Silence echoed through the house.

Meaning: This means that there was no sound in the house, and any sound that was made would bounce off the walls and be heard again.

Choice of Words: Silence means the absence of sound, and echoed means to repeat or reverberate a sound. Through means passing from one side to the other, and house is a building where people live.

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The house was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.

Meaning: This means that it was very quiet in the house.

Choice of Words: Quiet means the absence of loud noises. You could hear a pin drop is an idiom that means it was so quiet that you could hear even the smallest sound, like the sound of a pin dropping on the floor.

The house was as silent as a tomb.

Meaning: This means that it was very quiet in the house.

Choice of Words: Silent means the absence of sound. Tomb is a place where dead people are buried. When you put them together, "Silent as a tomb" means that the house was very quiet, like a place where dead people are buried.

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