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#2 (permalink) Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:35 am Difference between supressed and muffled |
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Yes, this means deaden the sound. Suppress is to keep down abstract ideas like emotions/opposition/laughter.
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#3 (permalink) Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:38 am Difference between supressed and muffled |
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Please explain to me: ,,from the daily bell ringing practice from the church '' - what does the word:,, practice'' have a sense in it? Thanks. |
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#4 (permalink) Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:54 am Difference between supressed and muffled |
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Hi Saneta,
'Practice' is something you do regularly in order to improve a particular skill. You can practise playing the piano every day in order to play the piano better. Note in British English we make a distinction between 'practice' noun and 'practise' verb.
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#5 (permalink) Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:17 am Difference between supressed and muffled |
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I though the correct answer was "supress" because there is no sense to make muffled the sound of the bell. The bell exist to catch attention of the people for something. Regards. |
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Cristovam I'm here quite often ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:18 am Difference between supressed and muffled |
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I though the correct answer was "suppress" because there is no sense to make muffled the sound of the bell. The bell exist to catch attention of the people for something. Regards. |
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Cristovam I'm here quite often ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:36 am Difference between supressed and muffled |
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Sometimes bell ringers fit a device to a bell so that the clapper is fixed and you only hear the sound of the bell swinging from side to side. In that sense the sound is muffled.
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Meaning of "Put across" | Is I ate already correct? |