a silence that breaks your heart open in a room that's suddenly empty. Unfortunately, most of us know how to make silence a weapon or a shield. To draw somebody out or to draw her in.
Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED
How native speakers pronounce “shield”
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a silence that breaks your heart open in a room that's suddenly empty. Unfortunately, most of us know how to make silence a weapon or a shield. To draw somebody out or to draw her in.
Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED
Example sentences
It sounds wonderful, right? Unfortunately, it doesn't always shield us from some clumsiness around the house.
My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED