world seems to Sal something that calls for a replacement; it calls for some other prophet to come walking ragged towards them and make them fall silent with his word.

他们在世界之巅的叫喊对Sal来说,似乎是在要求一个代替者;,需要另一个先知衣衫褴褛地朝他们走来,用他的话让他们安静。

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To the extent the Republicans are increasingly signaling a determination to run next Fall on a platform silent on national security matters, they may be right, at least in the short run.

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When almost everyone uses a particular device at work, it creates a silent peer pressure for the rest to fall in line.

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Further, pensions that have been harmed as a result of fiduciary breaches often have opted to remain silent, as opposed to risk embarrassment and potential political fall out.

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