se turent

fell silent

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phrase Rare #45,922

fell silent Past historic form of se taire, used with plural subjects.

FR: Les enfants se turent quand le professeur entra.

EN: The children fell silent when the teacher came in.

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.