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Idom: you could hear a pin drop Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:33 am  Idom: you could hear a pin drop
 

Test No. incompl/inter-42 "Keeping it Quiet", question 7

The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a ......... drop.

(a) pin
(b) needle
(c) nail
(d) screw

Test No. incompl/inter-42 "Keeping it Quiet", answer 7

The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Correct answer: (a) pin

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The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a needle drop.
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Hi,Alan
In chinese we always use the phrase "hear a needle drop" to describe quiet.So I choose the answer "needle". Maybe that is the diffenrence between Chinese and English, am I right?
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Idom: you could hear a pin drop Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:37 am  Idom: you could hear a pin drop
 

Yes, this refers to extreme quiet. I'm afraid I don't know about Chinese.

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