quieten down

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Translations

w>quieten down

(Brit)

vi (= become silent) → leiser werden; (= become calm) → sich beruhigen; (after wild youth) → ruhiger werden; quieten down, boys! → ein bisschen ruhiger, Jungens!; things have quietened down a lot → es ist viel ruhiger geworden

vt sep person → beruhigen; engine → ruhiger machen; to quieten things down (situation) → die Lage beruhigen

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