se turent

fell silent

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fell silent The literary past historic form of se taire, used mainly in written narratives. It means that people, sounds, or other things became silent.

FR: Après quelques minutes, les conversations se turent.

EN: After a few minutes, the conversations fell silent.

Ils se turent d'un seul coup.

They suddenly fell silent.

Les canons ne se turent que le soir.

The cannons fell silent only in the evening.

Ce n'est qu'au soir que les canons se turent.

It was not until evening that the cannons fell silent.

Les encouragements se turent.

The cheers died down.

Les appels se turent.

The calls stopped.