Quiet please listen.

Meaning: This means to make a request for someone to be quiet and pay attention to sounds. It's like saying, Please be quiet and listen.

Choice of Words: Quiet is an adjective that describes a lack of noise or sound. Please is an adverb that is used to make a request more polite. Listen is a verb that means to pay attention to sounds.

Alternative Expressions

Hush now hear me.

Meaning: This means to ask someone to be quiet and pay attention to what you are saying or doing. It's like saying, Please be quiet and listen to me now.

Choice of Words: Hush is a simple verb that means to become or make quiet. Now means at the present time. Hear means to perceive sound. Me is a pronoun that refers to the speaker. When you put them together, "Hush now hear me" is a polite request asking someone to be quiet and listen to the speaker.

Be still and listen.

Meaning: This means to ask someone to be quiet and pay attention to what you are saying or doing. It's like saying, Please be quiet and focus on what I'm saying.

Choice of Words: Be is a verb that means to exist or to be in a certain state. Still means to be motionless or quiet. Listen means to pay attention to something, usually a sound or a voice. When you put them together, "Be still and listen" is a polite request asking someone to be quiet and pay attention.

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